The holding pattern: the ongoing crisis and the class struggles of 2011-2013 Endnotes on the crisis and class struggles across the world, including the Arab spring and the occupy movement, in the wake of the 2009 financial meltdown.
The enigma of capital and the crises of capitalism - David Harvey Taking a long view of the current economic crisis, eminent academic David Harvey explains how…
The failure of capitalist production: underlying causes of the great recession - Andrew Kliman Andrew Kliman's book on the great recession following the financial crisis of 2008.
Youths in shorts and flip-flops throwing rocks at cops: Update from Lisbon Report on the struggles against austerity in Portugal, focusing on the street demonstrations and…
Free economy and the strong state: some notes on the state - Werner Bonefeld Werner Bonefeld argues that the prominent role of the state since the financial crisis of 2008 is…
Marx, Engels, Luxemburg and the return to primitive communism - Mark Kosman Marx, Engels and Luxemburg were all keen to return to the egalitarian relations of primitive…
The stalemate of two economic models - Robert Kurz In this 2012 article, Robert Kurz discusses the crisis management strategies implemented by the US and Europe, their seemingly paradoxical…
The voiceless’s last scream: a suicide a day among the unemployed in Italy In the last few years many suicides in Italy have been strongly linked to the economic crisis and…
Poland: Bread instead of games! In June and July 2012, Poland is going to host Euro2012, the European Football Championship. Coalition of Polish feminist, anarchist and worker…
Why can’t anybody say ‘depression’? This is a short blog inspired by the news that the UK is officially in ‘double-dip’ recession (as predicted by pretty much everyone on the left).
'Stop Vládě' - Union demo in Prague Over 80,000 people marched and rallied in Prague today in a union-organised demonstration against the government and its austerity program. It…
Burdened with debt reloaded: The politics of devaluation - TPTG Greek communists TPTG take another detailed look at the impact of austerity measures in the country,…
