Tag: Anti-capitalism

¡Fuera Piñera!
Jeffery R. Webber analyzes the 2019–20 round of social struggles in Chile. Toward the eradication of all traces of the Pinochet years! Fuera Piñera!

Jordy Cummings’s Review of Comrade
Jodi Dean responds to Jordy Cummings’s review of her book, Comrade. Is it possible to think, write, and practice a communism that is not fully determined by the debates and divisions of the twentieth century?

How “Just-in-Time” Capitalism Spread COVID-19
Historically, epidemics have spread through two forms of movement: trade and war. Kim Moody examines how the pace of this spread accelerated dramatically with the rise of capitalism.

Thoughts on Jodi Dean’s Comrade
Jordy Cummings reviews Jodi Dean’s Comrade. What politics underlies the concept of “comradeship”? Is it a term that levels the playing field, or is it imposed from the top down?

What Is Holding Back the Formation of a Global Prison Abolitionist Movement to Fight COVID-19 and Capitalism?
Frieda Afary and Lara Al-Kateb argue that he COVID-19 pandemic has given new urgency to the need to abolish prisons, refugee camps and the inhuman capitalist carceral system.