Crises of capitalism - David Harvey Excellent animation narrated by David Harvey in which he explains the reasons for the current global economic crisis.
"Corporate greed," or just plain old capitalism? Pamphlet for participants in the "Occupy" aka "99%" movement, explaining why the problem is not "corporate greed," but capitalism, and what is…
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 …
David Graeber Interview with ReadySteadyBook Radical academic David Graeber speaks to ReadySteadyBook about his ideas on Marxism, his expulsion from Yale University and anarchist…
Turning Modes of Production Inside Out, or, Why Capitalism is a Transformation of Slavery In this article anarchist anthropologist David Graber puts forward his own views on the 'mode of production' and gives a more sophisticated materialist alternative.
Give it Away - David Graeber Anarchist anthropologist David Graeber discusses contemporary French theory and the 'Maussian Left'.
Interview on The Black Book of Capitalism - Robert Kurz Robert Kurz discusses his book, The Black Book of Capitalism, which he describes as a "radical…
Is revolution back on the agenda? - Mark Kosman Every attempt to go beyond capitalism has ended in failure. But are capitalism's present problems putting anti-capitalist revolution back on the…
From El Viejo Topo: interview on "curtailing economic growth" - Anselm Jappe An interview with Anselm Jappe about "curtailing economic growth" ("decrecimiento" in Spanish), a…
The Red Jacobins: Thermidor and the Russian Revolution in 1921 This article, which appeared in the self-titled magazine of the British group Permanent Revolution,…
From one utopia to another - Anselm Jappe Anselm Jappe turns the tables on the apologists for capitalism who denounce “utopia” as the seed of Stalinist terror and as contrary to “human…
The ghost of theory - Jaime Semprun In one of his last essays, a deeply pessimistic Jaime Semprun proclaims the death of "radical theory" and recommends "a good handbook on…