Memories of the Future
Why is it, like Jameson said, that it is more “easier to imagine the end of the world than it…
Tag Archives: marxism
The Cultural Apparatus of Monopoly Capital: An Introduction
The past half-century has been dominated by the rise of media to a commanding position in the social life of…
The Sad State of Turkish Freedom
A short cultural en historical background of the current uprising in Turkey and a homage to Turkish poet Nazim Hikmet.
A critique of captial (1): The problem with economics
Hitherto philosophers have had the solution of all riddles lying in their writing-desks, and the stupid, exoteric world had only…
The 2012 student strike: Many lessons were learned and taught
In September 2012, the Liberal government of Jean Charest was defeated, and the pro-independence Parti-Quebecois (PQ) was elected to a minority government. The PQ…
Economic Justice and Fair Wages: Part 2
Marxist economist Richard Wolff joins Bill to answer some questions of viewers as response to Part 1 of this interview series.
What’s wrong with the Keynesian answer to austerity?
As austerity measures bite while the economy continues to flatline, arguments for a Keynesian response to the recession are gaining…
After Occupy
More than one year after the last encampments were dismantled, no material trace of Occupy remains in the cities where…
What’s wrong with conspiracy theories?
In recent months I have noticed conspiracy theories popping up with increasing frequency around, and sometimes within, the left. There…
International Women’s Day: A History
International Women’s Day (8 March) was originally a socialist holiday established in 1911 by the Marxist Socialist International and is…