Tag: Marxist Theory
Know Your Enemy
In this original, empirically rich study, Andreas Malm and the Zetkin Collective provide a systematic inquiry into the political ecology of the far right in the twenty-first century.
Turning a Profit from Death
How can we stem Narendra Modi’s murderous response to Covid-19 in India? Spectre’s Tithi Bhattacharya explains why anti-capitalism is central to this struggle and why Modi is by no means up to the task.
Mariátegui in Debate
Deni Alfaro Rubbo reviews Mike Gonzalez’s new book, In the Red Corner, about the political ideas of José Carlos Mariátegui.
Rosa Luxemburg and Postcolonial Criticism
Helen Scott argues that Rosa Luxemburg is a key figure in postcolonial literary criticism whose contributions to the field have tended to be overlooked.
Recentering the Lumpen Question Today
Daniel Tutt reconsiders the meaning the “lumpenproletariat,” not as a noun, but as a verb: an active process of lumpenization. What implications does this rethinking have in store for communist strategy, and how does it allow us to better understand the recurrent phenomenon of Bonapartism?
Antiracist History, Crisis Theory, and University Workers’ Struggles
Spectre’s Charlie Post interviews Rick Kuhn about his prolonged bout of Grossmania, ongoing university struggles in Australia, Bundism in Eastern Europe, and more
Why Tronti? Why Now?
Steve Wright interviews Andrew Anastasi on his long awaited collection of translated Mario Tronti essays.
Down with Thai Capitalism! The People Against the Military Dictatorship!
Ji Ungpakorn responds to Thiti Jamkajornkeiat’s characterization of the Thai social formation as “feudal” and explains why a debate over characterization has real strategic consequences.
What’s in a Slogan?
Why are self-styled socialists going after the slogan “defund the police”? Rawan Abdelbaki challenges them frontally.
Down with Feudalism, Long Live the People!
Thiti Jamkajornkeiat adapts Jit Phumisak’s Marxist theory of the feudal state for use in the ongoing anti-royalist protests in Thailand.