Archives: Online Posts
Marxism and Imperialism
Part II of a two-part dialogue between Critical China Scholars and Spectre
To Save the World
Huey Hewitt argues that Afropessimism is antithetical to the politics of friendship necessary for any serious project of Black liberation.
Critical Limits of the “New” History of Capitalism
James Parisot critically engages Jonathan Levy’s new history of American capitalism. What are the politics of the so-called “new history of capitalism”?
China and the U.S. Left
Part 1 in a dialogue between Critical China Scholars and Spectre editors.
Israel’s Antisemitism Ruse
In claiming victimhood Israel follows upon and extends racist settler logics. Yet we are beginning to see beyond this classic ruse.
Rethinking Japan’s Red Years
Gavin Walker discusses the history and state of Marxist theory in Japan from the early 20th century to the present day.
Out of Lockdown and Back into the Long Depression
Ashley Smith interviews Marxist economist Michael Roberts about the deeper reasons for capitalism’s contemporary malaise, the shape and contradictions of the recovery, and debates between Marxists and Keynesians about the ability of government spending to restore growth and profitability to capitalism.
And the Band Plays On
The role of classical and other U.S. Military Bands in manufacturing patriotism, promoting class distinction, and defending imperialism.