Essequibo, or the Persistence of El Dorado
The origins and meaning of the conflict involving Venezuela and Guyana
The March of the Breeders
In Bulgaria, Sofia Pride is under siege from domestic reactionaries and DOGE cuts alike – but they’re fighting back
Why We Lay Waste
Teresa Brennan’s theories used religion and psychoanalysis to explain affect, ecology, and economics
Border Economies, Broken Lives
In Kashmir, a chaos of trade, smuggling, and surveillance shapes the “cold peace” between India and Pakistan
It’s the Moral Economy, Stupid
The reason nobody wants to work anymore is no mystery
Notes on Labor Notes
Between compromise and radicalism, on the job and at the Labor Notes conference
Beyond Ethnostatism
The Austro-Marxists’ solution to “class vs. identity” was a politics of cultural autonomy
Geopolitics of the Sahel
Recent coups in Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso have produced the Alliance of Sahelian States (AES). Why is it aligning with Russia?
Beyond Athens and Jerusalem
Far-right intellectuals love to steal left-wing economic ideas. But what’s their real agenda?
Can Technology Save Us?
The Left’s wires are crossed about technology. We hack away at the Gordian knot.
The Socio-Material Lens
The economy as seen through its physical processes and social interactions
