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Platypus Review #19

Ian Morrison interviews Homayoun Pourzad, a representative for the Network of Iranian Labor Unions, on the current crisis and the effects of “anit-imperial” ideologies on understanding the character of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Benjamin M. Blumberg discusses the history of the American Left and the still unmet challenge of theorizing and abolishing race and racism.

Tim Barker reviews Jeffrey B. Perry’s biography of Hubert Harrison, whose interactions with the Socialist Party are an example of the way in which racial and class questions became fatally separated on the American Left.

Max Elliot Katz reviews David Renton’s Dissident Marxism, taking the author to task for neglecting the regression of the 20th century and the liquidation of adequate theory and action.

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