Marxism

Theorizing deliverance from the labour- and commodity-centred society

Philosopher André Gorz returns, in one of the last texts to appear before his death, to the dynamic of financial capitalism and the reasons why we may see guaranteed social income as an opportunity to exit capitalism.

Is the universal allocation of a guaranteed social income (RSG [in French]) compatible with capitalism? If so, is the RSG objective to consolidate capitalist society, even save it? If not, can it undermine the bases of this society or smooth the transition from an economic system based on commercial value towards a fundamentally different system?

Anarchy Can't Fight Alone

By Kuwasi Balagoon

The dialectic of exploitation and repression, forms of self-organization, and the avoidance of vulgar workerism

Submitted by Operaista on Jun 16 2012 03:46

Gayge Operaista writes about some of the strengths and weaknesses of anarchist political organizations, the IWW and solidarity networks in the U.S.

INTRODUCTION: WHAT DO WE SEEK TO ACHIEVE IN THE NEAR-TERM?

Of Flying Cars and the Declining Rate of Profit - David Graeber

David Graeber discusses technological advancement, capitalism and bureaucratic culture.

A secret question hovers over us, a sense of disappointment, a broken promise we were given as children about what our adult world was supposed to be like.

Radical America #04.04: CLR James

CLR James issue of Radical America, a left wing magazine established by members of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS).

Vol. IV, No. 4 MBV. 1970

Introduction by Martin Glaberman

PHILOSOPHY AND MODERN SOCIETY
Excerpt from Modern Politics (1960) ............ 3

AMERICAN SOCIETY
The Revolutionary Solution to the Negro Problem
in the United States (1947) ................ 12
Excerpt from State Capitalism & World
Revolution (1949) ..................... 19

Direct action makes history

Submitted by Recomposition on May 15 2012 22:34
A recent Occupy Wall Street spokes council meeting

A central part of our organising practice at Recomposition is direct action. In this piece our comrade Marianne addresses criticisms of Occupy Wall Street and the importance placed in that movement on a direct action strategy.

The following is not a commentary on, much less a defense of, David Graeber – with whom I disagree. It is a critique of key facets of the ideology of Andrew Kliman.

Bifo Says Relax - Malcolm Harris

Malcolm Harris contests the viability of Berardi's conception of "slowing down" to defeat capitalism.

Of the anti-capitalist scholars and intellectuals who prescribe a political program, Franco Berardi might have the most counter-intuitive ideas. In his many articles, books, and lectures, Berardi pushes a curious line against a mind-warping market culture.

The making of an Atlantic ruling class - Kees van der Pijl

The making of an Atlantic ruling class - Kees van der Pijl

Kees van der Pijl traces the formation of a transatlantic ruling class from the early 20th century through to the Cold War era.

The separation of the economic and the political in capitalism - Ellen Meiskins Wood

The separation of the economic and the political in capitalism

Ellen Meiskins Wood analyses the extent to which capitalism can be separated into political (state) and economic (market) spheres.

The intention of Marxism is to provide a theoretical foundation for interpreting the world in order to change it. This is not an empty slogan. It has—or ought to have—a very precise meaning.

The origins of capitalist development: a critique of neo-Smithian Marxism - Robert Brenner

The origins of capitalist development: a critique of neo-Smithian Marxism

Robert Brenner's critique of the market-focused theories of development which overlook class structures and relations, opening the door for third-worldist ideology.

The appearance of systematic barriers to economic advance in the course of capitalist expansion—the ‘development of underdevelopment’—has posed difficult problems for Marxist theory.