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Astra Taylor and Leah Hunt-Hendrix discuss their new book, Solidarity: The Past, Present, And Future of a World-Changing Idea

Astra Taylor, Leah Hunt-Hendrix, Aziz Rana

Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson lead a forum on the transformation of the Democratic Party—with responses from Ro Khanna, Lily Geismer, Dorian Warren, Heather Gautney, Larry Bartels, and others. Plus essays on Zionism and colonialism, geopolitics after October 7, and Walter Rodney’s radical legacy; poetry by Fady Joudah; and more.

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