Author: Michael A. Lebowitz
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The State and the Future of Socialism
We are in the midst of a class war. That’s not unusual. There is always class war in capitalism – although sometimes it is hidden and sometimes there is the … Keep reading »
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Capitalism and Community: The Tragedy of Atomism
Given that the immanent drive and constant tendency of capital is to atomize the working class, what are the effects of this tendency? For the atomized worker, all other workers … Keep reading »
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Cuba Needs to Unleash Creative Energy of the Workers
Canadian economist and Professor Emeritus at the Simon Frazer University, Michael A. Lebowitz, answered questions from Havana Times regarding: Socialism and the Party, the New State from the bottom up, … Keep reading »
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Know Your Enemy: How to Defeat Capitalism
We must put an end to capitalism. To do that, we must know the enemy – capital. We will never defeat that enemy if we do not understand it – its effects, its strengths and weaknesses. Keep reading »
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Slave or Protagonist? The Worker in Capital
Think of the worker in Marx’s Capital. He sells his capacity to work as a commodity to the capitalist. In the relation of “supremacy and subordination” of capital over wage-labourers … Keep reading »
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The Responsibility of Revolutionary Intellectuals in Building Socialism
When we talk about intellectuals, we have to recognize, of course, that there are many varieties of intellectual. So, let me be specific. I’m not talking about traditional intellectuals nor … Keep reading »
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Popular Protagonism in the Transition to Socialism
In this interview, Michael Lebowitz explores the importance of participation and democracy in the construction of socialism, while reflecting on the internal contradictions of the Bolivarian Process. He was interviewed … Keep reading »
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Hats and Men: Marx’s Faulty Symmetry
It is 150 years since Karl Marx published the first volume of Capital: A Critique of Political Economy in 1867, with the two subsequent volumes coming out under the editorship … Keep reading »
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The Tragedy of the Commons, the Pope, and the System
There’s an old argument that common property inevitably leads to exhaustion of resources. In the parable of “the tragedy of the commons,” the story is told that, given the absence … Keep reading »
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Social Democracy or Revolutionary Democracy: Syriza and Us
All eyes on the Left are upon Greece. Not because of a general interest in the contradictions of capitalism in the midst of this particular crisis but because of Syriza. … Keep reading »
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Building New Parties or Building Direct Democracy?
Vancouver — 2 November 2013. This forum was part of the 2013 World Peace Forum in Vancouver. Video from other workshops can be found on pasifik.ca website. Moderated by Ingo … Watch video »
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Contested Reproduction and the Contradictions of Socialism
This essay is from a talk given to the Centre for Political Emancipation in Belgrade, Serbia on 6 May 2013. It can also be seen on YouTube. Some Explanations About … Keep reading »