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Ba’athism and the history of the Left in Iraq: Violence and politics

Ian Morrison Since the 1960s the saturation of brutality and violence in Iraq has caused considerable confusion among Leftists in regards to both its political meaning and causes. One cannot fully...

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Introduction to the history of the Left: Changes in the meaning of class...

The Platypus Historians Group Why do we need a “history of the Left?”— Platypus differs from other tendencies and organizations on the Left to the extent that we find it necessary and desirable to...

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Marx after Marxism: An interview with Moishe Postone

Benjamin Blumberg and Pam C Nogales C Moishe Postone is Professor of History at the University of Chicago, and his seminal book Time, Labor, and Social Domination: A Reinterpretation of Marx’s Critical...

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Review: Angela Davis “How does change happen?”

Chris Cutrone On the frigid winter evening of Thursday, January 24, Angela Davis, a former Communist Party activist associated in the 1960s–70s with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)...

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Review: Iran “Insights into its Religion, Politics, and Power”

Pam C Nogales The well attended event was held inside of the new auditorium housed in the recently buit expansion of the Spertus Insitute on Michigan avenue. The talk addressed the political character...

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The problem of nostalgia in Todd Haynes’s “I’m Not There”

Ryan Hardy I’m Not There is the most recent effort by American director Todd Haynes, who in his relatively short career has progressed from his notorious early effort, Superstar, through a celebrated...

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