Tag: Capitalism
Dollar Signs
Spectre Editorial Board member Izzy Plowright interviews Rohan Shah about the roots of our contemporary moment in economic restructuring of 1970s and ’80s.
The Enduring Fantasy of “Feeding the World”
Members of the Agroecology Research-Action Collective argue against the productivist logic underlying the “feed-the-world” approaches to feed security.
The Continuing Relevance of Marx’s Capital
Charles Post reviews Sungur Savran and E. Ahmet Tonak, In the Tracks of Marx’s Capital: Debates in Marxian Political Economy and Lessons for 21st Century Capitalism.
Trump, Protectionism, and Imperial Conflict in Global Capitalism
Ashley Smith talks to Michael Roberts about the strategy of Trump’s tariffs, their likely outcomes, and what international labor must do to respond to them.
One Should Not Camouflage Capitalist and Imperialist China as “Socialist”
Replying to Immanuel Ness and John Bellamy Foster, Michael Pröbsting argues that the People’s Republic of China is both capitalist and imperialist.
A Tale of Two Ports
Phil Neel challenges the view of China as a challenger to US hegemony, arguing that hegemony itself produces the turbulent politics read as a sign of its demise.
Post-Soviet Peripheralization and the Ukraine War
Arman Spéth reviews Volodymyr Ishchenko’s Towards the Abyss.
Capitalist Politics in Crisis
Harris and the Democrats’ strategy of turning right and being the more effective Trump, especially on immigration, can help explain their resounding defeat.
Abstract Models, Concrete Frictions
Samuel Fisher probes the limits of Søren Mau’s recent book Mute Compulsion.
Prelude to a New Imperial Order?
Todd Gordon and Jeffery R. Webber challenge the received view of US global dominance with a dialectical conception of our multipolar geopolitical order.