Real Review #17

The latest issue of our favorite critical magazine. Inside: essays and photographic material exploring how contemporary society intensifies its worst tendencies — patriarchy, racism, colonialism, exploitation and genocide.

“Extinction burst” refers to the moment when old systems enter their final convulsion before disappearing. The issue includes reflections on the decline of the West, a conversation between Noam Chomsky and Rage Against the Machine, and an interview with Francis Fukuyama about the limits of democracy. There are also texts about the last disposable vape, black humor as a form of resistance, and attempts at recovery and escape from capitalist routine.

The essays and photographs in this issue create a layered and confrontational portrait of the present moment — from loud cultural rebellions to quiet but revealing everyday details.