Empire and System: Paul W. Schroeder’s Warnings
Paul W. Schroeder was no Marxist, but in an age of collapsing empires and revived realpolitik, his cold-eyed history of diplomacy offers the left a theory of ruin we can use
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Paul W. Schroeder was no Marxist, but in an age of collapsing empires and revived realpolitik, his cold-eyed history of diplomacy offers the left a theory of ruin we can use
Marine Le Pen is out of the race, but her party is preparing for power.
Dan Edelstein’s The Revolution to Come: A History of an Idea from Thucydides to Lenin and Enzo Traverso’s Revolution: An Intellectual History
This book is about the fens. I live on the edge of the fens, a flat place. When the wind blows it stops for no one. But the fens are not about wind. They are about earth and water. Black earth.
Whipple’s Uncharted is less a chronicle of Trump’s comeback than an unflinching autopsy of a decaying liberal order that mistook gerontocracy for stability and denial for strategy
On the Supreme Court ruling in For Women Scotland v. Scottish Ministers
Dismantling Inequality: A Bold Vision for a Marxist Police Reform – Delve into an exploration of community-based alternatives to the traditional Metropolitan Police, as we imagine a world where law enforcement aligns with our values and drives societal transformation.
The Metropolitan Police’s deep-rooted issues demand a comprehensive overhaul, leading to the urgent question: is it time to dismantle the Met and rebuild a force that truly serves London’s diverse communities?
Through the ideas of Stuart Hall, this post looks at the persistent problems of the Metropolitan Police and the complicated relationship between policing, power, and social inequality.