A new book defends a Marxist theory of the origins of capitalism. Along the way it shows why understanding the transition from feudalism can help us make sense of the present.
Things to remember and celebrate this May Day
We Uncovered the Most Infamous Secret Society. Welcome the Stranger | Zohran Mamdani. The Uncomfortable Truth About Ozempic. Come to Jesus Moment | The Midnight Republic. The Story of Capital | David Harvey.
Over the decades, David Harvey has won the acclaim of students and academics for his teaching of Marx’s work. Now in The Story of Capital his work becomes accessible to the general reader.
Despite what you may have heard, colonial plunder didn’t give rise to capitalism. In an interview with Jacobin, Vivek Chibber discusses why the “colonialism-created-capitalism” argument fails, and why Marxism provides a better account of its emergenc
These days “anarchism” has become an official swear word. A little history should help. Only with the middle of the 19th century does something clearly and (somewhat) strategically emerge as “anarchism” — competing with Marxism to overcome capitalism
The fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 was not merely a geopolitical event but also resulted, globally, in a profound crisis in revolutionary thought.
Hartman is a Gen X Marxist, pilled by the revolutionary politics of Rage Against the Machine. “Until the freedom of some no longer required the unfreedom of others,” he writes, “Marx would carry on, no matter how ... his enemies try to erase him."
An Alternative to Degrowth and ‘Luxury’ Communism
Harry Braverman’s arguments in his classic book Labor and Monopoly Capital presciently forecasted much of our present labor regime — and can help us move beyond it.
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