Category: Theory
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Capital and Resistance: A Review of Socialist Register 2023
Socialist Register 2023: Capital and Politics provides what the editors, Greg Albo, Nicole Aschoff, and Alfredo Saad-Filho, describe in the Preface as “a careful accounting of the organizational means by … Keep reading »
No Politics But Class Politics: Class, Identity, Inequality
In his recent book, Poverty, by America, Matthew Desmond writes, “Poverty might consume your life, but it’s rarely embraced as an identity. It’s more socially acceptable today to disclose a … Keep reading »
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 »
Canadian Unions and the State: Losing Ground, Moving On
There have now been four editions of From Consent to Coercion: The Continuing Assault on Labour (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2023), the first dating back to 1985, and it … Keep reading »
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 »
In Memory of G. M. Tamás: I Went to the Nth Degree
G.M. Tamás (November 28, 1948 – January 15, 2023) was a comrade of many socialists in Canada. He served as a guide to political developments in Eastern Europe, and particularly … Keep reading »
Liberal Democracy, Authoritarian Statism, and the New Finance Capital
This symposium at Carleton University, looked at the legacy of Leo Panitch’s scholarship, education, and activism, featuring roundtables and a keynote address by Institute of Political Economy (IPE) visiting professor, … Watch video »
Capitalism Against Labour: Can We Re-Invent Work?
Mike Yates is a long time Marxist, socialist writer and analyst, and one of the editors of Monthly Review. Over the years he has written extensively about capitalism but particularly … Keep reading »
Building a Labour Movement to Take on the Billionaire Class
Joe Burns’ new book, Class Struggle Unionism, reads like pamphlet, with a clear call to transform the union movement in the US (although it is still applicable to Canada). The … Keep reading »
History, Theory and Politics: On Uno Kozo’s Theory of Crisis
In this talk, Ken C. Kawashima will discuss how Uno’s Theory of Crisis can inform and guide the analysis of capitalism’s historical crises, and how it gives us a theoretical … Watch video »
Breaking the Hold of Authoritarian Neoliberalism by Working Class Movements
Alfredo Saad-Filho interviewed by Raju Das and Robert Latham. Alfredo Saad-Filho has written or edited nine books and numerous journal articles on political economy and international development issues. He has … Watch video »
Remembering Aijaz Ahmad: Marxist Scholar, Philosopher, Teacher
On March 9, 2022, the world lost a great mind as the renowned author, literary critic, professor, and Marxist Aijaz Ahmad passed away at the age of 81. Throughout his … Watch video »