Debate – the limitations of settler colonial theory
Australian socialist Jordan Humphreys, author of recent book ‘Indigenous Liberation & Socialism’ replies to two recent articles by Sai Englert on settler colonial theory.
Settler colonialism, Zionism and Palestinian liberation
Sai Englert on the relationship between the Zionist labour movement and the road to Palestinian liberation.
Settler colonialism and the birth of global capitalism
Sai Englert discusses the history of settler colonialism and its central role in the development of global capitalism
Capitalism cannot save us from the climate crisis
The pursuit of profit and economic growth is pushing us beyond safe limits of global heating, biodiversity loss and ocean acidification.
El Niño is accelerating climate chaos: it’s time for action
The extreme heat of the upcoming El Niño years should compel us to subordinate profit motives to urgent climate goals.
Review | Mute Compulsion: A Marxist Theory of the Economic Power of Capital
‘The mute compulsion of economic relations sets the seal on the domination of the capitalist over the worker.’
The Cost of Living Crisis
Map of protests, information about the cost of living crisis, and political commentary.
The cost-of-living crisis
With high inflation and a sharp rise in energy prices on the way, Ian Allinson argues that the cost-of-living crisis will shape British politics over the coming months.
COVID Omicron: The case for vaccine justice
The new Omicron variant is the result of the racist and profiteering vaccine policy of the Tory government, writes rs21 member Graham Checkley.
From Nero to Net Zero
Boris Johnson’s classical references are a window onto how he will deal with climate breakdown, writes Gareth Dale.
Review | Migration Beyond Capitalism
Baindu Kallon reviews Hannah Cross’ new book Migration Beyond Capitalism. Kallon celebrates a book that brings a new left-wing response to the narrative around migration. Cross, Kallon argues, effectively demonstrates why an internationalist working-class response is the key to defeating neoliberal power and creating a new world. This review was originally published by the Review of […]
Review | Sinews of War and Trade
Mykola Macke reviews an important book which bring together the history of development in the region with the parallel evolution of world shipping routes as the life-blood of world capitalism.
Review | A Brief History of Commercial Capitalism
Nick Evans reviews a new book that calls for a radical rethinking of the history of capitalism.
Lighting a spark: How to Blow Up a Pipeline
How to Blow Up a Pipeline gives a balanced assessment of the conditions which make strategic direct action necessary in a warming world.
revolutionary reflections | Capitalism, racialisation and resistance
Arjun Mahadevan argues that to build effective anti-racist struggles we need to acknowledge that racism was central to the development of capitalism.
Review: Who the hell is… Karl Marx?
Manus McGrogan’s new introduction to Marx and Marxism combines theory with a vision of a world free of exploitation and oppression.
Debt in a time of coronavirus
Video: How has coronavirus boosted household debt, the impact on working-class people and on the capitalist economy, and the possibilities for campaigning and resistance?
Extinction, climate change and Karl Marx
Marx can help us understand why the choice really is system change or climate change, argues Brendan Montague.
Review: A Planet to Win – Why We Need a Green New Deal
Pete Cannell reviews an important contribution to the discussions around the Green New Deal.
revolutionary reflections | Value, force, many states and other problems: part 3
In the third and final part of his essay on violence and capitalist social relations, Colin Barker insists that capitalist states cannot be theorised without recognising their multiplicity.
revolutionary reflections | Value, force, many states and other problems: part 2
In the second part of his essay on how violence and coercion are written into the core of capitalist social relations, Colin Barker explores how states modify the law of value.
revolutionary reflections | Value, force, many states and other problems: part 1
The first part of Colin Barker’s essay looking at how violence and coercion are written into the core of capitalist social relations
Review: Green Growth
Stephen Graham reviews Green growth: Ideology, Political Economy and the Alternatives
revolutionary reflections | Critical Theory in the Age of Trump Part 1: Organised Pessimism
The election of Trump has raised the stakes in terms of how the left should respond to the growing crises of economics, politics, ecology and geopolitics. Joe Sabatini explores the work of the Frankfurt School in this context. Photo courtesy of iamyouasheisme.wordpres.com Footnotes to this piece are included in the PDF. 20170330_Critical Theory Part 1 Methodological introduction […]