Benjamin Kunkel covers a lot of Marxist political economy in the new LRB.

Never boring. Michael Hirsch reviews Hitch-22.

Two, Three, Many Tunisias?

Jacobin’s Chris Maisano got his wish.

But what about the Islamists?

Malcolm Gladwell: still smug and overrated, but speaking the truth.

Don’t forget Pakistan. A return to military rule might be around the corner.

And finally, our dear editor braves sore throat and fever in a rather pathetic and shameless act of self-promotion.

Blast from the past: the same animation of a David Harvey lecture that you saw four times last year.