SPECTRE

JULY 4. 2025

The Continuing Relevance of Marx’s Capital

Charles Post reviews Sungur Savran and E. Ahmet Tonak, In the Tracks of Marx’s Capital: Debates in Marxian Political Economy and Lessons for 21st Century Capitalism.

JULY 1. 2025

Chuck Schumer in America—A Warning

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JUNE 27. 2025

Queer Is Total, Baby!

Ira Hybris and Ricci Galianoargues argue that true communist revolution demands embracing the full diversity of the proletariat—queer, racialized, disabled, feminized and beyond—as essential to building a liberatory politics of totality that leaves no one behind.

JUNE 25. 2025

Joint Statement by Independent Labor Organizations in Iran

Spectre statement regarding recent attacks on Iran followed by the Joint Statement by Independent Labor Organizations in Iran

JUNE 24. 2025

Water on the Brain

Gordon and Webber argue that Trumpism exemplifies the antidemocratic authoritarianism characteristic of the liberal tradition, rather than interwar fascism.

JUNE 17. 2025

What Everyone on the Left Should Know about Taiwan

Ralf Ruckus gives a historical primer for left internationalists concerned with the self-emancipation of the Taiwanese people.

Defend the LAnd

Maga Miranda argues that the current anti-ICE protests are a righteous resistance to defend the sovereignty and soul of Los Angeles as a sanctuary city.

JUNE 13. 2025

Hands Off!

Nate Holdren argues that both Trump and the legalistic opposition to his "lawlessness" are varieties of the same law-and-order politics.

JUNE 10. 2025

The Politics of Colonial Comparison

Sam Klug discusses his new book with Spectre's Zachary Levenson, which chronicles how the rhetoric of colonialism became central to Black internationalism in the United States.

JUNE 6. 2025

Contest the Space of Politics

Kolya Ludwig reflects on Abolish Rent, contending that its undertheorized concept of hegemony leads it to neglect important potential cross class alliances.

JUNE 3. 2025

Palestine Solidarity Encampment Diary

Katie Fustich translates the diary of Yuka, a Tokyo University student and member of their Palestine solidarity encampment's steering committee.

MAY 29. 2025

Marx’s Republican Communism

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MAY 27. 2025

“Are Women Weak Jews? ”

Sophie Lewis looks back on Scapegoat to reassess the Andrea Dworkin's legacy, concluding that the current Dworkin revival is a "terrible idea. "

MAY 20. 2025

The Broken Clock

Joshua Nicholas Pineda reviews Domenico Losurdo's Western Marxism.