Tag: Capitalism
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.
The Uprising in China
A Chinese activist analyzes the causes of the unprecedented wave of protest and unrest across China.
The City of Blind Windows
In the second installment of his essay on the rationalization of New York City, historian Andy Battle calls for a Gothic city—a process, a method, and a way of life.
The Crash after the Sugar Rush
In this interview, Michael Roberts discusses both mainstream and Marxist explanations for the current global slump and how the left should be responding to it.
The City of Blind Windows
The secret of New York is that it is held together with duct tape and screaming. Is the city so far gone that we can never get it back?
Regimen
Kyle Kubler addresses the desires and realities of physical culture in the Soviet Union during the period surrounding the October Revolution.
Exacerbating the Contradictions
Joseph Daher explains the effects of Russia’s war in Ukraine on the MENA region after decades of agricultural neoliberalism increased its vulnerability.
Against Putin’s War in Ukraine
Spectre’s publication manager Ashley Smith interviews Russian socialist Ilya Budraitskis about the politics of Putin’s ongoing war in Ukraine