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In the public eye: “Albert Einstein’s ‘Why Socialism?'”

March 3, 2026

In defiance of those who would like to, not only re-write history, but erase the future, please help us get this book out to as wide an audience as possible. Einstein's prescient article "Why Socialism?", first published by Monthly Review in its inaugural 1949 issue, has to say the least, been circulating for some time. Yet it has never been more relevant than today. Einstein's perspective links alienation and nuclear annihilation, capitalism to the devastating possibility of omnicide -- the destruction of all human life on earth. As the U.S. approaches its 250th anniversary and the current US President imprisons and kills the heads of Venezuela and Iran in a clear attempt to control access to their oil supplies, we already find ourselves mired in another imperialist war in the Middle East that is very likely to veer towards World War III....

New! “A Radical Anthropologist: The Trials and Triumphs of Kathleen Gough”

February 3, 2026

Who said, "Anthropology is a child of imperialism"?

In the public eye: John Bellamy Foster’s “Breaking the Bonds of Fate”

February 1, 2026

The latest: "Epicurus set up schools, first in Lampsacus (in modern day Turkey), then later in Athens. Other philosophical schools in the city used public space for lectures and attracted young, well educated, aristocratic Greek men. His critique of the ruling classes that dominated these schools that “'Nothing is enough for those for whom enough is too little' is as applicable today as in his age...."

New! “Silencing Fighting Bob: The Attack on Antiwar Progressives During the First World War” (Excerpt)

January 31, 2026

"Within months after the United States entered the war, progressives and social democrats became the primary targets of repression. Unfortunately, far too often, they relied on the good faith of the authorities..."

Steve Cushion’s “Slavery in the British Empire and its Legacy in the Modern World”

January 30, 2026

The latest: "And what of those who had been 'freed'? They received precisely nothing, in fact worse than nothing because they were required to remain in their former owners’ service for four years, although this was now referred to as an “apprenticeship”. The change in British law naturally made no difference to the fate of enslaved people in the USA’s southern states but Cushion, rightly, goes to some lengths to show how British capital continued to benefit..." One of the most impressive things about Steve Cushion is his extremely active approach to engaging the public around the topic of reparations, and using his books as a means of pushing for meaningful change on the ground....

LISTEN/WATCH: Chris Gilbert’s Commune or Nothing!

January 17, 2026

Now available as an audio book: Listen to the full book by searching for Kudoslive on YouTube… In the public eye: Cosmonaut: Cosmonaut covered the history of the Venezuelan communal... READ MORE

January 29-31 Conference: Unequal Exchange in the Twenty-First Century

January 16, 2026

This January, scholars and activists from around the world will come together for the inaugural convening of UE21, Unequal Exchange in the Twenty-First Century, hosted by the Arghiri Emmanuel Association, and Anti-Imperialist Network.

In the public eye: Contributors to “A Land With A People”

January 15, 2026

Riham Barghouti: "I was raised on liberation songs and dabka and political debates that went long into the night. I walked the streets of NY in protest from 2nd Avenue in front of the Israeli embassy to Atlantic Avenue through the largest Arab community in NY at the time....for me it was not a question of if I would resist but merely how I would contribute to my people’s struggle...Participating in the book gave me hope…it is a manifestation of my vision of liberation. What this book epitomizes is that it does not matter if you are a queer Southern Palestinian woman, a Muslim Gazan man, a self-identified Palestinian Jew, a refugee living in Syria, Lebanon or Jordan, or an Israeli Jew raised in a kibbutz, you are my people. The dichotomy is not one of Israeli vs. Palestinian or Jew v. Muslim and Christian; It is one of colonizer vs. anti-colonizer, it is one of those that maintain and perpetuate oppression and those that oppose it. It is one of zionist vs. anti-zionist...."

Gabriel Rockhill’s “Who Paid the Pipers of Western Marxism?”

January 14, 2026

The latest: "The book is structured in three parts: first, outlining the 'imperial intellectual apparatus' of the Cold War; second, a detailed examination of the Frankfurt School’s integration into U.S. and West German institutions, with a focused case study on Herbert Marcuse's documented ties to U.S. government projects; and finally, a conclusion contrasting what he terms 'imperial' Marxism with anti-imperialist traditions...."

Venezuela: The United States Against the Sovereignty of Nations

January 7, 2026

On January 3, 2026, at two o’clock in the morning, the United States declared war on Venezuela by bombing several strategic sectors of the capital and kidnapping the elected president, Nicolás Maduro. The latter, the victim of a betrayal at the highest level, was captured by elite troops from U.S. Special Forces during an operation that lasted barely half an hour. He was transferred to New York, accompanied by his wife, Cilia Flores, who was also seized during Operation Absolute Resolve.

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