Category: Theory
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Underestimating Capital, Overestimating Labour
A Response to Andrew Kliman What caused the 2008 economic crisis? In an article published earlier this year, political economist Sam Gindin explained it “primarily as a financial crisis.” Writing for … Keep reading »
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History and Crisis of the Left
Vancouver — 2 November 2013. This presentation was part of the 2013 World Peace Forum in Vancouver. Video from other workshops can be found on pasifik.ca website. Gary Cristall, one … Watch video »
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The Rise of Finance
Toronto — 6 December 2013. Pension Funds, Unions, and Working Class Strategies – session 5: What role for unions and pension funds? One of the emerging features of the neoliberal landscape has … Watch video »
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Anarcho-Syndicalism
Toronto — 22 December 2013. A discussion with Taodhg (AKA Tim) Burns and Marc Young about the politics of Anarcho-Syndicalism, its history, and modern application. Taodhg (AKA Tim) Burns is … Watch video »
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Which Way to the Winter Palace, Please?
Transnational Echoes and Blocked Transformations Triggered by the Arab Spring (LuXemburg 1/2011), a series of transnational movements, such as the Indignants and Occupy Wall Street, began gathering pace in 2011 in … Keep reading »
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Puzzle or Misreading? Stagnation, Austerity and Left Politics
That the many attempts to theorize the crisis of 2008, the deepest crisis since the Depression, have at best been inconclusive should not be all that surprising. After all, as … Keep reading »
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Luxemburg, Lenin, Levi: Rethinking Revolutionary History
Toronto — 14 December 2013. Moderated by Jackie Esmonde. Presentations by: John Riddell, editor of Toward the United Front: Proceedings of the Fourth Congress of the Communist International. Paul Kellogg, … Watch video »
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Launching the Socialist Register 2014: Registering Class
The 50th volume of the Socialist Register is dedicated to the theme of ‘registering class’ in light of the spread and deepening of capitalist social relations around the globe. Today’s … 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 »
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The Greek Neo-Nazis of Golden Dawn – No Pasaran?
The following interview with Dimitris Psarras, the author of the Black Book of Golden Dawn was conducted in Greek by Eleni Varikas and Michael Löwy and published in French at … Keep reading »
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A New Type of Art: From Connective to Strategic Party
For some two decades, the anti-globalization movement and its successors have assumed that society contains within itself – and automatically throws up – political oppositions and organizational forms independent of … Keep reading »
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Taking Power In and Beyond the State
For some two decades, the anti-globalization movement and its successors have assumed that society contains within itself – and automatically throws up – political oppositions and organizational forms independent of … Keep reading »