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Their Regime Must Fall

French President Emmanuel Macron has chosen to force his hugely unpopular pension reform into law without a vote by resorting to Article 49.3 of the French Constitution. Joseph Andras, author of Tomorrow They Won’t Dare to Murder Us, comments on the move, spreading protests, their historical precedent and possible future.
Simón Vázquez: ‘Radical culture has split away from political and social movements’

Publisher Simón Vázquez launches Verso Libros and Manifest Llibres with the aim of providing ‘sharp tools’ of thought. In his view, radical books are not a niche market.
Politics Theory Other: Fascist echoes w/ Adam Tooze

The latest episode of the Politics Theory Other podcast.
Translating Walter Benjamin

Essays from the translators of Walter Benjamin’s The Storyteller on their approach to their task.
Behind Enemy Lies: War Reporting in the Age of Fake Facts

Read this excerpt from Behind Enemy Lies by Patrick Cockburn and take a moment to view our reading list: The Invasion of Iraq: 20 Years On
The Invasion of Iraq: 20 Years On

Reflecting on the legacy of the war on Iraq, for the Middle East and for the West.
After Black Lives Matter: a Letter From the Editor

"This is the most thorough exercise in historical and political thinking on the topic. The argument is simple with deep implications. Deploying accessible political theory, historical arguments and contemporary examples, After Black Lives Matter points the way toward a different kind of movement and a different sort of society." – Asher Dupuy-Spencer, editor
'Legitimacy' Cretinism

In France today, elections are treated as the primary source of democratic legitimacy. But, Frédéric Lordon argues, this electoral deference fetishizes legal procedure at the expense of political action, thus eroding democratic politics.
On the Small Boats Bill

The British government's Small Boats Bill is neither an aberration nor a cynical distraction from other Government woes, but an act that it will cause real material harm to thousands. In response, Gracie Mae Bradley argues, the left needs a radical, multi-disciplinary strategy that works towards the best, but plans for the worst.
Satire as Critique: Reflections on The Buddha of Suburbia

The Buddha of Suburbia, Hanif Kureishi's novel and TV series about young man’s uncertain cultural identity, charts the fraught social and political changes of late 1970s Britain. Here, Kashif Sharma-Patel charts the series' radical potential.
The EHRC Fails Again

As the Report into Antisemitism in the Labour Party hits the news again, essential facts remain missing that continue to distort and prejudice the debate. Richard Kuper, web editor for JVL, sets the record straight.
The Profits of the American War Machine

In this excerpt from The Spoils of War, Andrew Cockburn outlines the internal politics of the US military and the lobbying that keeps the American war machine well-funded.