Looking at the Contours of the Crisis

Posted on May 18, 2009 by adamfreedom

  With “Contours of the Crisis” in the latest issue of Upping the Anti #8 (see two posts previous), Aidan Conway interviews three leading thinkers on contemporary capitalism who also each happen to be professors of political economy at York University in Toronto as well. They are David McNally, Sam Gindin and Leo Panitch. Below are three highlights that [...]

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Lenin, Wallerstein and Understanding Imperialism

Posted on February 16, 2009 by adamfreedom

Lenin cleans house, but I think he missed a spot
 
 

Rough Draft

  What is the best way to understand what we call imperialism, which is basically the economic and political relationship between the first and third world? Lenin has been the main starting point around this question for most on the revolutionary left. Are there basic [...]

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