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In praise of the Far Left

A new issue of Interface: A Journal for and about Social Movements is out. From New Proposals, William K. Carroll (Victoria) and R. S. Ratner (UBC): Social Movements and Counter-Hegemony: Lessons from the Field; and Arpad Kovacs (Oulu): Learning a Lesson: An Anarchist's Defence of Marxism-based Socialism. From Counterfire, an article in praise of the Far Left. From Platypus, Osha Neumann, Mark Rudd, Tim Wohlforth, Alan Spector on rethinking the New Left; and an interview with Max Elbaum, author of Revolution in the Air: Sixties Radicals Turn to Lenin, Mao, and Che. From the Party for Socialism and Liberation, Gloria La Riva on why we continue to defend the Soviet Union. The left cannot ignore China’s achievements, but neither can it be too celebratory. From News & Letters, Kevin Michaels on Raya Dunayevskaya's place in the history of the Left. Elitist revolutionary strutting: The Coming Insurrection was greeted by two of Germany's leading feuilletons as exhiliarating, important left-wing theory — but it is an anti-modern, right-wing re-import. A review of The Socialist Alternative by Michael Lebowitz. Isabel Parrot assesses the continuing relevance of In and Against the State. Andy Lewis on anarcho-primitivism vs. peace, justice, and the Christian Left. A review of The Enigma of Capital: and the Crises of Capitalism by David Harvey. A review of In and Out of Crisis by Greg Albo, Sam Gindin and Leo Panitch. The crisis now, and possible futures: John Steele attends the Global Crisis: Rethinking Economy and Society conference.