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The New Left Review blog covers the same range as the journal – international politics, world capitalism, culture and ideas – at higher speed and shorter length.
On John Smith’s ‘Blight’.
What can Latin America expect from a Biden premiership?
How does a common web glitch reveal hidden class and inter-state conflicts?
Reflections on Daft Punk.
The illusions of ‘green finance’.
Pollution, corruption and resistance in Nigeria’s capital.
Dominique Manotti and the politics of noir.
Prospects for the West Papuan liberation movement after decades of resistance to Indonesian rule.
Lauren Oyler’s debut and the challenges of the ‘Internet Novel’.
Los Angeles in the age of Covid – vaccines and rollercoasters, inequity and isolation.
The smear campaign against the great radical director must be resisted.
Cultures of corruption in a broken economy.
German political manoeuvring meets EU ineptitude.
1930-2022.
The Federal Reserve’s dilemma.
Does hegemony require a grand design?
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