As a penetrating history of the “Short Twentieth Century”—the period from the First World War (the traumatic end of the … More
Tag: history
The Tricontinental Conference & Latin American Liberationist Christianity
I am presenting a working paper at the Toronto Christian Left Conference (July 23-24), whose theme is Rethinking the Christian … More
Two World Views of the Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution: A View from the Third World (Verso, 2018) compiles a series of lectures given by Walter Rodney, … More
Red Star Over the Third World
Vijay Prashad, Red Star Over the Third World (Pluto Press, 2019). Vijay Prashad’s Red Star Over the Third World is … More
Los Angeles Intellectuals
As a guide to understanding the cultural mythology and socio-geographical history of the singular American city that represents both “the … More
Brecht and L.A. as Hell
In the 1930s and 1940s, Los Angeles became a haven for exiled European intellectuals on the run from or protesting … More
The Origin of Capitalism
A précis of Ellen Meiksins Wood, The Origin of Capitalism: A Longer View (Verso, 2017). There is a story told about capitalism—mostly by … More
2016: Year in Reading
I am not relevant enough to give recommendations for books published in 2016; for that, you can check out editor … More
Il Campanilismo
It existed once before the nineteenth century, briefly, as part of the vast imperial structure of the Roman Empire. Before that … More