In NLR 155, Martín Mosquera dissects the rise of Milei: ‘The successive failure of the two major political coalitions fuelled a crisis of representation. The situation suggests a variant of Gramsci’s catastrophic stalemate.’ newleftreview.org/issues/ii155...

Jeremy Gilbert and Alex Williams on the new Marxism: ‘This is precisely why it is important not to conceptualise material interests as transhistorical categories existing outside of specific social conjunctures.’ newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

NLR 155 is now online. Featuring Dylan Riley and Robert Brenner on the long downturn and its politics, plus Nicholas Mulder, Owen Hatherley and more. newleftreview.org

‘A key question, however, is rarely asked: what does ‘‘material interest’’ mean?’ For Sidecar, Dylan Riley on the new Marxism: newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

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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.”’ newleftreview.org/issues/ii154...

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.’ newleftreview.org/issues/ii154...

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. newleftreview.org/issues/ii154...

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.' newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

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.’ newleftreview.org/issues/ii154...

'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 newleftreview.org/issues/ii154...

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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... Subscribe now newleftreview.org/issues/ii154

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.' newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

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.' newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

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...' newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

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.' newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

"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: newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

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.' newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

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?' newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

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.' newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

'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: newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

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.' newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

NLR 153 is now online. Featuring Zhang Yongle, Roberto Schwarz, Alyssa Battistoni, Aaron Benanav, Michael Burawoy and Michael Lieven. newleftreview.org/issues/ii153 Subscribe now!

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.' newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

'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: newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

'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': newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

'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: newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

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.' newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

Aditya Bahl on Manmohan Singh: 'How did this student of Cambridge Keynesians become the architect of Indian neoliberalism?' newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

Gavin Rae (@gavrae.bsky.social) on Poland's presidential election: 'As Europe moves right, Poland may come to seem like less of a deviation from the political mainstream than a reflection of it.' newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

Tom Hazeldine on the life and work of Hugh Roberts: 'In his view, commentary on international politics too often resembled a chorus, and Roberts had no time for choruses.' newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

Ammar Ali Jan on India and Pakistan: 'Wartime fervour can only provide a temporary distraction from the deepening social contradictions by which both countries are beset.' newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

Matthew Karp in Sidecar: 'The US political world can today be divided not only between left and right, but along another axis: Trump maximalists and Trump minimalists.' newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

Nick Burns quizzes Ross Douthat: ‘We’re not in post-Cold War normal anymore, and I don’t think it’s coming back. We’re in a weirder zone…’ newleftreview.org/issues/ii152...

Luke Roberts on Ian Hamilton Finlay: 'His work is divisive, courts controversy, splits opinion. How shall we put Finlay back together again?' newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

'The DRC – born under Belgian colonial rule, remade as a Cold War theatre, now shaped by external financial flows – remains deprived of anything resembling real sovereignty.' Ben Radley & Nicholas Fairwood contextualise the conflict in the Congo: newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

'Abandonment of social welfare provision, growing emphasis on coercive functions, maintenance of markets: doesn’t this describe the essence of the neoliberal state, rather than something entirely new?' Tony Wood on drug violence and the Mexican state: newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

Tariq Ali on the prospect of war between India and Pakistan: ‘The popular mood is for a short, sharp war of revenge.’ newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

'As the oligarchy tries to fortify itself against democratic pressures, it may face a more determined and united opposition in the years ahead.' Franklin Ramírez Gallegos on Ecuador's election: newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

This is an excellent piece on the horrific conflict in Sudan, which ought to be getting a lot more attention.

'Tulathimutte’s vision of California is luridly hellish, a Bosch painting as a deep-fried meme – a place where the apocalypse has already occurred' For Sidecar, Mathias Fuelling reviews 'Rejection': newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

NLR 152 is now online. Featuring Wolfgang Streck, David Harvey, Lola Seaton, Nick Burns in conversation with Ross Douthat and more. newleftreview.org/issues/ii152 Subscribe now!

Coming soon

'The forces pulling Sudan apart have little interest in ending this war, which has created the sort of enclave capitalism that will likely be characteristic of the Horn of Africa in decades to come.' Joshua Craze on the conflict in Sudan: newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

'The point is not simply to "raise awareness" or put pressure on politicians. We bypass politicians and go straight to the aggressors.' Sidecar speaks to Huda Ammori about Palestine Action's aims and tactics: newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

JoAnn Wypijewski on America and immigration: ‘The question is, why are so many Americans moved to fear them? The more or less materialist answers are insufficient.’ newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

Corey Robin on the tariffs: ‘Where McKinley used the tariff to unite the masses and the classes, Trump’s tariffs – and the markets they’re roiling – threaten to drive a wedge through his coalition…’ newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

'Globalization cannot simply be reversed at the stroke of a pen. Its unravelling would require a challenge to the dominant fractions of capital more serious than anything Trump is willing to contemplate.' Steve Maher & Scott Aquanno on Trump's tariffs: newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

Owen Hatherley on the Manic Street Preachers: ‘With any teenage obsession, you can usually date the exact moment the spell is broken…’ newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...