Images of State and Stásis

Images of State and Stásis

“Images of State and Stásis” was first presented by Alberto Toscano as a talk delivered at the Twelfth Annual Historical Materialism Conference held in London in 2015, on a panel discussion with Jason E. Smith and Jessica Whyte on “The Ends of Homo Sacer.” It was...
Russia 1917

Russia 1917

“Russia’s 1917 Revolution: Problems of Socialist Organization,” by Paul Le Blanc, is the text (with sources added) of a December 4, 2025 presentation kicking off the third installment of Solidarity’s online study group dealing with “Problems of Socialist...
Bringing the War Home

Bringing the War Home

As the son of survivors of the Nazi Blitz, I dedicate this essay to the people of Iran, Lebanon and Palestine. Postmodernism is one of those concepts you never quite grasp until you experience it. Hence its uncanny effect (might this be all there is to it?). The first...