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  • Claustropolis: 1984

    “Claustropolis: 1984” is excerpted from a forthcoming novel. In Bhopal, I could lie low. In Bhopal, there would be instructions for me. Because I had been told not to take the express, I traveled on a local, in an unreserved bogie. The whiskey was Director’s Special, a parting gift from Gupta’s people. I didn’t even…

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  • American Marxism Got Lost on Campus

    ByRussell Jacoby In defiance of predictions, American Marxism has survived and even flourished, notably in universities. This institutional base has produced plenty of good scholarship, but it’s also encouraged hyper-specialization and the use of impenetrable jargon. Our new issue, “Bye Bye Bidenism,” is out now. Subscribe to our print edition at a discounted rate today. Excerpted from…

  • “Oru Communist Inaiyar Valvin Santhippukal” – Encounters in the Life of a Communist Spouse

    கொழும்பு தினக்குரல் கடந்த ஞாயிற்றுக்கிழமை 02 June 2024 “சத்தியமனை” – சுப்பிரமணியம் நயன கணேசன். “இப்பொழுது கூட அந்த நிகழ்வுகளை நினைவு கூ.. ர்..கை..யி..ல்.. இந்தச் சொத்திக் கிழவியா… பல மணித்தியாலங்கள் மழைக்காலத்தில் கூட நனைந்த நிலையில்…ஏறி, இறங்கி வந்த கால்களா இவை என்று எனது அசைய மறுக்கும் பாதங்ளுக்கு நன்றி கூறுகின்றேன்.” (பக்கம்: 28) யாழ் மண்ணில் சுட்டெரிக்கும் வெயிலை கிஞ்சித்தும் பொருட்படுத்தாது குளு குளுவென குளிரூட்டிய பஸ்ஸில் சுளிபுரம் நோக்கி இரவு பயணமானேன்.…

  • The Class Struggle and Welfare

    …new from Monthly Review PressThe welfare state as dialectical phenomenon The Class Struggle and Welfare: Social Policy under Capitalism shows that as welfare states grew exponentially throughout the advanced capitalist world over the course of a century, the intents, purposes and perceptions of the institution of welfare underwent a dialectical transformation. On the one hand, the…

  • The more things change, the more some things must stay the same

    In its 40-year journey, Frontline has evolved with changing times while steadfastly preserving its commitment to critical, investigative journalism. Published : Dec 25, 2024 12:00 IST – 9 MINS READ N. Ram N. Ram, former Editor-in-Chief of The Hindu and Frontline, is currently a Director in THGPPL. At a bus stop in Delhi in on January 6,…

  • Our favorite essays of 2024 from other little magazines

    John Fea, Eric Miller, Robert Erle Barham, Agnes Howard, Timothy Larsen, Dixie Dillon Lane and Nadya Williams   |  December 19, 2024 1 Comment Current is a little magazine–and thus part of a noble American tradition (and you can listen to this conversation between Current editors Eric Miller and John Fea about what this means). We regularly celebrate our own writers and their essays and book reviews (see our 2024…

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