Tag: Politics

Brazil

Is Bolsonaro About to Fall?

Pedro Paulo Zahluth Bastos argues that Bolsonaro’s political demise is on the horizon. In this first installment of his two-part essay, he explores the utility and limits of anticorruption discourse as it has been deployed by the Bolsonaro regime.

Anti-capitalism

A COVID-19 Survival Guide

Kathleen Brown and Robin Zheng explain how socialists are fighting for life over profits in Southeastern Michigan.

Anti-capitalism

An Organic Crisis Is Upon Us

As the world descends into chaos, political struggles are articulated in unexpected ways. Zachary Levenson argues that Gramsci’s concept of “organic crisis” can help us make sense of this mess and what it all means for the politics of class struggle.

Soviet-Era Bas-relief on the facade of a building in Minsk, Belarus
Anti-capitalism

Jordy Cummings’s Review of Comrade

Jodi Dean responds to Jordy Cummings’s review of her book, Comrade. Is it possible to think, write, and practice a communism that is not fully determined by the debates and divisions of the twentieth century?

A lone truck or "road train" travels down an otherwise empty Australian road, beneath a blue and party cloudy sky
Anti-capitalism

How “Just-in-Time” Capitalism Spread COVID-19

Historically, epidemics have spread through two forms of movement: trade and war. Kim Moody examines how the pace of this spread accelerated dramatically with the rise of capitalism.

Soviet-Era Bas-relief on the facade of a building in Minsk, Belarus
Anti-capitalism

Thoughts on Jodi Dean’s Comrade

Jordy Cummings reviews Jodi Dean’s Comrade. What politics underlies the concept of “comradeship”? Is it a term that levels the playing field, or is it imposed from the top down?

A fire begins at a protest in Hong Kong
Marxist Theory

A Left Case for Hong Kong Self-Determination

Promise Li argues that, though the left has been sidelined in the Hong Kong protests, our role should neither be simply tailing the demands nor opposing them.

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