For NLR, Terry Eagleton on James Joyce and Irish republicanism:

‘If there is the nightmare of Irish history, there is also a proleptic sense of alternative futures, of half-articulate energies groping for political realization.’

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'The institutions of the Fifth Republic – the state, the media, the mainstream parties, big business, the police – are determined to crush the rebellion that LFI represents.'

Olly Haynes on the future of the French left:

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For NLR, Jacob Collins (Jacob Collins) on the life and work of Pierre Nora:

‘Nora proposed an innovative conceptual remedy, the lieux de mémoire, scenes and places that stored French memory and identity.’

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'Mass protests, walkouts, clashes with police...'

Matt Schierz on South Korea's strike wave and elections:

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'In South Korea, progressive currents are gaining ground. Might they soon find their way into the halls of power?'

Matt Schierz writes for Sidecar on the Korean conjuncture:

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My New Left Review debut is now up at SIDECAR: a short letter to Osvaldo Lamborghini, the perfect pervert and the only guy to really scare the pants off Bolaño. newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/…

Olly Haynes (Olly) on the battle for the French left:

'The only way for LFI to prevail is to expand its electoral base. But there are competing theories of how to achieve this, and deep uncertainties over the most viable strategic direction.'

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This is one of the main theoretical questions I posed in this piece. It seems to me the central enigma in the early history of capitalist computation. There's a lot implicitly at stake in the possible answers.

New Left Review publishing some of the best criticism today with Ryan Ruby review of Wayne Koestenbaum newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/…

‘The symbols by which we live and think are increasingly governed by machines operating according to someone else’s rules.’

Rob Lucas (Rob Lucas) on Lorraine Daston’s sweeping study of ‘rules’ and modernity:

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“The Western bourgeoisie … would so much like to indulge in domination in innocence itself.”

Sometimes incomprehension is not a weakness of the intellect but a trick of the psyche: its categorical imperative.

‘When it comes to genocide, [Germany] is always on the wrong side of History’

Some thoughts on Susan Taubes, for New Left Review

Huda Awan (huda ) on the work of Susan Taubes:

‘Why choose to begin a story at all?’

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Frédéric Lordon on Gaza:

‘This is what happens when the veil of innocence is lifted, and as always, it’s not a pretty sight.’

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“To dominate without bearing the stain of evil: this is perhaps the ultimate fantasy of the dominant.” Frédéric Lordon on Gaza and “the West” newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/…

Excellent piece from Frederic Jordon: newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/…

Frédéric Lordon on the war in Gaza:

‘To dominate without bearing the stain of evil: this is perhaps the ultimate fantasy of the dominant.’

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