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Pre-Marxism in the Last Instance: A Review of Chantal Mouffe’s “For a Left Populism”

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Post date January 4, 2021
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by Brant Roberts
“The current political order is riddled with obstacles along legal and economic lines, not to mention the concrete structure of the state, making social democratic reforms appear more utopian than communism.”

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Jusqu’ici Tout Va Bien: La Haine 25 Years Later

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Post date December 16, 2020
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by Brant Roberts
“Amid rebellions throughout the US after the police-murder of George Floyd and the popular calls for abolishing the police, the messages of La Haine continue to be urgent, relevant, and important.”

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Review of Massimiliano Tomba’s “Insurgent Universality: An Alternative Legacy of Modernity”

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Post date May 30, 2020
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by Brant Roberts
“The book is rich in potential for rethinking what kind of future we would like to strive towards and deals with lost moments in history that have often been overlooked by both historians and socialists alike.”