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New Left Review
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Left-wing journal of ideas covering world politics, global economy, movements, theory, history, culture and more. Website: https://newleftreview.org
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New Left Review @newleftreview.bsky.social · Sep 1
NLR 154 is online now.

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Carolyn Lesjak reviews Fredric Jameson in NLR 154:

‘In contrast to “the private lives of currently fashionable autofiction”, the works discussed here “try to write the collective, or at least register the crisis of the individual attempting to do so.”’

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Front cover of a book titled Inventions of a Present by Fredric Jameson
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New Left Review @newleftreview.bsky.social · Sep 8
In NLR 154, Aaron Benanav develops his framework for a post-capitalist social order:

‘From a technical standpoint, there may be no single optimal answer. But from an economic and political perspective, a choice must still be made.’

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New Left Review @newleftreview.bsky.social · Sep 5
Julia Hertäg reflects in NLR 154 on three generations of Arbeiterfilme, from the radical expressionism of the Weimar era and 1960s militancy to the damning portrayals of post-reunification Germany presented by contemporary filmmakers.

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New Left Review @newleftreview.bsky.social · Sep 4
Owen Hatherley on the leftist avant-garde publisher Rab-Rab Press:

'The books take an oblique approach to revolutionary history and the various attempts at creating a socialist culture, resurrecting it in select fragments.'

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Owen Hatherley, Making Strange — Sidecar
On Rab-Rab Press.
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New Left Review @newleftreview.bsky.social · Sep 3
Kevin Gray on the rise of the far right in South Korea, in NLR 154:

‘The political system remained prey to polarization, anti-incumbency and popular dissatisfaction, with the electorate both ‘deeply’ and ‘evenly’ divided, as in the US.’

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New Left Review @newleftreview.bsky.social · Sep 1
'No one is entitled to rest content on their progressive laurels by simply referring to the "rule of law" without attention to the kinds of law and legal institution such invocations end up buttressing.'

Martti Koskenniemi on international law in NLR 154

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New Left Review @newleftreview.bsky.social · Sep 1
NLR 154 is online now.

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New Left Review @newleftreview.bsky.social · Aug 30
NLR 154 now online

Featuring Susan Watkins on Israel, Aaron Benanav on a world beyond capitalism, Martti Koskenniemi on international law, Kevin Gray on the Korean right, Julia Hertäg on cinema of the German working class, and much more...

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NLR 154, July–August 2025
NLR 154, July–August 2025. Includes articles by Julian Stallabrass, Martti Koskenniemi, Susan Watkins, Julia Hertäg, Carolyn Lesjak, Aaron Benanav, Kevin Gray and Jonathan Ree
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New Left Review @newleftreview.bsky.social · Aug 29
Owen Hatherley on the leftist avant-garde publisher Rab-Rab Press:

'The books take an oblique approach to revolutionary history and the various attempts at creating a socialist culture, resurrecting it in select fragments.'

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Owen Hatherley, Making Strange — Sidecar
On Rab-Rab Press.
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New Left Review @newleftreview.bsky.social · Aug 28
For Sidecar, Erika Balsom on Kamal Aljafari’s new film 'With Hasan in Gaza':

'Against all these crimes of extermination, every second of this documentary is an archive of presence, demanding recognition and remembrance.'

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Erika Balsom, No More — Sidecar
Kamal Aljafari’s ‘With Hasan in Gaza’.
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New Left Review @newleftreview.bsky.social · Aug 26
Leo Robson on Ari Aster's 'Eddington':

'It’s as if the sensationalism of the subject matter alerted Aster to the virtues of patience and modulation...'

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Leo Robson, Law and Order — Sidecar
Ari Aster’s ‘Eddington’.
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New Left Review @newleftreview.bsky.social · Aug 8
For Sidecar, Andrew Murray discusses the politics of Britain's new left party:

'We should diffuse the idea that there is a coherent class project that could rescue society from its present depredations. That will have cascading political effects.'

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Andrew Murray, Force of Opposition — Sidecar
On Britain’s new left party—2.
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New Left Review @newleftreview.bsky.social · Aug 1
"Her performed indifference to the enigma she presents is her defining feature as a public persona. Spectacle, for Melania Trump, is a dish best served cold."

For Sidecar, Jeremy Walton on Melania Trump:

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Jeremy F. Walton, Life-Sized — Sidecar
On Melania Trump.
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New Left Review @newleftreview.bsky.social · Jul 25
For Sidecar, an interview with James Schneider on Britain's new left party:

'We need a fundamental shift in our strategic vision in order to create a consensus on the left that recognises the importance of popular power.'

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James Schneider, Building the Party — Sidecar
An interview with James Schneider.
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New Left Review @newleftreview.bsky.social · Jul 21
Lily Lynch on Trump and Ukraine:

'Has Trump revealed his willingness to defer to the conventional neocon-Atlanticist outlook, or is this merely an ephemeral convergence?'

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Lily Lynch, Convergence? — Sidecar
Trump and Ukraine.
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New Left Review @newleftreview.bsky.social · Jul 17
Adewale Maja-Pearce on Muhammadu Buhari:

'A dour man who was known for never smiling in public, Buhari quickly showed his hand upon coming to power.'

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Adewale Maja-Pearce, The General — Sidecar
Muhammadu Buhari (1942-2025).
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New Left Review @newleftreview.bsky.social · Jul 9
'We are now in the twilight of Spain’s progressive cycle, and it is the radical right that stands to benefit.'

Brais Fernández on Spain's political crisis:

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Brais Fernández, Twilight in Spain — Sidecar
Perils of progressivism.
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New Left Review @newleftreview.bsky.social · Jul 8
Alexander Zevin on Zohran Mamdani and NYC:

'In this new Gilded Age, business acts with a still greater sense of entitlement over the city it largely owns, and is unused to challenges at this scale to its perquisites.'

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Alexander Zevin, Gilded City — Sidecar
Zohran Mamdani’s NYC.
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New Left Review @newleftreview.bsky.social · Jul 2
NLR 153 is now online.

Featuring Zhang Yongle, Roberto Schwarz, Alyssa Battistoni, Aaron Benanav, Michael Burawoy and Michael Lieven.

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New Left Review @newleftreview.bsky.social · Jun 30
An interview with Geoff Dyer:

'The relationship I had with Barthes and Williams was one of love. And being in love with anything or anyone is always transformative – for a while at least.'

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Geoff Dyer & Leo Robson, Theory in the Air — Sidecar
An interview with Geoff Dyer.
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New Left Review @newleftreview.bsky.social · Jun 28
'No amount of emotional intensity can alter the objective reality of the situation: land was taken from its occupants. There is nothing, not even the Holocaust, that can erase, let alone justify, that fact.'

Frédéric Lordon in Sidecar:

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Frédéric Lordon, Endgame — Sidecar
Zionism and its destiny.
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New Left Review @newleftreview.bsky.social · Jun 21
'Utopianism has never been the fatal flaw of the left. What truly undermines its capacity for political realism is this belief in the saving power of catastrophe.'

Corey Robin on 'late capitalism':

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Corey Robin, Waiting Game — Sidecar
On ‘late capitalism’.
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New Left Review @newleftreview.bsky.social · Jun 17
'The Israeli garrison state has made clear that it is not satisfied with overwhelming regional military superiority; it also seeks the permanent incapacity of its neighbours.'

Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi on Israel's regime-change agenda:

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Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi, Culmination — Sidecar
Israel attacks Iran.
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New Left Review @newleftreview.bsky.social · Jun 12
For Sidecar, Raymond Geuss remembers Alasdair MacIntyre:

'He was one of the very few anglophone philosophers of the past two hundred years whom one could imagine emerging from the pages of Plutarch or Diogenes Laertius.'

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Raymond Geuss, Storyteller — Sidecar
Alasdair MacIntyre (1929-2025).
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New Left Review @newleftreview.bsky.social · Jun 11
Aditya Bahl on Manmohan Singh:

'How did this student of Cambridge Keynesians become the architect of Indian neoliberalism?'

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Aditya Bahl, Freedom Fighter? — Sidecar
Manmohan Singh’s India.
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