reviews

Review of Reichelt and Rubin by Paul Mattick

Review of H. Reichelt, "The logical structure of the capital concept & I.I. Rubin "Studies on Marx's theory of value", June 1974.

Review of David Harvey's Limits to Capital by Paul Mattick, Jr.

A very critical review of the popular Marxist intellectual's work.

Exit Through the Gift Shop: a Banksy film

Submitted by Tom Jennings on May 11 2010 14:55

This entertaining pseudo-documentary mocks contemporary art’s commercial premises as well as the mystique of individual genius. Tom Jennings laughs at, and with, Banksy.

Precious, directed by Lee Daniels

Submitted by Tom Jennings on Apr 17 2010 18:34

This tale of the transcendence of wretched suffering retains some integrity despite pushing so many bleeding-heart liberal buttons

Working on a decaying dream - Kollectiv

The Kollectiv look at Bruce Springsteen in the context of class disintegration and place him firmly in the decadent tradition of Balzac and Huysmans – Á Rebours to Run?

Starsuckers, directed by Chris Atkins, and Capitalism: A Love Story, directed by Michael Moore

Submitted by Tom Jennings on Mar 23 2010 09:38

Tom Jennings suspects that lack of political imagination explains the patronising undertones of two purportedly ‘alternative’ cinema documentaries

Common Words and the Wandering Star, by Keith Armstrong

Submitted by Tom Jennings on Mar 6 2010 10:58

Tom Jennings is grateful for this comprehensive documentation of its author’s efforts to keep Jack Common’s legacy alive

Book review: Hatta Shuzo and Pure Anarchism in Interwar Japan

Submitted by Juan Conatz on Feb 16 2010 06:48

A review of Hatta Shuzo and Pure Anarchism in Interwar Japan by John Crump.

Towards a political economy of Stalinism - Paul B Smith

Submitted by messenger2 on Feb 15 2010 20:19

Paul B.Smith reviews Hillel Ticktin's book: Origins of the Crisis in the USSR: Essays on the Political Economy of a Disintegrating System (from Radical Chains no.4).