Marx

November 25, 2012

Books: The Contradictions of “Real Socialism”

What was “real socialism”—the term which originated in twentieth-century socialist societies for the purpose of distinguishing them from abstract, theoretical socialism? In this volume, Michael A. Lebowitz considers the nature, tendencies, and contradictions of those societies. Beginning with the constant presence of shortages within “real socialism,” Lebowitz searches for the inner relations which generate these… Continue reading

Books, Socialism

capital, class, Crisis, Development, economics, Economy, Marx, nature, Review, socialism, socialist, Soviet Union, United States
November 18, 2012

The Death Agony of Anti-Imperialism, 2 Egypt, 1 By S. Artesian

The organization of landed property, of the landed estate, and of landed labor in Egypt was driven and determined by that which could not truly be appropriated as property—water. Water and the lack thereof, regulated, so to speak, the oscillations between scarcity and abundance. Water and the lack thereof imposed an approximate egalitarianism; a communalism… Continue reading

Capitalism, Egypt

banks, capital, class, commodities, david harvey, Egypt, Europe, history, land, market, Marx, reproduction, revolution, S. Artesian, taxes, value
June 29, 2012

Why today’s radicals must read Marx’s Das Kapital by Mike Wayne

The relevance of Marx’s Das Kapital to the modern capitalist world is once again getting a hearing. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the opening up of China to international capitalism, the political and economic elites declared that a new economic paradigm had arrived, bringing with it undreamt promises of wealth… Continue reading

Socialism

capital, China, Das Kapital, jobs, labour, London, market, Marx, rights, Soviet Union, value, women
February 11, 2012

Marx, Keynes and China Today

China’s economic structure, because it allowed ‘a socially controlled rate of investment’ and a ‘somewhat comprehensive socialisation of investment’, could utilise policy tools developed by Keynes but the US and European economies could not. Although Keynes explicitly wished to save capitalism it turned out that Western capitalism could not use his tools, but China’s ‘socialism… Continue reading

Capitalism, China

capital, China, consumption, economics, Economy, Keynes, labour, Marx, socialism, socialist, the state
February 1, 2012

The Next Marx? By John Feffer

he financial crisis and the Occupy movement have convulsed the political spectrum along a different dimension. The political categories of Right and Left—which derives from where opposing representatives, royalists versus radicals, sat in the French national assembly around the time of the 1789 revolution—have been woefully inadequate for some time. Continue reading

Capitalism, Socialism

China, class, democracy, financial crisis, Financial Times, Foreign Affairs, FT, history, John Feffer, market, Marx, the state
January 2, 2012

Fundamentals of Political Economy – Weekend School January 21-22

Understanding the unfolding crisis and proposing real alternatives requires us to grasp Karl Marx’s critique of political economy. But while education in the basics of Marx’s ideas was commonplace on the far left in the 1970s, today it has withered away: there are academics and theorists who ‘do’ political economy, while left activists and groups… Continue reading

Events, London

bank, Communist Party, Economy, education, finance, London, Marx
January 1, 2012

Video: Contracorriente: Discussion with Michael Lebowitz

Cuba — February 2010. View on YouTube website Interview by Aurelio Alonso. Michael Lebowitz is Professor Emeritus of Economics at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada. Some of his recent books include Beyond Capital: Marx’s Political Economy of the Working Class, Palgrave Macmillan (2003), Build it Now: Socialism for the 21st Century, Monthly Review Press (2006) Continue reading

Socialism, Videos

Canada, Cuba, Development, Economy, Marx, Michael Lebowitz, Review, Socialist Alternative, Video
November 22, 2011

Video: Kapitalism 101

New to me but check it out. Lots of analysis and plenty of videos Here are two from the site on the ‘law of the falling rate of profit’. Continue reading

Capitalism, Videos

economics, Marx, Video
November 17, 2011

Political Crisis in Italy and Greece: Marx on ‘Technical Government’ BY Marcello Musto

In recent years Karl Marx has again been featured in the world’s press because of his prescient insights into the cyclical and structural character of capitalist crises. Now there is another reason why he should be re-read in the light of Greece and Italy: the reappearance of the ‘technical government.’ Continue reading

Capitalism, Europe, Greece

Crisis, economics, Government, Greece, history, Italy, market, Marx, New York, Socialist Project, The Times
November 11, 2011

Occupy Denialism: Toward Ecological and Social Revolution By John Bellamy Foster

5 November 2011 — MRZine This is a reconstruction from notes of a keynote address delivered to the Powershift West Conference, Eugene, Oregon, November 5, 2011. Continue reading

Capitalism, Environment

Bellamy Foster, capital, Climate, Climate Change, Crisis, John Bellamy Foster, Marx, New Scientist, New York, Review, revolution
August 19, 2011

Video: Is Capitalism Doomed?

Gerry Epstein comments on Nouriel Roubini’s blog that “Marx was right” Continue reading

Capitalism, Videos

Capitalism, Marx, Real News, Video
August 19, 2011

Marxism has an ecological heart By Ash Pemberton

In the past two decades several scholars have gone back to the writings of Marx and other early socialists. They have found that humanity’s relation to the planet’s ecology was a key element to a Marxist analysis of political economy. Continue reading

Capitalism, Climate Change, Environment

capital, Climate, Crisis, ecology, environment, Green Left, history, land, Marx, nature, socialism
August 12, 2011

UK: Feral Capitalism Hits The Streets By David Harvey

12 August 2011 — The Bullet • Socialist Project E-Bulletin No. 535 “Nihilistic and feral teenagers” the Daily Mail called them: the crazy youths from all walks of life who raced around the streets mindlessly and desperately hurling bricks, stones and bottles at the cops while looting here and setting bonfires there, leading the authorities Continue reading

Capitalism, UK

Capitalism, Daily Mail, Marx, Murdoch, New York, Socialist Project, tottenham, uk riots
August 10, 2011

Things fall apart By William Bowles

It’s fashionable to call them the ‘underclass’ that the state has buried away, out of sight–out of mind on ‘sink estates’ or trapped in the poorest neighborhoods of our cities. Demonized and/or sentimentalized by the state/corporate media (‘Shameless’ and ‘East Enders’ for example), just as with our Victorian counterparts, an entire section of the working… Continue reading

William Bowles – Essays

Britain, class, Iron Heel, Marx, police, race, UK, uk riots, underclass, welfare
July 7, 2011

Book Launch, London: Hugo Chávez and the Bolivarian Revolution By Richard Gott

BOOK LAUNCH: Thursday July 14, 18.30- 21.00. At the Marx Memorial Library, 37A Clerkenwell Green, London EC1R 0DU Continue reading

Books, Events, London, Venezuela

Bolivarian, Bolivarian Revolution, Financial Times, Foreign Affairs, Hugo Chavez, London, Marx, register, United States
July 7, 2011

Book Launch, London: Hugo Chávez and the Bolivarian Revolution By Richard Gott

BOOK LAUNCH: Thursday July 14, 18.30- 21.00. At the Marx Memorial Library, 37A Clerkenwell Green, London EC1R 0DU Continue reading

Books, Events, London, Venezuela

Bolivarian, Bolivarian Revolution, Financial Times, Foreign Affairs, Hugo Chavez, London, Marx, register, United States
June 30, 2011

The Ecology of Socialism: John Bellamy Foster Interviewed by Solidair/Solidaire

Many green thinkers reject a Marxist analysis because they think that the Marxist approach to the economy is a very productivist one, focused on growth and seeing nature as “a free gift” to mankind. You contradict that idea. Continue reading

Environment, Socialism

Bellamy Foster, capital, class, Ecological Revolution, energy, growth, John Bellamy Foster, Marx, Monthly Review, nature, Review, taxes
December 14, 2010

Socialism Is Dead!' Long Live the Commons and Social Accounting! By Tom Walker

While not wanting to downplay either the potentially transformative role of shorter working time or its prospects as a transitional element to a post-capitalist society, there is an important aspect of this issue that both writers appear to have overlooked. The result of shorter working time, increased time at the disposal of the individual worker,… Continue reading

Socialism

Marx, socialism
December 6, 2010

Putting humans back into socialism By Federico Fuentes

The onset of the global economic crisis in mid 2008, symbolised by the collapse of some of Wall Street’s most iconic companies, led to soaring sales of Karl Marx’s seminal work Das Kapital, as many sought explanations to the tumultuous events unfolding. Although written more than 100 years ago, this devastating and insightful dissection of… Continue reading

Socialism

capital, class, Development, Marx, socialism, the state
July 14, 2010

Douglas W. Greene, "Throwing Down the Gauntlet: A Review of Michael Lebowitz's Socialist Alternative"

Only about ten or fifteen years ago, leftist theory was in a sorry state. It seemed as if socialism had ceased to be a viable project with the fall of the Soviet Union. Instead of an alternative to capitalism, theorists were singing the praises of the third way or the idea of changing the world… Continue reading

Socialism

Development, Marx, Review, Socialist Alternative

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