UK Politics and Global Capitalism
British Marxist Bob Jessop on David Cameron, New Labour, and the best way to take on global capitalism.
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Reimagining the Welfare State
The New Deal welfare state was exclusionary and inequitable. We must envision and organize for something better.
What Comes After Capitalism?
Naomi Klein's incisive critique of capitalism is blunted by her unwillingness to point to its replacement.
Impatient for Justice
South Africa's youth are leading an uncompromising movement to right the wrongs of the post-apartheid era.
Bangladesh’s Disaster Capitalism
Climate change is driving Bangladeshi women out of the countryside and into exploitative garment factories.
“I Am Skeptical That Capitalism Has a Future”
Cory Doctorow on the surveillance state, Edward Snowden, and the core values of a utopian society.
Revolt of the Elites
Patricio Guzmán’s The Battle of Chile captures the class war that culminated in Salvador Allende's overthrow 44 years ago today.
Seize the Charities
Private charity will never cure capitalism's ills. Only working-class organizations can do that.
The Stuff of Politics
Giving people stuff isn't a bad thing. In fact, it’s the material basis of mass politics.
Where Is Santiago Maldonado?
As Argentina's right consolidates power, an activist's disappearance at the hands of the police has unearthed memories of the dictatorship.
Who’s Afraid of Title IX?
The attacks on Title IX undermine the struggle against campus sexual assault.
The Myth of “Populism”
It's the transatlantic commentariat’s favorite political put-down. It’s also historically illiterate.
Opportunity Detroit
Detroit's glittering revival isn't just leaving most residents behind — it's premised on their impoverishment.
Ideological Training for the New Economy
At job search clubs across the country, unemployed workers are taught to blame themselves for their joblessness — not the system that produced their precarity.
The Class Struggle on Wall Street
Financial markets are adjusting to a “new, new normal.” But the old rules of class conflict still apply.
Fidesz’s Two-Thirds
Hungary’s far-right party has won a crushing victory. And the opposition is in tatters.
Microsoft and the Yeoman Coders
Microsoft’s purchase of Github is the latest chapter in capitalism’s oldest story: the absorption of artisan labor into the circuits of capital.
What Is Democratic Socialism?
Everybody’s talking about democratic socialism these days. Here’s what you need to know about it.
George Orwell and the Proles
Though his pessimism about the working class ebbed and flowed throughout his life, George Orwell ultimately saw workers as the only force that could build an egalitarian, socialist society.
The Death of a Class
Italy's illustrious Marxist filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci died last week. His films explored the death of the bourgeoisie; his legacy points us to the death of the chauvinist male auteur.