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Compatible with Marxism

From Left Curve, Gaspar Miklos Tamas (CEU): Counter-revolution Against a Counter-revolution; and Alonzo Alcanzar on Radical-Leftist Strategy: Propositions for Discussion. You can download Global Capitalism and the Demise of the Left: Renewing Radicalism Through Inclusive Democracy, ed. Steve Best. From The International Journal of Inclusive Democracy, Takis Fotopoulos on the “new world order” hype and the new version of social-liberalism; and Steven Best (UTEP): Minding the Animals: Ethology and the Obsolescence of Left Humanism. For revolutionary socialists aiming to mobilise the masses for a fundamental transformation of society, religion is a question which cannot be ignored. An interview with Erik Olin Wright, author of Envisioning Real Utopias. From the International Journal of Zizek Studies, a special issue on Zizek's Communism. From Green Left Weekly, a review of The Idea of Communism by Tariq Ali; and is Buddhism compatible with Marxism? A review of Marxism and Ecological Economics: Toward a Red and Green Political Economy by Paul Burkett. Marxism 2010, fixing a broken system: In the wake of the financial crisis Marxist thought is thriving, and in London leading names are discussing turning ideas into action. A review of Dispersing Power: Social Movements as Anti-State Forces by Raul Zibechi (and more). A review of A Hard Rain Fell: SDS and Why It Failed by David Barber. Why has the Left become so illiberal? Francesca Klug wants to know. Do liberals suffer from arrested moral development? What 10-year-olds and liberals have in common. A review of Help! Mom! There are Liberals Under My Bed! by Katharine DeBrecht. The view from Lulu's: Jacques Delacroix continues his surveillance of a citadel of American leftism.