Dylan Riley is an associate professor of sociology at the University of California Berkeley and a member of the New Left Review editorial committee.
In The Eighteenth Brumaire, Karl Marx analyzes revolution and reaction in mid-19th-century France to blistering effect. His appraisals offer enduring lessons on revolution, class dynamics, and the perpetual tussle with the bonds of history.
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What Gramsci can tell us about the relationship between fascism and liberalism — and the rise of Donald Trump.
We should engage with and update the revolutionary Marxist tradition — not reject it.
We asked Jacobin contributors for their thoughts.