From World Socialist Web Site, Ann Talbot on the ghost of Thomas Hobbes; and David North on Marxism, History and Socialist Consciousness, which "defends the foundations of scientific socialism against pseudo-Marxist conceptions influenced by the Frankfurt School and contemporary neo-utopianism". Richard Levins on how to visit a socialist country. From Boston Review, a review of The Year That Changed the World by Michael Meyer, The Romanian Revolution of December 1989 by Peter Siani-Davies, and Romania and the European Union: How the Weak Vanquished the Strong by Tom Gallagher. A review of The Red Flag: A History of Communism by David Priestland, The Rise and Fall of Communism by Archie Brown, and Zhivago’s Children: The Last Intelligentsia by Vladislav Zubok. An obituary for the Third Way: Magnus Ryner on the financial crisis and social democracy in Europe. A review of The Enigma of Capital and the Crises of Capitalism by David Harvey (and more and more). “History is made up of those events that couldn’t have been predicted before they happened”: An interview with David Graeber. Political activist Mickey Z versus apolitical quietist Tom Bradley. A review of Get Opinionated: A Progressive’s Guide to Finding Your Voice by Amanda Marcotte (and more and more). Those beliefs look good on you: When it comes to attracting disengaged young people to political movements, let's face it — appearances matter. From the Department of State's eJournal USA, a special issue on nonviolent paths to social change. Peter Gelderloos on how nonviolence protects the State. After years as a star of the atheist Left, Tariq Ali has spent two decades crafting historical novels about Islam (and more). A review of The Lacanian Left: Psychoanalysis, Theory, Politics by Yannis Stavrakakis.
