‘Capitalism, Jacobinism, and International Relations’ amounts to a brilliant book, showing that, in France and the Ottoman Empire, universal citizenship, equality before the law, and mass conscription did not represent components of nascent capitalism but of an alternative Jacobin form of strengthening the state.
I wanted to express appreciation for Peter Lamb’s generous review of The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism. Lamb’s review stresses the book’s scholarly merits and suggests it will be “very resourceful” for critical theorists interested in “immanent critique”. Lamb emphasises the “untapped potential” of the argument for liberal socialism and my failure to push it
The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism, Matthew McManus, Abingdon: Routledge, 2025. Reviewed by Peter Lamb Introduction Karl Marx engaged in political and intellectual competition with radical liberals for much of his life, but recognised the important and indeed necessary contribution of liberalism as a driving force in historical development. He did so from a position
Josefine Wikström’s book Task Dance and Event Score: A Critique of Performance is a very timely and compelling contribution to the understanding of labour in art theory.
From 3 to 5 April 2026, hundreds of people from every continent came together at the HM Istanbul 2026 Conference. Convened at Istanbul Bilgi University, Santral Campus, the conference took place under the theme “From Catastrophe to Struggle: Rethinking Capitalism amid Wars and Disasters”. Across 127 panels and with 456 speakers, the conference brought into dialogue a wide range of struggles, experiences, and critical perspectives on war, ecology, authoritarianism, class, gender, race, social reproduction, and resistance.
Habermas’s errors and even his blind spots do not diminish his intellectual stature. Without him, the darkness deepens still further in a Germany and a Europe that appear increasingly adrift.
Little known today, Sadik Premtaj is nonetheless a crucial figure for understanding the early years of the Communist Party of Albania (CPA).
This interview with Henri Lefebvre was conducted for the French Communist Party (PCF) journal La Nouvelle Critique in 1979. As the interview shows, Lefebvre’s renewed engagement with the PCF was neither nostalgic nor opportunistic but grounded in his conviction that Marxism required continual theoretical renegotiation if it was to remain capable of grasping contemporary reality.
E. Ahmet Tonak reviews Güney Işıkara and Patrick Mokre, Marx’s Theory of Value at the Frontiers: Classical Political Economics, Imperialism and Ecological Breakdown. New York: Routledge, 2025
2025 has proved to be another difficult year for the Trotskyist movement. Despite reasonable election results in Argentina and Germany, extensive involvement in the new left party in Britain and a merger of two International bodies, the movement, as a whole, has suffered significant political splits and has made little headway in the scores of countries where Trotskyist parties are to be found.
A review of Bruno Leipold’s Citizen Marx: Republicanism and the Formation of Karl Marx’s Social and Political Thought and Vanessa Will’s Marx’s Ethical Vision
A special dossier on the ongoing MEGA² edition and its international reception. Featured articles: Kaan Kangal, Introduction to Dossier ‘Marx, MEGA and MEGA-Marx’ Historical-Critical Dictionary of Marxism, MEGA Roberto Fineschi, The Marx-Engels-Gesamtausgabe in Italy Roberto Fineschi, Notes on the Translation of Some Specialist Marxist Terms into Italian and English Jean Quétier, A French edition of
