Editor's Introduction

In editing a journal focused on radicalism, one encounters a wide range of topics, and has to find peer reviewers and readers with expertise in many different areas. One can never quite predict what subjects will be proposed or discussed, from anarchism to ecological activism, from religious radicalism to utopian communities across the political spectrum. This makes it interesting, of course. For our current and recent issue, the articles primarily concern anarchism and related subjects. And in coming issues, you can anticipate articles on areas connected to our recent calls for articles, which you can always find at the MSU Press website as well as on our own website.

As I mentioned in the previous editorial introduction, while I am continuing to serve as editor of JSR for the time being, I am being called in other directions for my work, and need to devote my time exclusively to several books that will require my undivided attention. If you are a faculty member at an institution that would support your work as an editor for our journal, and you are interested in doing so, please feel free to contact me and we can discuss in more detail what that might entail.

This issue begins with Elias Huber's study of several German figures from the mid 19th century who represent "anarcho-capitalism," a variant of anarchism with some interesting implications for later figures and streams of thought. By looking at the work of Heinrich Beta, Wilhelm Lipke, and Hermann Maron, Huber sheds light on aspects of anarchist thought that intersect in provocative ways with other articles in this and the previous issue. Our second article on this theme, Frank Jacob's "An Anarchist Revolution? Emma Goldman as an Intellectual Revolutionary," explores Goldman's life and work not only in the United States but also with regard to the Bolshevik movement in Russia. The third article in this group, Benjamin Young's "Dangerous Ideas and Leftist Deviation: Anarchism and North Korean Political Culture," looks further afield at the influences of anarchism in a perhaps unexpected place, North Korea. Part of this story is relatively little known because of subsequent purges in North Korea.

Our next set of articles moves into different areas of radicalism. The first is Laura Chazel's and Vin Dain's "Left-Wing Populism and Nationalism: A Comparative Analysis of the Patriotic Narratives of Podemos and France insoumise," which is one of two articles looking closely at left-wing populist movements in contemporary Europe. In general, populism is often associated with the right, but that is not actually always a valid assumption. Finally, with this theme in mind, we conclude the issue's articles with Jaime Caro-Morente's article on the Industrial Workers of the World movement in both an American and an international context.

The issue concludes with six book reviews again in this issue on a wide range of topics, including Peterson de Silva's review of Anarchy—In a Manner of Speaking, Tim Jelfs's review of Peter Bloom's Beyond Power and Resistance: Politics at the Radical Limits, Chelsea Gibson's review of Jacqueline Jones's Goddess of Anarchy: The Life and Times of Lucy Parsons, American Radical, Allison Hahn's review of In the Company of Rebels, a reflective memoir by Chellis Glendinning, and finally Elizabeth Worley's review of Joshua Sbicca's Food Justice Now! These are all quite interesting and disparate subjects. If you are interested in a book being reviewed by us, or in reviewing a book, please contact our associate editor, Morgan Shipley.

As you know, JSR seeks provide a forum for the scholarly and dispassionate analysis of radicalism of many kinds and from many different perspectives. We continue to welcome a steady stream of excellent articles, and remain the only journal in the world that focuses on the full range of political, social, and religious forms of radicalism. In particular, we look forward to more articles on subjects that include anarchism, black bloc radicalism, radical environmentalism, and other forms of political and religious radicalism. We welcome your queries, submissions, and shared conversation about these various currents of radical political...