Werner Bonefeld

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The Commoner #2: Enclosures, the Mirror Image of Alternatives

Issue 2 of The Commoner magazine

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The Commoner #8: Around Commons and Autonomy, War and Reproduction

Issue 8 of The Commoner magazine

Free economy and the strong state: some notes on the state - Werner Bonefeld

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…

‘What is the alternative?’ - Werner Bonefeld

Werner Bonefeld discusses the crisis and the politics of work. This is a transcript of a talk to the anarchist bookfair, London, October 2010, published in issue 11 of Shift magazine. Originally published in January 2011.

Open Marxism volume 3: emancipating Marx

Third volume of Bonefeld, Gunn and Psychopedis’ ‘Open Marxism’ collection.

Open Marxism volume 2: theory and practice

Second volume of Bonefeld, Gunn and Psychopedis’ ‘Open Marxism’ collection.

Open Marxism volume 1: dialectics and history

First volume of Bonefeld, Gunn and Psychopedis’ ‘Open Marxism’ collection.

Anti-globalisation and the question of socialism - Werner Bonefeld

Werner Bonefeld on anti-globalisation and socialism. In PDF format.

Antisemitism and the (modern) critique of capitalism

The paper argues that modern antisemitism is the ‘rumour about Jews’ as personification of hated forms of capitalism. I will first look at some contemporary expressions of antisemitism, and theses IV and V explore Adono’s and Horkeimer’s (1989) and Postone’s (1986) understanding of Nazi antisemitism.

The Capitalist State: Illusion and Critique by Werner Bonefeld

Johannes Agnoli has reminded us of the need to complement Marx’s critique of political economy with…

Prime Minister John Major with Chancellor of the Exchequer Norman Lamont

1990-1992: Britain and the politics of the European exchange rate mechanism

Werner Bonefeld's detailed analysis of Britain's involvement in the European exchange rate mechanism…

The Permanance of Primitive Accumulation

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".