The Socialist Register was founded by Ralph Miliband and John Saville in 1964 as ‘an annual survey of movements and ideas’ from the standpoint of the independent new left. It is currently edited by Greg Albo and Colin Leys, assisted by an editorial collective of eminent scholars in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. Each volume is focused on a topical theme and characterized by the inclusion of relatively long, sustained analyses which cut across intellectual disciplines and geographical boundaries.

The Socialist Register is published annually in October. The complete digital archive of 58 volumes published in English, as well as 3 volumes translated into Spanish, is available here. To order or subscribe now click here.

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2018-05-04

Read some recent reviews of Socialist Register volumes:  of SR 2022 in Labour Hub; of SR 2021 in Counterfire and Worker's Liberty; of SR 2020 in Science & Society, Counterfire and Morning Star; of SR 2019 in Counterfire and Race & Class; of SR 2018 in Counterfire, Chartist and MBR Bookwatch; of SR 2017 in Capital & Class, Counterfire, Truthout, Midwest Book Review, Chartist and Socialist Review; of SR 2016 in Race & Class, Counterfire, People's World and The Spokesman; of SR 2015 in International Socialism and Counterfire; of SR 2014 in International Socialist Review, International Socialism, The Spokesman, as well as at Counterfire (part 1 and part 2); of SR 2013 at Counterfire as well as in The Spokesman, Red Pepper, Against the Current and the Swedish journal, Arena; of SR 2012 in The Caravan, The Spokesman and Marx & Philosophy Review of Books; of both SR 2012 and SR 2011 in Teoria politica; of SR 2011 in Labour/Le Travail, Economic & Political Weekly, The Spokesman, Permanent Revolution, and IndoProgress (translated into English here); and of SR 2010 in Red Pepper and The Spokesman.

Current Issue

Vol. 58: Socialist Register 2022: New Polarizations, Old Contradictions. The Crisis of Centrism

The 58th annual volume of the Socialist Register takes up the challenge of exploring how the new polarizations relate to the contradictions that underlie them and how far ‘centrist’ politics can continue to contain them. Original essays examine the multiplication of antagonistic national, racial, generational, and other identities in the context of growing economic inequality, democratic decline, and the shifting parameters of great power rivalry. Where, how, and by what means can the left move forward?

Published: 2021-10-22

Articles

Socialist Register 2022 Preface

Greg Albo, Colin Leys
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A Portrait of Contemporary Neoliberalism: The Rise and Economic Consequences of the One Per Cent

Simon Mohun
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At the Summit of Global Capitalism: Accommodation, Rivalry, or Confrontation Between the US and China?

Walden Bello
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Market Polarization Means Political Polarization: Liberal Democracy’s Eroding Centre

Ingar Solty
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The Rattle on the Tail of the Rattlesnake: Trump and the Danger of Right-Wing Populism in the US

Bill Fletcher Jr.
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What is Wrong with Social Media? An Anti-Capitalist Critique

Marcus Gilroy-Ware
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The Evolution of ‘Race’ and Racial Justice under Neoliberalism

Adolph Reed Jr. , Touré F. Reed
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The Crisis of US Labour, Past and Present

Samir Sonti
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American Workers and the Left after Trump: Polarized Options

Sam Gindin
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Pandemic Polarizations and the Contradictions of Indian Capitalism

Jayati Ghosh
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Epidemiological Neoliberalism in South Africa

Vishwas Satgar
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Loft Offices and Factory Towns: Social Sources of Political Polarization in Russia

Ilya Matveev , Oleg Zhuravlev
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Fictitious Polarizations: The Far Right, Corporate Power and Social Struggles in Brazil

Ana Garcia, Virginia Fontes, Rejane Hoeveler
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Identity Crisis: The Politics of False Concreteness

Samir Gandesha
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The Double Consciousness of Capital

David Harvey
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Finding a Way Forward. Lessons from the Corbyn Project in the UK (James Schneider interviewed by Hilary Wainwright)

James Schneider, Hilary Wainwright
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