Tag: Capitalism
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.
On Economic Compulsion
Nate Holdren and Rob Hunter review Werner Bonefeld’s new book on the social constitution of economic compulsion in capitalism.
“Bidenomics” in the International Context
This is the first in a series of articles providing a snapshot of the geopolitical moment from a Marxist perspective. Thomas Hummel analyzes the shift toward escalating conflict between the U.S. and China, and examines the possible outcomes in terms of the global balance of power, the possibilities or difficulties for working class organizing, and the chances of inter-imperialist war. Over the course of the series, Hummel will examine whether this shift is likely to be the basis of a new regime of accumulation or a short blip on the radar—that is, an attempt to engineer something for which there is no material basis in reality.
Labor’s Upsurge and the Search for Workers’ Power
Kim Moody writes about how we should understand the UAW strike against the backdrop of a larger wave.
Realizing Renewable Power’s Potential Means Combating Capital
Simon Pirani systematically takes on ecomodernist approaches to socialist strategy, which, he argues, are fundamentally antithetical to any left project.
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.