#101 - July 2026

Articles and Conversations

Zionism and the American Jewish Left in the Depression Era: Benjamin Balthaser's Citizens of the Whole World
Paul
Saba
"Do I have to support my parents?" With older adults in crisis, Social Security can be fixed fairly
Margaret Morganroth
Gullette
Balsams, Weapons and Guides: Social disintegration and the role of music
Mat
Callahan
Dominance, Populism, and Asymmetry: Re-conceptualizing Electoral Contestation and De-democratization in Bihar's 2025 Election
Waseem Ahmad
Bhat
Imagine Unity: Laying the Groundwork for a Multicultural Progressive Political Revolution
John W. Lawrence & H. Ege
Ozen
Theoretical Visionary: John Bellamy Foster and Capitalist Crisis in an Age of AI, Militarism, and Ecological Rift
Michael C.
Dreiling
Working with Labor Movement Voters
Mark
Spadafore
Race Relations, Class Relations and Historical Materialism: An interview with Adolph Reed Jr. and Kenneth Warren
Mat
Callahan
The Oneness of Everything: Recollections from a Conversation with Helena Sheehan
Deepak
P

Book Reviews

Breaking the Bonds of Fate
Reviewed by Mat
Callahan
A Clean Hell: Anarchy and Abolition in America's Most Notorious Dungeon
Reviewed by Steve
Martinot
Machine Modernism, Masculinity, and the Trauma of War: The Art of Fernand Léger
Reviewed by Inez
Hedges
Simply to Be Americans? Literary Radicals Confront Monopoly Capitalism, 1885–1938
Reviewed by Elisabeth
Armstrong
Black Studies, Cultural Politics, and the Evasion of Inequality: The Farce this Time
Reviewed by Mat
Callahan
A Critique of Political Science: A History of the Caucus for a New Political Science
Reviewed by Victor
Wallis
The Care Economy
Reviewed by Tracy
Lassiter
Visions of a Sane Society: Fromm and Critical Theory for a Free, Democratic, and Sustainable Future
Reviewed by Charles
Reitz

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Notes on Contributors