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Scott B. Ritner, Revolutionary Pessimism: Simone Weil’s Antifascist Politics – Stanford University Press, November 2026 Scott B. Ritner argues that the antifascist philosopher and mystic Simone Weil’s critical writings about the social crises of the mid-twentieth century, especially fascism, are … Continue reading →

Chad Wellmon, After the University: Higher Education and the Future of Intellectual Work – Johns Hopkins University Press, June 2026 When the pursuit of knowledge is eclipsed by money and power, what remains of higher learning? What is a university … Continue reading →

Rebecca Adler-Nissen and Kristin Anabel Eggeling, The Brussels Bubble: Inside the European Union in the Digital Age – Cambridge University Press, June 2026

Salvador Santino Regilme ed., Statelessness and Citizenship Revocation in Europe: Rethinking Politics, Law, Security, and Human Rights – De Gruyter Brlll, July 2026

Andrew McKenzie-McHarg, The Hidden History of Conspiracy Theory – Princeton University Press, June/August 2026 Will be interesting to read this alongside Nicolas Guilhot, Conspiracy: The History of a Political Obsession – Harvard University Press, October 2026. Truthers, birthers, flat-Earthers, the deep state, … Continue reading →

Walter Rodney, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa – new edition, foreword by Angela Davis, Verso, September 2026 An exemplary work of political, economic, and historical analysis, powerfully introduced by Angela Davis How Europe Underdeveloped Africa is an ambitious masterwork of political economy, … Continue reading →

Anne O. Law, Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship: African Americans, Native Americans, and Immigrants – Oxford University Press, March 2026 I’ve shared news of the book before, now with a New Books network discussion with Lilly Goren Since the … Continue reading →

Marcel Mariën, Theory of Immediate World Revolution: A Handbook for the Avant-Garde – ed. Anna O’Meara, trans. Nadège Lejeune, Anna O’Meara and Ian Thompson, Verso, September 2026 The Afterword to the German edition from 1989 is on the Verso site. A blueprint for … Continue reading →