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Financialisation or profitability? — Michael Roberts | Michael Roberts Blog: Blogging From a Marxist Economist

November 27, 2018

Originally posted on Michael Roberts Blog:
Financialisation, like neoliberalism, is the buzz word among leftists and heterodox economists.  It dominates leftist academic…

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Mistaken identity – or can identity politics liberate the oppressed? — Sharon Smith | International Socialism, Spring 1994 | Marxists Internet Archive

October 28, 2018

(Source: Marxists Internet Archive) International Socialism, Spring 1994 Sharon Smith Mistaken identity – or can identity politics liberate the oppressed?   …

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Marx’s dialectic – Paul Mattick Jr. | libcom.org

October 6, 2018

Marx’s dialectic by Paul Mattick Jr. | Source: libcom.org [Related: A Synopsis of Marx’s Concept of “Value” and how “Abstract Labour” Determines …

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The Realities of China Today — Martin Hart-Landsberg (November-December 2008) | Solidarity

September 22, 2018

Source: Solidarity The Realities of China Today Martin Hart-Landsberg / November-December 2008 INTEREST IN THE post-1978 Chinese market reform experience remains …

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Marxism and Nationalism (Part 1 & 2) — Tom Lewis | International Socialist Review

June 16, 2018

Source: Part One of this article was published in ISR issue 13, August-September 2000 / Part Two of this article was published in ISR …

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Marxism: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow — Paul Mattick (1978) | Marxists Internet Archive / (followed by the “Introduction” to Mattick’s, ‘Marxism: Last Refuge of the Bourgeoisie?’)

May 28, 2018

Source: Marxists Internet Archive Related and highly recommended reading: [PDF]Marxism: Last Refuge of the Bourgeoisie? – The Charnel-House Paul Mattick 1978 …

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A world without money: communism – Les Amis de 4 Millions de Jeunes Travailleurs | Libcom.org

May 15, 2018

Norm’s note: my apologies (or not) for inflicting this long read on any of you.  Unfortunately, sometimes clarifying one’s thoughts …

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Discerning the obvious: “Desert Island Economics”

May 11, 2018

Source: Existential Comics Ayn Rand and Murray Rothbard are free market, capitalist libertarians. They essential believed that we would be the …

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Going beyond money — Paul Cockshot

May 10, 2018

PAUL COCKSHOTT’S BLOG Dr. Cockshott “[e]xplains Marx’s idea for the use of labour certificates in a communist system.” Related: “A …

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Syria is not exceptional: interview with Joseph Daher | Part 1 — Joe Hayns | Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century

May 5, 2018

 Syria is not exceptional: interview with Joseph Daher| Part 1 By Joe Hayns 27 April 2018 Source: Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st …

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The Permanent Crisis – Henryk Grossman’s Interpretation of Marx’s Theory Of Capitalist Accumulation — Paul Mattick (1934)| Marxists Internet Archive

April 14, 2018

Realted: Marxism: Last Refuge of the Bourgeoisie? (.pdf) (331 pages) Source: Marxists Internet Archive Paul Mattick. 1934 The Permanent Crisis – Henryk Grossman’s …

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What the f**k is SNLT, and what does it have to do with me, anyway?

April 11, 2018

You read some. You talk some. You think some. And as a result, sometimes, you learn some . . . …

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Did Arab leftists betray the revolution? — Dr. Rima Majed (17 Feb 2014) | Al Jazeera

March 19, 2018

Source: Al Jazeera Did Arab leftists betray the revolution? Lefists have learned a few hard lessons in the wake of the …

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The Anti-Empire Report #156 — William Blum (March 15th, 2018)

March 17, 2018

Source: William Blum (<===== really old man with a white beard. Scruffy looking. Karl Baby maybe? And probably Russian.) Shakespeare said it …

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Revolution, counterrevolution, and imperialism in Syria: Interview with Yassin al-Haj Saleh — Ashley Smith (October 2017)|International Socialist Review

March 17, 2018

Revolution, counterrevolution, and imperialism in Syria Yassin al-Haj Saleh interviewed by Ashley Smith  / Issue #107: Interviews Yassin al-Haj Saleh is one of the pivotal figures …

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In 2011-2013, was there a revolution to speak of in Syria? — A brief debate between Sam King and Corey Oakley (17 OCTOBER 2013)| REDFLAG

March 16, 2018

Is there a revolution in Syria? Sam King In Red Flag issue 9, Omar Hassan writes, “There is a widespread belief that …

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Syria: which side are you on? — an excerpt from Sandra Bloodworth’s, “The Arab Spring: revolution and counter-revolution” (Autumn 2011) | Marxist Left Review

March 16, 2018

Norm’s note: As a preamble to this excerpt from a piece written by Sandra Bloodworth, one well worth reading in …

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David Harvey on monocauses, multicauses and metaphors — Michael Roberts

December 20, 2017

Originally posted on Michael Roberts Blog:
Back last October, Professor David Harvey, presented an essay to the University of Izmir, Turkey in…

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Georg Lukács’s theory of revolution — Daniel Lopez | Marxist Left Review

December 13, 2017

[Norm’s note: I’m not sure that I entirely agree with Daniel Lopez’s take on the phenomenon of ‘reification.’ He seems …

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Confronting the Stalinist legacy — Corey Oakley (Autumn 2011) | Marxist Left Review

November 25, 2017

[Norm’s note: there is widespread and extensive confusion, and hence a great deal of distortion and unthinking dismissal, even and especially …

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