Articles by Darren Roso

Daniel Bensaïd and “the last generation of October”

Darren Roso on the political activity and theoretical concerns of an important figure on the French far left from the mid-1960s until his death in January 2010.

Review: Karl Marx and the birth of modern society

Darren Roso reviews the first volume of a sweeping new biography of Marx's life.

Review: A Jewish Communist in Weimar Germany

Darren Roso reviews a new biography of Werner Scholem, a leading figure in the ultra-left faction of the German Communist Party during the tumultuous Weimar republic.

Engels after Marx: A (critical) defence

Darren Roso enters the debate on Engels’ contribution to the Second International after the death of Marx.