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worse than they want you to think – a marxist analysis of the economic crisis
A talk by Andrew Kliman, author of ‘Reclaiming Marx’s Capital’* update: click here for sound file In the past few weeks, since we announced this talk, recognition has increased substantially that the...
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should we be looking at states or the capitalist system?
by Dan Jakopovich The primary unit of social analysis has to remain the global capitalist system vis a vis the state. Although a crude base-superstructure model is inadequate for the purpose of serious...
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power and powerless in the shocking epoch
A review of Naomi Klein’s The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. By Oksana Dutchak. …the more powerful the vision of some increasingly total system or logic [...] the more...
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the people’s charter – a charter for change?
by Chris Kane Pick up any paper, listen to any news bulletin, and you will find reference to yet another redundancy announcement. Unemployment is predicted to rise to two million by spring and three...
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texts for 23rd march reading group
The next of The Commune’s London reading groups on ‘communism from below’ takes place from 6:30pm on Monday 23rd March at the Old Red Lion, near Angel tube station. The subject of the discussion will...
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marxist analysis of ‘the apprentice’ episode one
by Jack Staunton “the problem of unbridled free markets in an unsupervised market place is that they can reduce all relationships to transactions, all motivations to self-interest, all sense of value...
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introduction to marx’s understanding of work
An essay by David Broder on Marx’s understanding of wage labour drawing together notes for a recent meeting of our London reading group on workplace organising. Capitalists pursue development to...
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social ownership and workers’ self-management
A motion to the Labour Representation Committee conference proposed by The Commune The Labour Representation Committee notes this year marks the twentieth anniversary of the fall the Berlin Wall, and...
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the persistent fall in profitability underlying the current crisis
by Andrew Kliman I have just released a new study of the rates of profit of U.S. corporations, 1929-2007, with emphasis on the period since the early 1980s. It’s entitled “The Persistent Fall in...
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bristol reading group, sunday 24th january: capital and capitalism
The first of The Commune’s Bristol reading group sessions will be on Sunday 24th January at 6pm in Cafe Kino on Ninetree Hill, Bristol. The series of sessions is entitled “Alternatives to capitalism”....
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an alternative to the age of austerity
by Chris Ford The new decade began with The Times predicting an “age of austerity” in the UK which will last for years. We can expect, they said, cuts in public spending to offset the Treasury budget...
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david harvey: the enigma of capital
Sharon Borthwick reports on Marxist geographer David Harvey’s recent talk in London The Great Hall at King’s College London was packed to capacity and beyond on 28th April, with people standing at the...
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three myths about the crisis
Conrad Russell challenges common left myths about the meaning of the crisis This article is designed to question a number of theoretical assumptions implicit in much Marxist – including autonomist or...
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marxist crisis theory – cyclical and breakdown
duvinrouge attempts to explain cyclical crises and longer term trends A lot of Marxists seem confused about economic crises. Some evoke the fall in the rate of profit to explain cyclical crises, some...
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