Fidel Castro (1926-2016), Without Illusions
I have a somewhat late-breaking obituary of Fidel Castro, up now at Dissent magazine. Rather than a straight obit, I’ve tried to take stock of the different responses to Fidel on […]
I have a somewhat late-breaking obituary of Fidel Castro, up now at Dissent magazine. Rather than a straight obit, I’ve tried to take stock of the different responses to Fidel on […]
Update 2/20/2017: I have a related essay in the Chronicle Review, assessing Gareth Dale’s Karl Polanyi: A Life on the Left. Karl Polanyi’s arguments keep getting trotted out, thought I, without […]
UPDATE 6/13/2016: The full essay and the debate around it is now up at the Dissent web site, with very smart responses from Sujatha Fernandes, Thea Riofrancos, Bryan McCann, and Javier […]
Update 5/3/2016: this essay has been published in Spanish by Nexos. I’m honored to be making my debut in Dissent, a magazine I greatly admire. To my mind, Irving Howe navigated […]