The Socialist Register was founded by Ralph Miliband and John Saville in 1964 as ‘an annual survey of movements and ideas’ from the standpoint of the independent new left. It is currently edited by Greg Albo and Stephen Maher, assisted by an editorial collective of eminent scholars in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. Each volume is focused on a topical theme and characterized by the inclusion of relatively long, sustained analyses which cut across intellectual disciplines and geographical boundaries.
The Socialist Register is published annually. The complete digital archive of 62 volumes published in English, as well as 3 volumes translated into Spanish, is available here. To order or subscribe now click here.
2026-06-02
See video here of the SR 2026 launch at The People's Forum in New York on May 28. The panel 'American Empire in Crisis? Palestine, Trade Wars, and “World Order"' was co-hosted by Steve Maher and Arun Kundami and featured SR contributors Ibrahim Shikaki, Costas Lapavitsas and Paul Heideman.
2025-01-23
Read some reviews of Socialist Register volumes: of SR 2025 at Counterfire, ACR and Labour Hub; of SR 2024 in Counterfire and The Spokesman; of SR 2023 in The Bullet; of SR 2022 in Monthly Review, Counterfire and Labour Hub; of SR 2021 in Science & Society, Counterfire and Worker's Liberty; of SR 2020 in Science & Society, Counterfire and Morning Star; of SR 2019 in Counterfire and Race & Class; of SR 2018 in Counterfire, Chartist and MBR Bookwatch; of SR 2017 in Capital & Class, Counterfire, Truthout, Midwest Book Review, Chartist and Socialist Review; of SR 2016 in Race & Class, Counterfire, People's World and The Spokesman; of SR 2015 in International Socialism and Counterfire; of SR 2014 in International Socialist Review, International Socialism, The Spokesman, as well as at Counterfire (part 1 and part 2); of SR 2013 at Counterfire as well as in The Spokesman, Red Pepper, Against the Current and the Swedish journal, Arena; of SR 2012 in The Caravan, The Spokesman and Marx & Philosophy Review of Books; of both SR 2012 and SR 2011 in Teoria politica; of SR 2011 in Labour/Le Travail, Economic & Political Weekly, The Spokesman, Permanent Revolution, and IndoProgress (translated into English here); and of SR 2010 in Red Pepper and The Spokesman.
Vol. 62: Socialist Register 2026: Late-Stage Capitalism? Accumulation in the Ruins
Some see a new ‘post-industrialism’ in which the provisioning of non-standardized services replaces commodity production; others foresee increasingly authoritarian states fusing with far-right movements. It is important to identify contending themes in this ‘late-stage capitalism’. In what ways does the return of Donald Trump to the American presidency represent this new phase of capitalism? Is the capitalist class to be barricaded off from the anger of the working classes and the storms of climate change? And where is the left scratching out new political spaces amidst the economic ruins?
Published: 2026-04-20
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