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Books / 23 January 2026
23 January 2026

RON JACOBS welcomes a timely biography of a contemporary of Marx and Engels who advocated revolutionary socialism

solidarity
Book Review / 11 January 2026
11 January 2026

RON JACOBS welcomes a timely history of the Anti Imperialist league of America, and the role that culture played in their politics

falling light
Book Review / 16 December 2025
16 December 2025

RON JACOBS introduces the latest novel by the best writer of US working-class fiction writing today

CPUSA
Book Review / 16 October 2025
16 October 2025

RON JACOBS is enthralled by an account of the surveillance and political repression on the left in the US

black nationalism
Books / 10 October 2025
10 October 2025

RON JACOBS applauds a reading of black history in the US that plots the path from autonomy to self-governance and then liberation

gaza
Books / 2 October 2025
2 October 2025

RON JACOBS is moved to tears by an eloquent journal of heartfelt intensity and human portraiture

fascism genocide
Books / 19 September 2025
19 September 2025

An analysis of the choices facing the US left has to reach beyond the confines of the Democrat party, suggests RON JACOBS

Darien Gap jungle on the Colombian side near Panamanian border / Pic:Paivi & Santeri/CC
Book Review / 24 August 2025
24 August 2025

RON JACOBS welcomes a first-hand account of the dangerous journey through central America faced by migrants

jacobs
Books / 8 August 2025
8 August 2025

RON JACOBS rides shotgun with a member of Black Bloc on the wave of anti-capitalist protests of the 1990s and early 2000s

US
Books / 1 August 2025
1 August 2025

With reservations, RON JACOBS recommends a deep dive into the nature, history, and mindset of US intelligence

flynn
Book Review / 18 July 2025
18 July 2025

RON JACOBS welcomes a timely homage to one of the IWW and CPUSA’s most effective orators

dicks
Books / 29 June 2025
29 June 2025

RON JACOBS welcomes a survey of US punk in the era of Reagan, and sees the necessity for some of the same today