Publications

Anti-Imperialist Marxism (AIM)

Series Directors
Immanuel Ness, Jennifer Ponce de León, Gabriel Rockhill

Publishers
Iskra Books
Critical Theory Workshop

Description
This series provides a platform for scholarly research and popular-form essays from around the world that challenge the widespread assumption, including within the Western left, that there is no real-world alternative to capitalism. Refusing to shy away from serious scholarly engagements with actually existing socialism, it opens up the spectrum of analysis to explore histories and contemporary developments that have either been ignored or misrepresented. In order to do so, it promotes innovative, non-Eurocentric research that overcomes the siloing effects of the disciplines and the ideological horizons of imperial knowledge production in favor of resolutely internationalist scholarship that deploys an anti-imperialist framework of analysis. The overall objective is thus to foster non-dogmatic theoretical work that has real use-value, precisely because of its relevance to concrete struggles for a more egalitarian and sustainable world. 

AIM has a sister series, Studies in AIM, which is published by Brill, Iskra Books, and the Critical Theory Workshop. Whereas books in the AIM series are published by Iskra and immediately appear in paperback with a free ebook version, those in Studies in AIM first appear in hardback with Brill, and then later in an affordable paperback via Iskra.

Published
– Torkil Lauesen, Unequal Exchange: Past, Present, and Future, 2025.
– Jacques Pauwels, How Paris Made the Revolution and the Revolution Made Paris, 2025.
– Torkil Lauesen, The Long Transition Toward Socialism and the End of Capitalism, 2024.

Forthcoming
– Ali Kadri, The Accumulation of Waste: A Political Economy of Systemic Destruction
– Raúl Antonio Capote, The Managers of Chaos
– Domenico Losurdo, The Absent Left
– Aymeric Monville, The Misery of Left Nietzscheanism
– Michael Parenti, The Anti-Communist Impulse
– György Lukács, Existentialism or Marxism?
– Domenico Losurdo, Communist Question
– Domenico Losurdo, Antonio Gramsci: From Liberalism to “Critical Communism”

International Advisory Board
Amiya Kumar Bagchi^†
Radhika Desai
Cheng Enfu
John Bellamy Foster
Georges Gastaud
Ali Kadri
Annie Lacroix-Riz
Maxwell Lane
Torkil Lauesen
Linda Matar
Jacques Pauwels
Raúl Delgado Wise 
Helmut-Harry Loewen

Editorial Review Board 
Daniel Benson
Jared Bly
Larry Busk
Daniel Cunningham
Salvatore Engel-Dimauro
Bruno Guigue
Timothy Kerswell
Carlos Martinez
Aymeric Monville
Corinna Mullin
Nima Nakhaei
Eli Portella Perreras
Yin Xing
Liu Zixu

Submissions
We welcome submissions that contribute to the aims outlined above. Please send a preliminary email to all three of the series editors outlining your project and briefly situating it in relationship to extant scholarship (their emails can be found via the hyperlinks above).

Studies in AIM

Series Editors: Immanuel Ness, Brooklyn College, The City University of New York (USA) and University of Johannesburg (South Africa), Jennifer Ponce de León, University of Pennsylvania (USA), and Gabriel Rockhill, Villanova University (USA) and the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (France)

In order to do so, it promotes innovative, non-Eurocentric research that overcomes the siloing effects of the disciplines and the ideological horizons of imperial knowledge production in favor of resolutely internationalist scholarship that deploys an anti-imperialist framework of analysis. The overall objective is thus to foster non-dogmatic theoretical work that has real use-value, precisely because of its relevance to concrete struggles for a more egalitarian and sustainable world.

Manuscripts should be at least 80,000 words in length (including footnotes and bibliography). Manuscripts may also include illustrations and other visual material. The editors will consider proposals for original monographs and edited collections.

Authors are cordially invited to submit inquiries, proposals, or full manuscripts by email to the series editors. Authors will find general proposal guidelines at the Brill Author Gateway.

Books in this series will be published in hardback by Brill and, approximately one year later, in an affordable paperback edition by Iskra Books. This is a sister series to AIM, which is only with Iskra and publishes books directly in paperback, along with a free ebook.

Forthcoming
– Aymeric Monville, The Poverty of Left-Wing Nietzscheanism.

International Advisory Board

• John Bellamy Foster, University of Oregon (USA)
• Radhika Desai, University of Winnipeg (Canada)
• Cheng Enfu, Academy of Marxism, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (China)
• Georges Gastaud, Organizer, Trade Unionist and Former Professor (France)
• Jeannette Graulau, The City University of New York (USA)
• Ali Kadri, Sun Yat-sen University (China)
• Annie Lacroix-Riz, Paris Diderot University — Paris VII (France)
• Maxwell Lane, Universitas Gadjah Mada (Indonesia)
• Torkil Lauesen, Arghiri Emmanuel Foundation (Denmark)
• Helmut-Harry Loewen, University of Winnipeg (Canada)
• Linda Matar, Sun Yat-sen University (China)
• Jacques Pauwels, Independent Researcher (Canada)
• Raúl Delgado Wise, Autonomous University of Zacatecas (Mexico)

Editorial Review Board

• Daniel Benson, St. Francis College (USA)
• Jared Bly, Villanova University (USA)
• Larry Busk, Eckerd College (USA)
• Daniel Cunningham, Miami University (USA)
• Salvatore Engel-Dimauro, State University of New York, New Paltz (USA)
• Bruno Guigue, Professor (La Réunion)
• Carlos Martinez, Friends of Socialist China (UK)
• Aymeric Monville, Independent Scholar and Publisher (France)
• Corinna Mullin, The New School (USA)
• Nima Nakhaei, York University (Canada)
• Eli Portella Perreras, Florida Gulf Coast University (USA)
• Yin Xing, Shanghai Maritime University (China)
• Liu Zixu, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (China)

World Marxist Review

The Critical Theory Workshop / Atelier de Théorie Critique is a proud co-sponsor of the World Marxist Review (WMR). The WMR is a quarterly, peer-reviewed journal published by Canut Press International and co-sponsored by the Innovative Marxist Studies Section of the World Association for Political Economy and Northwestern Polytechnical University in China.

In the spirit of upholding fundamental principles and breaking new ground in Marxist theories, the journal aims to solve major theoretical and practical problems in the fields of global economy, people’s livelihood, politics, culture, civilization, ecology, the military, international relations, and social movements, thus objectively analyzing erroneous views in various fields, especially criticizing the fallacies and behaviors of the neo-imperialist and hegemonic alliances in the current conjuncture, so as to promote consistency and innovation in Marxist theories in various countries and around the world.

Call for Papers for the World Marxist Review

The journal publishes articles on a wide range of important topics, including: studies on Marxist classical works and its developing history by Marxists in various countries, the latest advances and scientific innovations in Marxist theories around the globe, the main theories of contemporary parties in various countries, and the history and current state of the international socialist movement, so as to promote consistency and innovation in Marxist theories in various countries and around the world. In the spirit of upholding fundamental principles and breaking new ground in Marxist theories, the journal aims to solve major theoretical problems in the fields of global economy, people’s livelihood, politics, culture, civilization, ecology, military, international relations, and social movements, thus objectively analyzing erroneous views in various fields, especially criticizing the fallacies and behaviors of the neo-imperialist and hegemonic alliances in the contemporary world.

Experts are welcome to provide papers or recommend papers ( which are limited to latest unpublished papers in non-English media). The length of a general paper should not exceed 12,000 words, and short reviews should be no less than 2,500 words. Email address for the submission of papers is worldmarxismreview@vip.163.com. See the complete guidelines below.

Paper contributors or referees will receive free electronic copies of both year 2024 and 2025 of the Quarterly, regardless of whether their articles are adopted or not.

For more information, click here.

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