Not your father’s comic
A review of HBO’s Harley Quinn
by Glenn AllenExcerpt: Glenn Allen reviews the surprisingly leftist politics featured prominently in the animated HBO Max superhero series Harley Quinn.
Making sense of the Ukraine war
A Critique of Medea Benjamin and Nicolas Davies
by Eric DraitserEric Draitser critically reviews War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict by Medea Benjamin and Nicholas Davies, which, he argues, sees the entirety of the conflict through the lens of U.S.-NATO aggression without making even a perfunctory attempt to engage with the many other critical aspects of the war.
“Do not forsake me, comrade”
The continuing relevance of High Noon
by Hank KennedyHank Kennedy revisits the Hollywood classic High Noon.
Don’t ever forgive, don’t ever forget
A review of “All Quiet on the Western Front”
by Thomas HummelThomas Hummel reviews the film “All Quiet on the Western Front,” a new adaptation of the classic anti-war novel.
The making of a Black Bolshevik
A review of Winston James’s new biography of Claude McKay
by Bill MullenBill Mullen argues that McKay deserves a good Marxist biographer and has found one in Winston James.
Past and Present Collide
A review of Donna Murch’s Assata Taught Me
by Sudip BhattacharyaSudip Battacharya reviews Donna Murch, Assata Taught Me: State Violence, Racial Capitalism, and the Movement for Black Lives
and explores how the past informs the present.
Eric Blanc, Karl Kautsky, and the democratic road to socialism
A review of Revolutionary Social Democracy: Working-Class Politics Across the Russian Empire (1882–1917)
by John MarotJohn Marot reviews Eric Blanc’s Revolutionary Social Democracy.
Weaponizing identity politics
A review of Elite Capture
by Eric MaroneyEric Maroney reviews Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò’s recently published book from Haymarket, Elite Capture.
Fighting Times
Review of Jon Melrod’s memoir of a revolutionary activist
by Joe AllenJon Melrod’s memoir of his years as a revolutionary activist is a great read. Joe Allen reviews.
Why the hell not
A review of Homestead Steel Mill: The Final Ten Years
by Gary HollowayGary Holloway reviews Mike Stout’s 2020 memoir Homestead Steel Mill: The Final Ten Years.