Category: Theory
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Socialist Register 2019: The World Turned Upside Down
The Toronto launch of the Socialist Register 2019: The World Turned Upside Down, with Sam Gindin, Nicole Aschoff, Colin Leys, and co-editors Greg Albo and Leo Panitch. Watch video »
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The American Left Resurgent: Prospects and Tensions
The American political system is experiencing a crisis of hegemony. The moderate, bipartisan center that had been the mythical linchpin of American politics during the “long Cold War” is facing … Keep reading »
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A Political Instrument Appropriate for Each Reality
A. Why Is a Political Organization Necessary? 1. The recent mobilizations occurring in Latin America and in the world confirm what Lenin wrote in 1914: “Without organization the masses lack unity … Keep reading »
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The Socialization of Society
One hundred years ago this month, on January 15, 1919, the great revolutionary thinker and anti-war activist, Rosa Luxemburg, was murdered in Berlin by the Freikorps paramilitary group, with her … Keep reading »
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A Populist Moment? Learning from Corbyn, Sanders, Mélenchon and Iglesias in Germany
Mario Candeias analyses how to connect the different forces, and how can populist momentum carry forward a popular project? Keep reading »
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In and Against the State
Recorded at The World Transformed (#TWT2018), a 4-day politics, arts and music festival running alongside the Labour Party Conference, working to build left power both inside and outside of Parliament. … Watch video »
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Hard Question, No Answers
I knew it would be coming: an essay in The Bullet trumpeting the “breakthrough” of Québec Solidaire (QS) in the recent Québec election. I agree: it was a breakthrough. QS … Keep reading »
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For a Liberal Populism?
Analyzing the concepts of class and left-populism in the writings of Chantal Mouffe and Domenico Losurdo. Keep reading »
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Understanding the Rise of the Radical Right
It is the time of monsters. The organic crisis of the old neoliberal project has also brought forth the rise of a new radical right. Yet these monsters are quite … Keep reading »
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The Age of Unreason
The Knowledge-Practice Relation and its Political Significance In many contemporary societies, there is a typical distrust of knowledge claims that are backed by reason and evidence. Correspondingly, there is a popular … Keep reading »
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A Manifesto for Socialist Development in the 21st Century
In early 2017, it was revealed that eight men owned as much wealth as half the world’s population (Oxfam 2017). This is in a world where, according to the most … Keep reading »
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Using Marx’s Capital as an Organizing Tool
Marx’s Capital: three volumes, 2,500 pages. A tome as an organizing tool? For leftists who really can’t do without Marx, there are a lot of his texts that are shorter … Keep reading »