Marxist theory
Yanis Varoufakis’s ‘Technofeudalism’: A review by Boris Kagarlitsky
Writing from prison, Boris Kagarlitsky engages with Yanis Varoufakis’s account of the transformations that have taken place in the economy and society as a result of new technologies.
Eric Toussaint looks at the great public debate on the nature of the economy that occurred after the 1959 Cuban revolution, involving Ernesto Che Guevara, Alberto Mora, Ernest Mandel, and Charles Bettelheim.
Class struggle today: Fragmentation and the crisis of political form
The problem facing the left is not the absence of class antagonism but the absence of forces capable of organising it. If we fail to confront the question of political form, mobilisation will continue to substitute for class, writes Sushovan Dhar.
Phil Hearse reviews William I Robinson’s new book “Epochal Crisis: the Exhaustion of Global Capitalism,” saying if you want to understand what is going on in the world, then read this.
Socialism: A prospect, not a utopia
Writing from Penal Colony No. 4 in Torzhok, Russia, Boris Kagarlitsky sketches out his answer the all-too-common question socialists face: “So what is your alternative?”
Militarised accumulation and the irrational rationality of the Iran war
At the level of the global economy, the Iran war appears deeply irrational. It has disrupted trade, raised energy prices and fed inflation. Yet it continues. Dmitry Pozhidaev explains why.
Ian Angus introduces his new book “Metabolic Rifts: Capitalism’s Assault on the Earth’s System,” joined by Helena Sheehan, Inea Lehner, David McNally and Jess Spear.
Capitalism is the problem. Ecosocialism is the solution.
Harry Fairless — In the face of the multifaceted, compounding environmental catastrophe confronting humanity as a result of capitalism, what is required is not just socialism but ecosocialism.
Metabolic rifts: Michael Roberts interviews Ian Angus on his new book
Ian Angus discusses his new book, ‘Metabolic Rifts’, which offers a scientific basis for understanding the deep causes of today’s environmental crises, and a program for action to prevent catastrophe in our time.
John Clarke — Epstein’s network was real and horrific, but the forces shaping war, empire, and capitalism run far deeper.
The revolutionary development of global Marxism
In this review of two books about the development of anti- and de-colonial Marxism, Paul Le Blanc recommends an account of the development of Marx’s thought with regard to the class dynamics and revolutionary possibilities of global struggles.
Güney Işıkara and Patrick Mokre discuss imperialism’s multidimensional nature, Karl Marx’s value theory and why a value-theoretical framework for studying the global economy is urgently needed.
