I wrote this shortly after participating in an historic HM Conference in London, only days after having heard the election result in the US while in the UK. We now face the increasing threat of reaching dangerous climatic tipping points simultaneously with an incoming climate-denialist Trump administration with virtual control of Congress. So, given this
Dear comrades, A huge thanks to all the participants in the 2024 Historical Materialism London conference. The conference was a huge success with over 800 presentations and 900 attendees that joined us over the four days. The success of the conference is an expression of the continuous pertinence of critical Marxist theory in these times
Dear Comrades, The Editorial Board is currently undertaking a comprehensive review of our internal policies and procedures. Recent months have highlighted, once again, the need to strengthen, audit, and improve our organisational structure to ensure that Historical Materialism consistently lives up to its values. We remain firmly committed to maintaining Historical Materialism as
Dear Comrades, We are getting in touch with you today to inform you that Historical Materialism has disassociated from Paul Reynolds, a long standing member of the editorial board. In solidarity, The Editorial Board of Historical Materialism. Research in Critical Marxist Theory
It is likely that most readers will come to this book searching not for an introduction to Critical Theory (though it serves this purpose well) but for an introduction to the thought of its author, the famously difficult English philosopher Gillian Rose. Rose helped put Frankfurt School ideas on the curriculum of British universities, published
Historical Materialism is deeply grieved by the passing of the Marxist intellectual giant, philosopher and cultural critic Fredric Jameson at the age of 90. Jameson’s work fundamentally reshaped our understanding of culture, politics and aesthetics, leaving behind an enduring legacy that has inspired generations of thinkers, activists and scholars. From his early encounter with Sartre’s
Joshua Morris, The Many Worlds of American Communism (Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, 2022), xxiii + 497 pp. Audacity and ambition are to be admired in books on American Communism. We have many studies of the particularities of Communist Party (CP) experience: explorations of state and city histories abound; inquiries addressing the trade union or
The title alone betrays the compactness of A. Kiarina Kordela’s Epistemontology in Spinoza-Marx-Freud-Lacan: The (Bio)Power of Structure (Routledge 2018). This is a critique of modern thought and politics, including metaphysics, political economy, psychoanalysis, and structuralism, and of the ideological wrapping that enfolds them within separate domains of interest and insight. Kordela deployes a Spinozian monism
If, at the top of the state building, they play the violin, how can we not expect those at the bottom to start dancing? Marx, The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte At the continental level, the June 9 European elections mark a significant step forward in the convergence between neoliberalism and neofascism. Beyond destabilising
By Gilbert Achcar Seven months after Hamas’s Al-Aqsa Flood attack across the fence surrounding the Gaza Strip on 7 October 2023, the provisional balance-sheet is daunting. A provisional balance-sheet According to the available figures, on 7 October 1,143 mostly Israeli persons were killed—767 civilians, among whom 36 children and 71 foreigners, and 376 military
Twenty-First Annual Historical Materialism London Conference Countering the Plague: Forces of Reaction and War and How to Fight Them 7-10 November 2024, SOAS, Russell Square, Central London Deadline for abstracts: Friday 31 May 2024 *DEADLINE HAS NOW PASSED* For inquiries contact: conference@historicalmaterialism.org https://www.historicalmaterialism.org/ The need to fight against authoritarian, right-wing, militarist politics at a global
Twenty-First Annual Historical Materialism London Conference Countering the Plague: Forces of Reaction and War and How to Fight Them 7-10 November 2024, SOAS, Russell Square, Central London Deadline for abstracts: Friday 31 May 2024 *DEADLINE HAS NOW PASSED* For inquiries contact: conference@historicalmaterialism.org https://www.historicalmaterialism.org/ In 2024, all societies are connected to war, its politics, policies,
