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‘Social Constitution and Fetishistic Social Domination in Marx, Lukács, Adorno, and Lefebvre’ by Chris O’Kane reviewed by Jacob Spenser Wilson
For those steeped in value-form theory, who have read the third section of chapter one so many times they dream in coats and linen, who are acutely aware of the debates concerning value’s necessary fo...
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I reviewed Chris O’Kane’s new book for Marx and Philosophy Review of Books. The short of it is this is important scholarship that sets many Marxist debates on new terrain. Go check out the review to see what you might learn.
marxandphilosophy.org.uk/reviews/2276...
marxandphilosophy.org.uk/reviews/2276...
I reviewed Chris O’Kane’s new book for Marx and Philosophy Review of Books. The short of it is this is important scholarship that sets many Marxist debates on new terrain. Go check out the review to see what you might learn.
marxandphilosophy.org.uk/reviews/2276...
marxandphilosophy.org.uk/reviews/2276...
‘Social Constitution and Fetishistic Social Domination in Marx, Lukács, Adorno, and Lefebvre’ by Chris O’Kane reviewed by Jacob Spenser Wilson
For those steeped in value-form theory, who have read the third section of chapter one so many times they dream in coats and linen, who are acutely aware of the debates concerning value’s necessary fo...
marxandphilosophy.org.uk
August 4, 2026 at 1:30 PM
I reviewed Chris O’Kane’s new book for Marx and Philosophy Review of Books. The short of it is this is important scholarship that sets many Marxist debates on new terrain. Go check out the review to see what you might learn.
marxandphilosophy.org.uk/reviews/2276...
marxandphilosophy.org.uk/reviews/2276...
Between O’Kane’s new book and this one (recently translated in English), there are now no excuses for anyone to read section 4 of chapter 1 of Capital as a theory of ideology anymore.
July 16, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Between O’Kane’s new book and this one (recently translated in English), there are now no excuses for anyone to read section 4 of chapter 1 of Capital as a theory of ideology anymore.
Dialectic of Enlightenment
Question for you – After The Odyssey, what should Christopher Nolan tackle next?
Reply with your answer, and you might see it in print in our next issue...
Reply with your answer, and you might see it in print in our next issue...
Wearing My Helmet Odysseus
ALT: Wearing My Helmet Odysseus
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July 13, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Dialectic of Enlightenment
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For Field Notes, I wrote a history of the anti-deportation movement that, for now, culminated in defeating the White House's "surge" deportation operations in the Twin Cities earlier this year. This defeat halted the domestic momentum of the Trump administration. brooklynrail.org/2026/07/fiel...
On DHS, or Defeating Homeland Security: The Movement Against Deportations in the US, 2025–26 | The Brooklyn Rail
Over the past several years many had forgotten, or were in denial, that not only is the US a nation of immigrants but that everyone in the US relies on immigrants, directly or indirectly, every single...
brooklynrail.org
July 2, 2026 at 12:22 AM
For Field Notes, I wrote a history of the anti-deportation movement that, for now, culminated in defeating the White House's "surge" deportation operations in the Twin Cities earlier this year. This defeat halted the domestic momentum of the Trump administration. brooklynrail.org/2026/07/fiel...
This was really ahead of its time for anglophone scholarship. I am sort of surprised I have not encountered more discussions around Cleaver’s work today. Interesting though that the language of a Marx revival appears here in 79.
June 1, 2026 at 3:43 PM
This was really ahead of its time for anglophone scholarship. I am sort of surprised I have not encountered more discussions around Cleaver’s work today. Interesting though that the language of a Marx revival appears here in 79.
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“Today’s anti-immigration-activated fascist movement recapitulates elements of the past but is also taking on new forms and dimensions.”
Fascism’s Building Blocks: 100 Years of Murdering Migrant Workers - Public Books
“The KKK’s terror campaign took a bloody toll. Between 1917 and 1920, 170 IWW union organizers were lynched or murdered in extra-judicial killings.”
www.publicbooks.org
May 12, 2026 at 8:07 PM
“Today’s anti-immigration-activated fascist movement recapitulates elements of the past but is also taking on new forms and dimensions.”
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Science publishing giant Elsevier has joined the dozens of firms and individuals suing artificial intelligence companies over their alleged use of copyrighted works in training AI models
go.nature.com/4eFGLZK
go.nature.com/4eFGLZK
Elsevier vs. Meta: first science publisher sues over scraped research papers
Science publishing giant Elsevier has joined a class action lawsuit against Meta that alleges the reproduction of copyrighted works in developing the Llama AI model.
go.nature.com
May 11, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Science publishing giant Elsevier has joined the dozens of firms and individuals suing artificial intelligence companies over their alleged use of copyrighted works in training AI models
go.nature.com/4eFGLZK
go.nature.com/4eFGLZK
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THE CULTURAL MARXISM CONSPIRACY
OUT NOW
OUT NOW
April 21, 2026 at 1:26 PM
THE CULTURAL MARXISM CONSPIRACY
OUT NOW
OUT NOW
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• Publisher/series: Haymarket Books — Historical Materialism book series
• Cover art and design: David Mabb
• Artwork: Construct 24, Morris, Medway / Rodchenko, Gas
• Medium: Wallpaper and montage mounted on canvas
• Year: 2006
• Reference: www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2813-h...
• Cover art and design: David Mabb
• Artwork: Construct 24, Morris, Medway / Rodchenko, Gas
• Medium: Wallpaper and montage mounted on canvas
• Year: 2006
• Reference: www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2813-h...
April 18, 2026 at 10:04 AM
• Publisher/series: Haymarket Books — Historical Materialism book series
• Cover art and design: David Mabb
• Artwork: Construct 24, Morris, Medway / Rodchenko, Gas
• Medium: Wallpaper and montage mounted on canvas
• Year: 2006
• Reference: www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2813-h...
• Cover art and design: David Mabb
• Artwork: Construct 24, Morris, Medway / Rodchenko, Gas
• Medium: Wallpaper and montage mounted on canvas
• Year: 2006
• Reference: www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2813-h...
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April 13, 2026 at 9:07 PM
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After sixteen years in power, Hungary's Trump- and Putin-aligned strongman has conceded defeat.
Goodbye, Viktor Orbán
Hungary's era of "illiberal democracy" may have come to an end.
www.motherjones.com
April 12, 2026 at 8:23 PM
After sixteen years in power, Hungary's Trump- and Putin-aligned strongman has conceded defeat.
What is Spring break for but to read Ricardo?
March 27, 2026 at 11:45 PM
What is Spring break for but to read Ricardo?
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Second book is apparently also coming out this year?
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/critical-...
Leaving academia is great for productivity, guys
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/critical-...
Leaving academia is great for productivity, guys
A Critical Theory of Social Domination
www.bloomsbury.com
March 26, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Second book is apparently also coming out this year?
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/critical-...
Leaving academia is great for productivity, guys
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/critical-...
Leaving academia is great for productivity, guys
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New interview is up! Author Leopoldina Fortunati sat down with Sara R. Farris to discuss the new English edition of her classic work, The Arcana of Reproduction.
Video: Leopoldina Fortunati on The Arcana of Reproduction
Author Leopoldina Fortunati sat down with Sara R. Farris to discuss the new English edition of her classic The Arcana of Reproduction – now available from Verso Books. This interview was recorded at t...
www.versobooks.com
March 12, 2026 at 5:56 PM
New interview is up! Author Leopoldina Fortunati sat down with Sara R. Farris to discuss the new English edition of her classic work, The Arcana of Reproduction.
Good story of how the state enforces private property in the interest of capital.
Legal records show that people charged with growing vegetables in residential communities were more likely to be people of color (usually either Black or a recent immigrant).
They just wanted to grow food. Their suburban neighbors declared war.
“We are a sustainable community, but we are not a rural community.”
www.motherjones.com
February 18, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Good story of how the state enforces private property in the interest of capital.
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There is no Saturday for you. Go write your book
February 7, 2026 at 2:35 PM
There is no Saturday for you. Go write your book
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On this day in 1879, the Wadatika Band of Northern Paiutes arrive at the Yakama reservation for five years of internment and imprisonment.
anticolonialhistory.com/event/18/
anticolonialhistory.com/event/18/
January 31, 2026 at 3:23 PM
On this day in 1879, the Wadatika Band of Northern Paiutes arrive at the Yakama reservation for five years of internment and imprisonment.
anticolonialhistory.com/event/18/
anticolonialhistory.com/event/18/
Had the lovely experience of watching my Linux distro implode in front of my eyes as I prepared for the next day’s work. Thankfully I recovered all the important stuff like dissertation copies. Really makes one appreciate good instructions and the good will of people on forums.
January 16, 2026 at 5:02 AM
Had the lovely experience of watching my Linux distro implode in front of my eyes as I prepared for the next day’s work. Thankfully I recovered all the important stuff like dissertation copies. Really makes one appreciate good instructions and the good will of people on forums.
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
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This is tomorrow! If you're in NY, come through 👇🏽
December 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
This is tomorrow! If you're in NY, come through 👇🏽
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Call for PhD Student!
I'm recruiting a PhD student to work with me on a project related to my Future Fellowship at Monash University on the political economy of insurance, risk technology, climate governance, and the crisis of uninsurability. Here's the overview of my fellowship.
I'm recruiting a PhD student to work with me on a project related to my Future Fellowship at Monash University on the political economy of insurance, risk technology, climate governance, and the crisis of uninsurability. Here's the overview of my fellowship.
November 25, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Call for PhD Student!
I'm recruiting a PhD student to work with me on a project related to my Future Fellowship at Monash University on the political economy of insurance, risk technology, climate governance, and the crisis of uninsurability. Here's the overview of my fellowship.
I'm recruiting a PhD student to work with me on a project related to my Future Fellowship at Monash University on the political economy of insurance, risk technology, climate governance, and the crisis of uninsurability. Here's the overview of my fellowship.
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“reality tv is inherently fascist” is my most consistently vindicated hot take of all time
Kristi Noem has been working with the producer of “Duck Dynasty” to pitch a reality TV show—titled “The American”—where immigrants will compete in a string of challenges across the country “for the honor of fast-tracking their way to U.S. citizenship,” according to a new report.
Noem Plots Reality Show Where Migrants Fight for Citizenship
A Homeland Security official told the Daily Beast that the show is in the early stages of vetting, though approval has not been given—or denied.
www.thedailybeast.com
May 15, 2025 at 11:57 PM
“reality tv is inherently fascist” is my most consistently vindicated hot take of all time