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Tronti in Chicago…

Capital’s power appears to be stable and solid. … the balance of forces appears to be weighted against the...

Tronti in Chicago…
on: May 16, 2012 | by: Jehu

Postone’s take on the current crisis

A new article (PDF) by Postone is likely one of the best things written by a Marxist on this crisis. In the critical...

Postone’s take on the current crisis
on: May 13, 2012 | by: Jehu

Professor Kliman’s “Radical” Critique ...

Or, why Zizek believed, ‘We must not succumb to the temptation to act’ Between Kliman’s critique of...

Professor Kliman’s “Radical” Critique of David Graeber and the Occupy Movement
on: May 5, 2012 | by: Jehu

My May Day Post: The Marxist Academy and the Myth of “Wo...

This May Day, as in all previous May Days going back almost to its establishment, will be marked by the indifference...

My May Day Post: The Marxist Academy and the Myth of “Working Class Consciousness”
on: May 1, 2012 | by: Jehu

Cat Brain at Work: How Chris Harman explains the “Marxis...

As part of my continuing occupation of the Marxist Academy, I have been looking at various Marxist theories of the...

Cat Brain at Work: How Chris Harman explains the “Marxist theory of stagnation”
on: Apr 6, 2012 | by: Jehu

Chasing Unicorns: Chris Harman and the “Marxist th...

As part of my continuing occupation of the Marxist Academy, I have been looking at various Marxist theories of the...

Chasing Unicorns: Chris Harman and the “Marxist theory of stagnation”
on: Apr 4, 2012 | by: Jehu

Marxist Academic Error 101: “A term is undefined a...

As part of my continuing occupation of the Marxist Academy, I have been looking at various Marxist theories of the...

Marxist Academic Error 101: “A term is undefined and has no properties”
on: Mar 29, 2012 | by: Jehu

Andrew Kliman and the curious case of the missing Capita...

Next up in my survey of academic Marxist theories of the current crisis is Kliman’s “Neoliberalism,...

Andrew Kliman and the curious case of the missing Capitalist Boom
on: Mar 27, 2012 | by: Jehu

The Law of Economics: As of 2008 More Work for the State...

In 2008 the United States registered a milestone that was little discussed nor acclaimed by the Bush, or incoming...

The Law of Economics: As of 2008 More Work for the State than in Industry
on: Mar 20, 2012 | by: Jehu

Dumenil, Levy and FDR’s Fascist Revolution

As part of my continuing occupation of the Marxist Academy, I have been looking at various Marxist theories of the...

Dumenil, Levy and FDR’s Fascist Revolution
on: Mar 17, 2012 | by: Jehu

Speculation, Greed and Chart Porn for Fun and Profit

As part of my continuing occupation of the Marxist Academy, I have been looking at various Marxist theories of the...

Speculation, Greed and Chart Porn for Fun and Profit
on: Mar 16, 2012 | by: Jehu

At best it sometimes rhymes: Dumenil’s and Levy...

As part of my continuing occupation of the Marxist Academy, I have been looking at various Marxist theories of the...

At best it sometimes rhymes: Dumenil’s and Levy’s “The Crisis of Neoliberalism”
on: Mar 14, 2012 | by: Jehu

Theories of the Current Crisis: David Harvey and the Lef...

I have been reading David Harvey’s “Organizing for the Anti-Capitalist Transition” (2010)....

Theories of the Current Crisis: David Harvey and the Left's search for a new master
on: Mar 4, 2012 | by: Jehu

John O'Connor, Neoliberalism and the Long Painful D...

The modern state, no matter what its form, is essentially a capitalist machine — the state of the capitalists, the...

John O'Connor, Neoliberalism and the Long Painful Death of the Nation State
on: Feb 25, 2012 | by: Jehu

Theories of the Current Crisis: Saad-Filho and the "...

There is a lot of material out there produced by Marxists trying to get their head around Neoliberalism and its role...

Theories of the Current Crisis: Saad-Filho and the "Crisis in Neoliberalism"
on: Feb 23, 2012 | by: Jehu

A Brief Sketch of the Political-Economy of the Fascist S...

Introduction to this revision On the Left there is a real prejudice that Paul Krugman’s Keynesian policy ideas...

A Brief Sketch of the Political-Economy of the Fascist State (Revised and Extended)
on: Feb 20, 2012 | by: Jehu

#OtMA: Wolff's and Resnick's "Marxian Int...

I have been contemplating these two paragraphs for a week now, because they seem to me to sum up the disconnect...

#OtMA: Wolff's and Resnick's "Marxian Interpretation" of the Crisis
on: Feb 14, 2012 | by: Jehu

#OtMA Why George Washington was a Revolutionary (accordi...

This is my second response to JMP, who answered my previous response, #OtMA: A Reply To JMP, with the following...

#OtMA Why George Washington was a Revolutionary (according to Marx) and Why Marxists Just Don’t Get It
on: Feb 10, 2012 | by: Jehu

#OtMA: A Reply To JMP

In a response to my post, #OtMA: Was George Washington a Maoist?, JMP, a blogger makes several claims against me in a...

#OtMA: A Reply To JMP
on: Feb 9, 2012 | by: Jehu

It’s all about “The Thing” — you...

I’ve been reading Marx’s “Theses on Feuerbach“, and I love the way he talks about “The...

It’s all about “The Thing” — you know, reality
on: Feb 8, 2012 | by: Jehu

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