Global Capitalism in One Country?
There is more to global capitalism than American empire.
19375 Articles by: Abigail Torre
Abigail Torre grew up in Chile and now lives in Berkeley, California where she is cochair of the East Bay chapter of Democratic Socialists of America.
Within or Against the State?
We need to see the state and capitalist production as aspects of the same set of social relations.
Half Poulantzas, Half Kindleberger
The Making of Global Capitalism deserves a wide audience, but there are gaps in its theory.
The Luchadores of Global Political Economy
What do three giants of political economy have to tell us about the rise of finance and the moment in which we live?
Jacobin Book Club: The Making of Global Capitalism
Over the next couple of weeks we will run the inaugural Jacobin Book Club seminar on The Making of Global Capitalism.
Socialize Big Pharma
Maintaining a private pharmaceutical sector represents a significant public health risk. One solution is complete nationalization.
What Would Machiavelli Do?
The popular imagination gets Machiavelli all wrong — he was a patron saint of class struggle.
Nietzsche, Hayek, and the Meaning of Conservatism
Libertarians aren’t pleased with Corey Robin’s new work on Nietzsche and the Austrian school. Here’s his lengthy rebuttal.
Google and the Liberal Man’s Burden
As Silicon Valley is learning, “pinkwashing” is the perfect tool for political misdirection.
A Brazilian Autumn?: An Interview with Miguel Borba de Sa
The movement is battlefield, highlighting all the contradictions of Brazilian society.
On Anger and “Meaning It”
There’s no need for excessive complexity — some people are worth hating.
From Turkey with Love
The protests in Turkey are, quite simply, an assertion of humanity in the face of inhumanity.
I Love Man of Steel and I’m Not Sorry
In Man of Steel, Superman returns to his Popular Front roots.
Back to No Future
What use is playing the long game when the arc of the universe feels so frighteningly short?
DNA: A Parasite that Builds Its Own Host?
Dawkins, the mechanistic world, and the “war on the beautiful”
Sympathy for Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman takes up the banner of the Luddites. Here’s what he gets wrong.
What is Union Democracy?
Bob Fitch on the Left, the Right, and what a real labor movement would look like.
Ashwin Parameswaran and the Future of Work
A discussion with Ashwin Parameswaran.
David Brooks: The Last Stalinist
David Brooks disapproves of NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden.
Reform and Revolution
A recorded interview at this year’s Subversive Festival in Zagreb.