Tag: Capitalism
On the Economic Power of Capital
Hugo de Camps interviews Søren Mau on his new book Mute Compulsion, a groundbreaking new reading of Marx’s theory of economic power.
Mental Illness and Capitalism
David Matthews problematizes biological conceptualizations of mental illness under capitalism and outlines a dialectical, historical Marxist approach.
Neither Productivism nor Degrowth
Ståle Holgersen moves us beyond the stale impasse between degrowth and eco-modernist approaches to eco-socialist strategy.
Bathrooms
While incarcerated, Heather Jarvis reflects on bathrooms as formative scenes.
The Cape of Experience Tied around My Neck
With the prospect of freedom imminent, Ray Williams writes about memory and selfhood from a prison cell.
Marching to a Different Drummer
Susan Ferguson explains how an analytic focus on time and temporalities might help us better understand how capitalism concretely conditions the work of life-making.
Crisis, Rivalry, and the Fragmentation of Global Capitalism
Ashley Smith interviews Michael Roberts about the system’s seemingly intractable crisis, the looming threat of war between great powers, and the desperate need for international working-class solidarity against militarism.
The Political Social Ontology of Astrology
Astrology has regained prominence as a resistance practice that challenges capitalist modernity. Matthew Cull and Nadia Mehdi ask: How might forms of thought inherent to astrological practice render us more, rather than less, susceptible to capitalist control?
Banks on the Brink? The Origins, Nature, and Trajectory of the Crisis
What caused the SVB failure? Is a larger crisis on the horizon? Michael Roberts talks to Spectre’s Ashley Smith.
Understanding the Carnage
The Colorado Springs shooting represents a wave of protofascist violence targeting queer and trans people. Now, more than ever, is the time for a mass movement for LGBTQ liberation.