Varlam Shalamov versus Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Just as Adorno declared that “to write a poem after Auschwitz is barbaric,” Shalamov thought literature had to “change drastically after Kolyma.” Continue reading
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Air Maoism
Loren Goldner’s blistering 2003 review of Revolution on the Air, by Max Elbaum. Continue reading
Marx still haunts capitalism two hundred years on
Before all else, Marx was a revolutionary. Continue reading
Hillel Ticktin’s contributions to Marxist theory
A summary of his views on the USSR, contemporary politics, and dialectical method. Continue reading
Antisemitism as a “blindspot” for the Left
Impersonal aspects of the capitalist social order are identified with the person of the Jew. Continue reading
CLR James, critical theory, and the dialectic
Several times during the 1940s, the Trinidadian Marxist CLR James met with the critical theorist Theodor Adorno in New York. Continue reading
Victor Serge, chronicler of revolution
From first to last, Serge remained a revolutionary. Continue reading
Typology and ideology: Moisei Ginzburg revisited
For Ginzburg and the architects of his generation, it seemed that architecture as form in history ought to mirror the dialectics of social development. Continue reading
Leon Trotsky, “demon” of the revolution
“We love the sun that gives us light. But if aggressors were to monopolize the sun, we should let it be extinguished: Let darkness reign, eternal night!” — Trotsky, 1918 Continue reading
Mihály Biró, 1886-1948
Communist thiccboi and other propaganda. Continue reading