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Catalyst: A Journal of Theory and Strategy
DisciplinePolitics
LanguageEnglish
Edited byVivek Chibber and Robert Brenner
Publication details
History2017-present
Publisher
FrequencyQuarterly
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Catalyst
Indexing
ISSN2475-7373
OCLC no.970348021
Links

Catalyst: A Journal of Theory and Strategy is a quarterly interdisciplinary academic journal covering left-wing politics, capitalism, and Marxist theory.[1] Established in the spring of 2017 as a collaboration between editors Vivek Chibber, Robert Brenner, and Jacobin Magazine, Catalyst attempts to "promote wide-ranging discussion and to organized debate on the urgent questions facing the working class, the emergent mass movements, and radical and socialist political organizations."[2]

Establishment

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In 2015, Chibber and Brenner approached Bhaskar Sunkara about the possibility of publishing a theoretical journal of socialist politics where Chibber and Brenner would assume editorial control, while Jacobin would design, produce, and circulate the journal. The intention of Catalyst was to address and compensate for a perceived generational gap in left-wing politics after the New Left, taking up political questions commonly explored in the past by the American left and readdressing them to the millennial audience that makes up the Jacobin readership.[3]

Bhaskar Sunkara has described Catalyst as "a more theoretical journal, a more academic journal" compared to Jacobin.[4]

The first issue of Catalyst was officially released in May of 2017 at celebration at the In These Times offices in Chicago.[5]

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References

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  1. ^ "Announcing Catalyst". Jacobin Magazine. Jacobin Magazine. May 4, 2017. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
  2. ^ Brenner, Robert (2017). "Introducing Catalyst". Catalyst: A Journal of Theory and Strategy. 1 (1): 5.
  3. ^ Vivek Chibber and René Rojas (June 9, 2017). Launching Catalyst (Facebook Video). Verso Books: Jacobin Magazine. Event occurs at 1:05:00. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  4. ^ ""We were not trying to hide Marxism": Interview with Bhaskar Sunkara, editor of Jacobin Magazine". LeftEast. 16 June 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Chicago Release Party for Catalyst Issue 1/Jacobin Issue 25". Jacobin Magazine Official Facebook. Facebook. May 20, 2017. Retrieved June 10, 2017.

Category:Publications established in 2017 Category:Quarterly journals Category:English-language journals Category:Socialist publications