Spectre Journal

Issue 12 is in the mail! With features by David McNally, Clara Mattei, @IlyaMatveev_ , and @WorkerTF .

Juliana Gleeson argues for deep interconnected involvement between the intersex, trans and feminist movements, fighting against harms caused by the state, the medical establishment and families togethe revsoc21.uk/2026/03/13/fig…

new article out:

ICYMI: Leslie Root's argument against pronatalism is still live on our website.

Novo na PW: @yarbatman examina a simples arma iraniana que lançou a economia mundial em desordem: o drone kamikaze Shahed-136 phenomenalworld.org/pt-br/analises…

theguardian.com/us-news/2026/m… Spectre's Zachary Levenson (@grundrza ) quoted extensively in Brianna Holt's piece on anti-censorship resistance in higher ed.

“The US and Israel have used sanctions and military strikes to try to make the conduct of war too ‘expensive’ for Iran. As this war of choice engulfs the region, it is imperative to understand how ‘cheap’ a war can now be.” @yarbatman on the Shahed-136 phenomenalworld.org/analysis/cost-…

The Prairieland verdict is horrific. Everyone should understand how mad it also is. Last week I learned to my astonishment that prosecutors used my 7-year-old analysis of feminism’s relationship to horror cinema as 'evidence of ideologically driven intent' theintercept.com/2026/03/13/mov…

We've officially launched Project 2052, a website or revolutionary fiction and art in the world of Everything for Everyone. Here's our introduction, stay tuned this week for our first five stories! Pitch us an idea or help us pay writers by donating! commonnotions.org/project-2052-i…

Read "States of Indebtedness" by Brandon Webb @B_R_Webb and Matthew Penney, on Japanese capital’s role in sustaining US public debt, and the US economy's reliance on Chinese industrial inputs and Japanese supply chains. spectrejournal.com/states-of-inde…

Tomorrow @SOAS: Adam Hanieh, Rafeef Ziadah, and Robert Knox @pashukanist on 'Resisting Erasure: Capital, Imperialism and Race in Palestine' (@VersoBooks, 2025). Hosted by Dina Matar and the SOAS Centre for #Palestine Studies.

Very much looking forward to this conversation at SOAS on 17 March around Resisting Erasure hosted by Centre for Palestine Studies. If you're in London, come join us and please share with friends and colleagues. Register here: soas.ac.uk/about/event/bo…

Lee Escobedo explores how Steph Curry went from three-point revolutionary to a venture capitalist in Israel's IDF-linked tech sector. bit.ly/40tLw04

A very good account of why the demographic concerns motivating pronatalism are based on tenuous methodological premises. Strong case for viewing pronatalism as the reactionary project it is.

'The United Nations and other observers recorded about 15,000 Israeli violations violations of the ceasefire in Lebanon... 400 people were killed...' -@ngeorge00 on the one-sided "ceasefire" that preceded the latest round of conflict between Israel and Hezbollah:

“Hezbollah’s actions since March 2 should be understood as a major, possibly even existential, gamble: a bid to reclaim territories occupied by Israel, and the party’s legacy following the 2024 defeat” @nasserelamine1 on Israel, Iran, and Lebanon phenomenalworld.org/analysis/hezbo…

Read Jonathan and Anne’s piece in @truthout here: truthout.org/articles/minne…

In our latest, we speak with Minneapolis organizers Jonathan Stegall & Anne Kosseff-Jones about how the 2020 uprisings laid the groundwork for the last few months of anti-ICE action in the twin cities and where we go from here soundcloud.com/deathpanel/min…

Chuang. @chuangcn Communist analysis focused on China and East Asia, ultra-left adjacent, extremely rigorous. One of the best things being produced on the left right now on that part of the world. chuangcn.org

Thread of socialist magazines and publications worth reading. Will keep updating. 🧵