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Critical Limits of the “New” History of Capitalism
James Parisot critically engages Jonathan Levy’s new history of American capitalism and interrogates the politics of the so-called “new history of capitalism”?
China and the US Left
Part One in a dialogue between Critical China Scholars and Spectre editors.
Israel’s Antisemitism Ruse
Daniel Freeman-Malloy argues that we are starting to the settler colonial logic behind the ruse of Israel’s claims to victimhood.
Rethinking Japan’s Red Years
Gavin Walker discusses the history and state of Marxist theory in Japan from the early twentieth 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 US Military Bands in manufacturing patriotism, promoting class distinction, and defending imperialism.
Soso’s Socialism
Thinking alongside Ronald Suny’s magnum opus, Bryan Gigantino writes about the politics of remembering Stalin in Georgia and the fate of that country after the fall of the USSR.
A Multitude in Precarious Conditions
Professor Leopoldo Múnera Ruiz analyzes the social composition and politics of the recent massive strikes in Columbia.
Manufacturing Legitimacy
Derek Cross and Angela Marino argue that, given the recent election in Peru, it is important to remember the lessons of US-sponsored OAS intervention in Bolivia.