Endnotes 4: Unity in Separation

Endnotes is a journal/book series published by a discussion group based in Germany, the UK and the US. It is primarily oriented towards conceptualising the conditions of possibility of a communist overcoming of the capitalist mode of production and of the multiple structures of domination which pattern societies characterised by that mode of production starting from present conditions. As such it has been concerned with debates in communist theory, and particularly the problematic of "communisation"; the question of gender and its abolition; the analysis of contemporary struggles, movements and political economy; the dynamics of surplus population and its effects on capital and class; capitalist formations of "race"; value-form theory and systematic dialectics; the revolutionary failures and impasses of the 20th Century. Endnotes 4 (Unity In Separation) includes: Survey of the global situation; Balance sheet of the 20th century left and the worker s movement; Black Lives Matter; Balkan Spring; Chris Wright on US suburbanism; and Abject subjects and surplus populations.

"The Endnotes collective go from strength to strength with their latest issue, extending their rigorous analysis of surplus populations and a long essay A History of Separation , developing their examination of Théorie Communiste s history of the workers movement of the twentieth century which is sure to become a touchstone for discussions of political and economic periodisation on the left for years to come. Their brilliant and nuanced approach to the #BlackLivesMatter movement, much like the essay on the London Riots in #3, is another highlight." --Verso Books of the Year 2015