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Matt McManus

Freedom in the Abstract

Freedom in the Abstract

Alyssa Battistoni’s ‘Free Gifts’ sets itself the ambitious goal of demonstrating how capitalism’s distortions of our relationship to nature imposes limitations on human freedom. But without a constructive vision or concrete political prescriptions, that freedom remains rather abstract.
Matt McManus Jul 30, 2025
America is Not Where Marxism Goes to Die

America is Not Where Marxism Goes to Die

A new history dismantles the conventional wisdom—and implicit premise of much pessimistic critical theory—that Marx’s ideas never gained ground in America.
Matt McManus Jul 7, 2025
Closer Than Mars

Closer Than Mars

A review of Pelle Dragsted’s Nordic Socialism: The Path Toward a Democratic Economy (University of Wisconsin Press, 2025).
Matt McManus Jun 4, 2025
Reification, Resentment, and the Enduring Appeal of Right-Wing Rhetoric

Reification, Resentment, and the Enduring Appeal of Right-Wing Rhetoric

A Review of Marxist Modernism by Gillian Rose
Matt McManus May 14, 2025
The Best of Liberalism Points to Socialism

The Best of Liberalism Points to Socialism

At its best, liberalism points beyond itself to an overcoming of capitalism. It also explicitly upholds certain moral ideals that it would be a mistake for socialists to renounce.
Matt McManus Mar 4, 2025

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