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Croissants and Roses - New Labour, communalism, and the rise of muslim Britain

An account and analysis of the rise of communalism, multiculturalism and the creation of the British "Muslim Community" under New Labour.

In 1997 New Labour came to power with the promise of sweeping away the last vestiges of the old British establishment, with all the class ridden and racist attitudes it had entailed, and create a new diverse, meritocratic and multicultural Britain.

Capitalism and spectacle Review article: The Retort Collectives Afflicted Powers

Aufheben review of The Retort Collective’s Afflicted Powers

The Retort collective's book Afflicted Powers – Capital and Spectacle in a New Age of War was first published in 2005, after having started life as a broadsheet (entitled Neither Their War Nor Their Peace) produced for distribution at the anti-war demonstrations of 2003.

Direct action: A bloke’s eye view - Review of Birds, booze and bulldozers

Aufheben Review of Birds, booze and bulldozers by Peter Styles (Small World, 2007)

Al-Sadr and the Mahdi army: Sectarianism and resistance in Iraq

Aufheben's analysis and history of Muqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi army in Iraq.

Introduction

Class conflicts in the transformation of China

Aufheben's excellent account of the development and transformation of China and the Chinese working class from the time of Mao until today.

In PDF format. Plaintext version coming soon.

Aufheben #16 (2008)

Aufheben Issue #16. Class conflicts in the transformation of China, The language of retreat: Paolo Virno’s A grammar of the multitude, Value struggle or class struggle?, Review: Forces of labour: Workers’ movements and globalisation since 1870 by Beverly J. Silver.

Available as printer-friendly pdf files listed below.

Issue #18 available now

Aufheben #18 is available now! Contents: Crisis, The state debate and recent struggles in the UK.

Available in the UK priced £3.50 including postage - see our subscription and contact details to order a copy, or buy through paypal below.



Review: Moishe Postone - capital beyond class struggle?

In Germany Moishe Postone is best known for his work discussing anti-Semitism in terms of the commodity form. However, elsewhere he is perhaps far better known for his radical re-interpretation of Marx as ‘critical social theory’.

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Theory and practice: recent struggles in Brighton

The long-sought unity of theory and practice?

The small group of people who first produced Aufheben back in 1992 had already been involved in a number of different struggles for some time before we even thought of publishing a magazine.

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Commentaries #1: War in Iran? Why we must oppose sanctions

The first in a new series of pamphlets from the Brighton-based Aufheben collective, intended to supplement the annual magazine by responding to developing events. Published and distributed in March 2006.

Attached as a print-friendly pdf file below.

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