Marxist theory

Biden Xi

Imperialism as antagonistic cooperation

Promise Li — Economic interdependence has shown surprising resilience even across rival geopolitical blocs. Existing theories of imperialism fail to fully account for these seemingly contradictory dimensions of today’s world system.
money bullets

State of the world: Economic crisis and geopolitical rivalries

Claude Serfati — The global space is being transformed under the dual pressure of economic dynamics and geopolitical rivalries.
Gustavo Petro

Marx’s theory of value: Collapse, AI and Gustavo Petro

Michael Roberts — It is not Marx and Engels who disregard the role and value of nature, but rather the capitalists.
Putin meeting with Russian capitalists

Class analysis and Russian imperialism: A response to Ilya Matveev

Dmitry Pozhidaev — By focusing on ideology and Putin’s personal motivations, Matveev overlooks class dynamics and the material interests of Russia’s capitalist class, which are crucial to understanding Russia’s post-2014 foreign policy.
Fredric Jameson

Boris Kagarlitsky: Obituary for Fredric Jameson (1934-2024)

Boris Kagarlitsky — While in prison, I have received several messages regarding the passing of colleagues. Now, news has arrived about the death of Fredric Jameson, the author of seminal works on the culture of late capitalism.
Russian tanks

Russian imperialism: Economic and military aspects

Chris Slee — Economic statistics are not the sole basis for deciding if a country is imperialist. We also have to look at factors such as military strength and military interventions abroad.
Protest Russian imperialism

Political imperialism, Putin’s Russia, and the need for a global left alternative: An interview with Ilya Matveev

Ilya Matveev discusses the two logics of imperialism, how they help us explain the different paths that China and Russia took to become imperialist powers, and the left's need for a shared vision of progressive change.
Tiananmen Square

On the transformation of social property relations under China’s party-state regime

Michael Pröbsting outlines how Marxist state theory accounts for China’s political regime overseeing one mode of production and then facilitated its transformation into another.
Capitalism in the Twenty-first Century Through the Prism of Value

Reinvigorating Marx: A critical exploration of value theory in 21st-century capitalism (plus: Re-reading Giovanni Arrighi on the struggle for global hegemony)

Dmitry Pozhidaev — ‘Capitalism in the Twenty-first Century Through the Prism of Value’ aims to explain 21st-century capitalism through Karl Marx’s value theory.
Feuerback and Marx

1843-1844: Marx’s Feuerbachian phase

Jason Devine — If Marx did not break with idealism thanks to Feuerbach, then the following questions arise: did Feuerbach actually influence Marx, and, if so, how?
Spectre lord of the rings

Tolkien’s deplorable cultus: Right-wing hobbit enthusiasts and the urgency of Marxist criticism in fantasy

Robert T Tally Jr — While some Marxists may look upon this scene with bemusement, fantasy as a mode and a genre is far too important to allow the right-wingers to take for themselves, and that includes the works of Tolkien.
From Karl Marx to Eco-Marxism

From Karl Marx to Eco-Marxism

Michael Löwy — Reflection on Marx’s contribution to an ecological perspective has made considerable progress in recent decades.

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