Psychoanalysis, Freud, Civilization and Capitalism Is Freud right when he claimed that psychoanalysis is concerned with ‘social phenomenon’ including politics?
Volin (Eichenbaum, Vsevelod Mikhailovich) aka Voline, 1882 -1945 A short biography of Volin (Voline) Russian anarchist and one of the founders of the anarchist…
Interview with the IASR (Anarcho-Syndicalist Initiative from Romania) The current October issue of the “Industrial Worker” of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)…
The lost honor of labor - Robert Kurz In this provocative and wide-ranging 1991 essay, Robert Kurz marshals Marx’s critique of the basic categories of capitalism and argues for …
Nuclear energy as the continuation of war by other means - Jean-Pierre Baudet In this text written in 1986 in the wake of the Chernobyl disaster, Jean-Pierre Baudet defines…
A view on the crisis: an interview with Paul Mattick Jnr The Marxist economist and author Paul Mattick Jnr talks to Stuart Watkins about his views on Marx, the economic crisis, and the prospects for socialism
Post-Ramadan strike wave hits Egypt The first two weeks of September have witnessed a massive wave of strikes, with many more planned for the rest of the month. These are taking…
The avatars of culture as commodity - Miguel Amoros A situationist-inspired summary of the history and meaning of culture, from its origins as the privilege of leisured classes in ancient societies…
Occupy Wall Street: The protest's movement Marianne LeNabat analyzes the Occupy Wall Street movement in Manhattan, New York.
A chance to start writing ourselves back into the story The Cautiously Pessimistic blog takes a look at the current struggle of electricians in the UK and…
“If not us, who?” "I’m not suggesting we need to consider decoupling so as to reduce the industrial power of teachers, nurses, etc. That way lies the terrain of Cameron’s Big Society. I am saying we need to…