Interview on The Black Book of Capitalism - Robert Kurz Robert Kurz discusses his book, The Black Book of Capitalism, which he describes as a "radical…
The ghost of theory - Jaime Semprun In one of his last essays, a deeply pessimistic Jaime Semprun proclaims the death of "radical theory" and recommends "a good handbook on…
The myth of working class passivity - Radical Chains There is an unbridgeable gap between the project outlined in Lenin's What is to be Done? and the principle of proletarian self-emancipation. We…
The cat, the mouse, culture and the economy - Anselm Jappe Essay on the relation between culture and the economy in contemporary capitalism, examining the role…
The metaphysical subtleties of the commodity - Anselm Jappe Essay by German author Anselm Jappe discussing the history and continuing relevance of the concept…
Presenting the Krisis Group's Manifesto against Labor - Norbert Trenkle German author Norbert Trenkle's 2001 discussion of the Krisis Group's Manifesto against Labor,…
Reading Marx in the 21st century-Robert Kurz In this introduction to his 2001 book, Marx Lesen, German author Robert Kurz sets forth brief summaries of his concepts of "non-simultaneity", …
Ideology and Superstructure in Historical Materialism - Franz Jakubowski Apparently freely available online for the first time here, this 1930s book is far less well known…
Political consciousness and its conditions at the present time - Hillel Ticktin Why are the working class not turning against the real cause of their misery — capitalism — as they…
The fetish speaks! - Marx and Perlman Marx spoke of the commodity - now the commodity speaks of Marx (and itself). PDF of illustrated quotations from 'Capital'. Update: Images…
Commodity fetishism - Fredy Perlman Fredy Perlman's 1968 Introduction to I.I. Rubin's "Essays on Marx's Theory of Value", Black Rose Books, Montreal, 1973.
Commodity Fetishism and Reification - Mike Rooke A clearly written essay on Lukacs, Marx and philosophy, the commodity form, Marxism(s), market 'socialism', the critique of political economy…
