Announcements

Is There a Future for Socialism?

First entry in an exchange with Jacobin, by Asad Haider and Salar Mohandesi: “We all wondered, as we watched Back to the Future, how alternative futures could change the whole universe while Marty McFly stayed the same. Those movies amounted to a Reaganite philosophy of history: the short-circuit between the Fifties and the Eighties which converts every contingent encounter into one reactionary loop, centered on the white man who secretly invents rock n’ roll, seduces his mother, and conquers the space-time continuum.” Continue reading »

Is Lenin Still Relevant?

Viewpoint was invited to debate Lenin’s State and Revolution in a panel at the Left Forum. Check it out if you’re near New York City this weekend. Details below. Continue reading »

Issue 1

The first issue of Viewpoint, Occupy Everything, is now live. Read and share. Continue reading »

Update and a Preview

Viewpoint will be launching its first issue in a few days. Entirely dedicated to the occupations movement, it will include articles addressing the role of organized labor, the connection to the Arab Spring and Middle East politics, the University of Puerto Rico occupations, the development and structure of Occupy Philly, and more.

But with history happening so fast, in Oakland, Chicago, and elsewhere, we’re posting one article now as a preview. “Everybody Talks About the Weather,” by Asad Haider and Salar Mohandesi, is available now. Continue reading »

COMING SOON

Updates arriving by the end of the month. Continue reading »