Book Review: Requiem for French Theory – Transatlantic Funeral Dirge in a Marxist Key
During the 1960s and 1970s, it was an oft-repeated quip that the European left was long on theory and short on practice, while the North …
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During the 1960s and 1970s, it was an oft-repeated quip that the European left was long on theory and short on practice, while the North …
Some Clarity on Imperialism Today
The arguments embroiling the left on the nature of imperialism, over whether Peoples’ China or Russia is capitalist or imperialist, whether …
Cringeworthy Words in the Battle of Ideas
If you believe, as I do, that the war of ideas is a critical front in political struggle, then clarity and logic become a necessity in that …
An Overdue Look at the Environmental Crisis
“When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’ ’The …
Our Dirty Little Secret Revealed
I grew up in a small Midwestern town that was part of an industrial oasis located in the midst of corn and soybean fields. The oasis existed …
Multipolarity: False Hope for the Left
Since the end of the Cold War, important, profound changes in the relations between capitalist states, coupled with equally sharp changes in …
The Cold War, Desegregation, and Affirmative Action
As the US Supreme Court aspires to drive a nail into the coffin of affirmative action, it is important to recognize how the Cold War helped …
Norman Finkelstein: A National Treasure?
Among the most dangerous people in the US are those who actually once fervently believed the foundational myths of the country’s social and …
Mired in Opportunism
It should be obvious to everyone that the US left is in difficult straits. It is not even remotely clear who or what counts as left in this …
The End of an Era
Why do the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the World Bank– three of the most highly regarded …
Karl Kautsky, “Ultra-imperialism,” and Multipolarity
The fashionable term “multipolarity” – popular with a significant section of the international left– has an historical antecedent. In 1914, …
Red Rosa, Junius, and Leninism
During the early years of the First World War, revolutionary Marxists– those who opposed the war in its entirety– were bitterly disappointed …
France and the Dilemma of Electoral Politics in the Twenty-first Century
French workers currently live nearly two years longer than their counterparts in member states in the Organization for Economic Co-operation …
Some Political Wishes for the Coming Year
As the holidays approach, children traditionally anticipate Christmas by submitting their gift wish lists to Santa Claus.
Free Market Follies
This is not the first era of capitalist excess that forces normally lapdog journalists and the compliant mainstream commentariat to cast …
Ruling Class Angst
There is a profound difference between the economic crisis of 2007-2009 and the evolving crisis of 2022. In 2007, capitalists feared the …
Could We Reconsider Socialism?
We swim in a sea of obfuscation, confusion, and fabrication.
Clinging to the Anthropocene
“Anthropocene” is a twenty-first century word– not that it never appeared before the current century. But its wide acceptance, its broad …
Lessons Unlearned
Karl Marx knew a thing or two about politics.
Towards a New Political Order
Professor Gary Gerstle, Paul Mellon Professor of American History Emeritus and Paul Mellon Director of Research at the University of …
Sinking in the Economic Quicksand
In late November of last year, I wrote of the dangers of stagflation– stagnant or declining growth and price inflation– suggesting that the …
Report card on a failing economic system
On Friday, May 6, the Federal Reserve released data showing that consumer credit (debt) has been accelerating since the fourth quarter of …
Report Card on a Failing Economic System
On Friday, May 6, the Federal Reserve released data showing that consumer credit (debt) has been accelerating since the fourth quarter of …