Archives: Online Posts
It’s a Genocide, and It Must be Stopped
The Spectre editorial board provides a statement on the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
The Child Catcher
Incarcerated writer Elizabeth Hawes analyzes the child separation crisis plaguing the US prison-industrial complex.
On Profitability and Reforming Capitalism
Michael Roberts responds to Seth Ackerman’s sprawling critique of Robert Brenner.
Syria’s Protest Movement
Joseph Daher analyzes the causes, scope, strategy, and possible growth of the ongoing regime protest movement in Syria.
Palabras que arden/Words that Burn
María José Contreras reflexiona sobre la traducción y publicación en inglés de Quemar el miedo/Set Fear on Fire de LASTESIS.
María José Contreras reflects on the English-language translation and publication of LASTESIS’s Set Fear on Fire.
Cuando un libro grita/When a Book Shouts
Ángeles Donoso Macaya reflexiona sobre la traducción y publicación en inglés de Quemar el miedo/Set Fear on Fire de LASTESIS.
Ángeles Donoso Macaya reflects on the English-language translation and publication of LASTESIS’s Set Fear on Fire.
The Guilty Superhero
Stephen Strother reviews Oppenheimer. Strother argues that, despite its Oscar-worthy trappings, the film remains a superhero movie.
On the Economic Power of Capital
Hugo de Camps interviews Søren Mau on his new book Mute Compulsion, a groundbreaking new reading of Marx’s theory of economic power.
Abolition and Tenant Power in Chinatown
Tenant organizers in LA write about the power of abolitionist politics in the fight against displacement in Chinatown.
Mental Illness and Capitalism
David Matthews problematizes biological conceptualizations of mental illness under capitalism and outlines a dialectical, historical Marxist approach.