Marxist theory

Kevin B. Anderson discusses his book ‘The Late Marx’s Revolutionary Roads,’ which analyses the late Karl Marx on Indigenous communism, gender, and anti-colonialism.

Ian Angus discusses his latest book ‘Metabolic Rifts: Capitalism’s Assault on the Earth System’.

Ian Angus speaking at the Canadian launch of “Metabolic Rifts: Capitalism’s Assault on the Earth System”.

Ana Cristina Carvalhaes argues for a non-dogmatic theory of imperialism, which incorporates ecology, understands Trump’s aggressive neo-colonialist shift and recognises sub-imperialist countries.

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.

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.

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?”

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.

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.