Category: Theory
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Reading Marx’s Capital Today: Lessons from Latin America
This paper was presented at the International conference “150 years Karl Marx’s Capital – Reflections for the 21st century” held in Athens, Greece on January 14-15, 2017. Organized by the … Keep reading »
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If You Don’t Understand the Second Product, You Understand Nothing About Marx’s Capital
Athens — 14 January 2017. The following talk was given at the International conference “150 years Karl Marx’s Capital – Reflections for the 21st century” held in Athens, Greece on … Watch video »
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Launching the Socialist Register 2017: Rethinking Revolution
Toronto — 12 January 2017. The main purpose of the 2017 edition of the Socialist Register (SR) – one century after “Red October” – is to look forward, to what … Watch video »
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Militant Hope in the Age of Trump
The United States stands at the endpoint of a long series of attacks on democracy, and the choices faced by the American public today point to the divide between those … Keep reading »
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Sheikh Bedreddin: A Greco-Turkish Communist Internationalist Avant la Lettre
To draw the net from the water together while singing a song in unison, to forge together the iron fine like lace, to be able together to cultivate the land, … Keep reading »
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War Culture, Militarism and Racist Violence Under Trump
When history repeats itself with a vengeance, it generally signals a crisis of memory, historical consciousness and civic literacy. The ghosts of the past disappear in a comforting somnolence and … Keep reading »
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Against Liberal Nostalgia
“Restore our democracy” has become a mantra among American progressives. Populist writers are desperately trying to shake people from their passivity amidst mounting political and ecological crisis. But in crafting … Keep reading »
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Jason W. Moore – The Rise and Fall of Cheap Nature
Work, Power, and Capital in Making & Transcending the Planetary Crisis Toronto — 13 December 2016. Finance. Climate. Food. Work. How are the crises of the twenty-first century connected? In Capitalism … Watch video »
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Ideology, Anti-Colonialism and Marxism
Himani Bannerji interviewed by Mahdi Ganjavi Himani Bannerji is a professor in the Department of Sociology at York University, Toronto. Her research and writing life extends between Canada and India. Her … Keep reading »
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The Crisis of European Integration and the Challenges for the Left
The elephant in the room is now visible to everyone. All the developments of the past years, from the extreme violence and cynicism of the “memoranda of understanding” imposed upon … Keep reading »
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Facing the Anthropocene
Fossil Capitalism and the Crisis of the Earth System Toronto — 25 September 2016. Science tells us that a new and dangerous stage in planetary evolution has begun, the Anthropocene, a … Watch video »
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History of the Equals
Peter Linebaugh interviewed by Mahdi Ganjavi Peter Linebaugh was in Toronto in May 13-16, 2016. An internationally known historian, Professor Linebaugh is considered one of the most important Marxist historians of … Keep reading »