Werner Bonefeld's article on primitive accumulation arguing that it is not just a phenomenon relating to the emergence of capitalism but is a necessary element of it, the "social constitution of capitalist social relations".

Maurizio Lazzarato's inquiry into the production of informational/cultural content as a commodity.

The following article was contributed to autonomedia by John Holloway. We thank John Holloway for his kind permission. It was first published in…

The following article was contributed to autonomedia by John Holloway. It is the Chapter 8 of the forthcoming book, Zapatistas! Reinventing the…

John Holloway on the global relocation of capital.

Translated by Ed Emery (in: Common Sense No. 19, June 1996).

MEXICO IS NOT ONLY CHIAPAS NOR IS THE REBELLION IN CHIAPAS MERELY A MEXICAN AFFAIR. An abridged text from Common Sense #22.

Werner Bonefeld's analysis of the formation of the capitalist state and its relationship to the…

Werner Bonefeld on debt, which became a serious political and social issue during the 1980s and 90s,…

Lavori in corso ('work in progress') is Ricccardo Bellofiore's critical review of Appuntamenti di fine secolo ('Meeting at the end of the century…

This article from the Detroit news shows petty measures introduced by Ford managers recently to raise productivity. The memo about toilet time is included below.