The Blurred Boundaries of Art and Politics
A conversation with Ben Davis, the author of Art in the After-Culture: Capitalist Crisis and Cultural Strategy.
Winter 2023
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Backlash and Bad Vibes
A roundtable on Democrats and the left.
Our Segregation Problem
Throughout the United States, racial separation remains a common feature of collective life. The consequences are significant for left political organizing aimed at building a multiracial working-class majority.
Destructive Myths
Romanticized stories about the Second World War are at the heart of American exceptionalism.
Realism’s Imperial Origins
The left cannot afford to renounce its historical commitment to self-determination.
Who Are the People?
The politics of the 2010s and 2020s are about who the people are and what it means for them to matter.
Radical Taxation
Taxes demonstrate the legitimacy of democratic control of the economy. This is what conservatives cannot accept—and what surviving climate change will require.
Beyond the Blob
An interview with Senator Bernie Sanders’ foreign policy advisor Matt Duss.
Bad Habits
There’s no hiding from the rest of the world.
Responses to Aziz Rana
Patrick Iber, Adom Getachew, Stephen Wertheim, Aslı Bâli, Susie Linfield, Ramzi Kassem, and Darryl Li respond to “Left Internationalism in the Heart of Empire.”
Who Segregated America?
Federal housing policies contributed to the segregation of American cities in the twentieth century. But it was private interests that led the way.
Should We Disrupt the Democratic Party or Take It Over?
As much as organizers might wish for strategic unity, movements are diverse and messy formations that involve both inside and outside politics.
