Revol Press (Mike Watson)

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Revol Press is a new author-run and oriented publisher dedicated to putting out solid left wing theory.

Our goal is to revive countercultural dreaming alongside incisive materialism, emphasizing quality over ‘edgy’ content and hot takes, putting out considered yet incisive reflections in a timely manner. We aim to support established writers and discover new talent, prioritizing fair royalties, ongoing dialogue, and an emphasis on quality essays and books.

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'The People Are Not One: Socialist Strategy After Left Populism'

In The People Are Not One, Daniel Tutt and C. Derick Varn dismantle the central illusion of contemporary left politics: that “the people” can serve as a coherent subject of emancipation. Against both right and left populisms, they argue that this fantasy of unity obscures real class antagonisms and traps socialism in a dead-end politics of moral appeal and electoral maneuver.

Pre-order form revolpress.com

'The People Are Not One: Socialist Strategy After Left Populism
Pre-Order (Ships late June)
In The People Are Not One, Daniel Tutt and C. Derick Varn dismantle the central illusion of contemporary left politics: that “the people” can serve as a coherent subject of emancipation. Against both right and left populisms, they argue that this fantasy of unity obscures class antagonisms and traps socialism in a dead-end politics of moral appeal and electoral maneuver.

Tales from the Corp Part 3: Friendly Fire

What does it take to stay alive in a corporate world? Theory Gang writes for the Revol Press substack with a personal tale of survival.

https://revolpress.substack.com/publish/post/193962217

Tales from the Corp Part 3: Friendly Fire

What does it take to stay alive in the corporate world when the big guns come out? Theory Gang returns with a personal tale of survival.

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Revol Press is happy to publish the following at the end of the June from Daniel Tutt & C Derick Varn, who I'm personally very happy to work with:

"The People Are Not One is a manifesto for a post-populist left willing to confront fragmentation head-on and begin the long work of reconstructing class power."

Pre-Order here, currently at 12.99 + postage: https://www.revolpress.com/preorder-books/p/the-people-are-not-one-paperback

Illustration by artist Andrew Cooper

Author Rob Faure Walker joins the Jung on Purpose podcast and shares his insights on how reconnecting with nature and understanding our collective shadows can foster healing and resilience in today's complex world.

Preorder his book, Radical Jung, from revolpress.com

https://youtu.be/M1a9ZplfBBQ?si=ed3JJuvaK6-HtA0m

Reclaim Your Attention Before It's Too Late

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A Marxist reflection on the uses and abuses of art by Capital.

'The trouble with our times is that almost everyone is unable to see beyond the moralizing noise of social and mass media to the material realities that govern our blighted existence.'

https://revolpress.substack.com/p/uncool-britannia-art-and-gentrification

Uncool Britannia: Art and Gentrification in London in the ‘90s to '00s — Mike Watson

A Marxist reflection on the uses and abuses of art by Capital

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A text on our current era of bureaucracy by Richard Jones for the Revol Press substack:

'Another everyday example of the unpleasantness of officious bureaucratic overreach, which doubles serendipitously as an illustration of the fundamental socially-instigated biases and class character of bureaucracy, can be found in the rationalizing processes implemented by (un)employment offices throughout much of Europe.'

https://revolpress.substack.com/p/fleeing-kafkas-absurdist-castle-disenchantment

Fleeing Kafka’s Absurdist Castle: Disenchantment and Bureaucracy in the Digital Age

Richard Jones returns with a new essay taking an anthropological perspective on the tyranny of bureaucracy through the ideas of Kafka, Žižek, David Graeber, and the Maya civilisation.

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Ahead of next year’s release of the Revol Press compendium 'What’s Left of Metal?’ (Eds. David Burke, Mike Watson), Mike Watson commences a series of dialogues with its contributors. This first dialogue sees Tom Cardwell discuss his artistic practice in relation to metal, social class, and issues of identity.

https://revolpress.substack.com/p/metal-arts-class-aesthetics-and-identity

Metal Arts: Class, Aesthetics and Identity in Heavy Metal

An interview with Tom Cardwell

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Thanks to Christina Tente for a great review of Mike Watson’s Hungry Ghosts in the Machine in Röda rummet (SWE):