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Books to understand Britain’s political landscape, far-right populism, and how we can build our own Left movements.

Jewish Marxists have always rejected Zionism. In 1906, Chaim Jakov Gelfand, a leading member of the Bund, published this polemic in Die Neue Zeit, the theoretical journal of the German Social Democracy.

Brian Willems revisits Fredric Jameson's An American Utopia for our Jameson at 90 series.

In this instalment of our Jameson at 90 series, Ian Balfour returns to Fredric Jameson's The Ancients and the Postmoderns, reflecting on Jameson's career-spanning occupation with totality.

Steve Edwards revisits Fredric Jameson's The Antinomies of Realism in this instalment of our Jameson at 90 series.

Complete your Mike Davis book shelf!

Jonathan Glazer’s Zone of Interest has been read by critics as a reflection of the banality of evil. But, what if it in its materialist insistence on impersonal forces, it is actually about not evil's banality but its ubiquity?

Jean-Luc Mélenchon describes the slander campaign that has been carried out against him in the lead up to France's snap legislative elections.

Paul Elek argues that the only way to prevent a fascist government in France is a united response from the social and political left.

In response to the BLM protests, book publishers from giant majors to tiny indies rushed to respond. Nothing comparable has happened in response to the genocide in Gaza. But what role should publishers have in times of crisis, if any at all? And can they show solidarity without diluting a movement's radicalism?

Claire Bishop examines the way we look at art and performance today.

Frédéric Lordon makes the case for voting for France's "New Popular Front" – formed by La France Insoumise, the Socialist Party, the Greens, the Communist Party and some smaller formations – in Saturday's snap first election round.