In what follows, ‘capital’, following Marx, refers to a historically specific mode of production (based on the producers’ separation from the conditions of production) and the corresponding social relation between producers and the owners of the conditions of production – the basis of the modern society. In this situation the conditions of production (including [...]

  We  live in a globalized economy where Americans are consumers of the last resort and the dollar is still the safe haven for the planet’s hoarded surplus value.  The new recession that the Republicans are engineering with such impunity will instantly put into doubt all three pillars of McWorld, each already shakier than generally imagined: [...]

  “Two facts stand out in the present situation of India. One is the wealth of India – the natural wealth, the abundant resources, the potential prosperity within reach of the entire existing population, and of more than the present population. The other is the poverty of India – the poverty of the overwhelming majority [...]

  Bringing together different segments of the working class – divided by the pressures of neoliberal policies and labour markets; bringing together socialists and anarchists, looking to create more of a common political project; creating a space to the left of the official labour unions  and looking to contribute to the rather non-existent fight-back; the [...]

  we have to start working outside the left-wing bubbles in London, like Hackney, as well. As one teacher from SolFed pointed out, organising locally works in places where you know there are unionised workplaces which are receptive to our ideas. But you can’t build activity in places where none exists without a lot of [...]

  The Bush administration also promoted the ‘two-left thesis’ which it translated into a divide-and-rule stratagem with the “good left” governments (such as Socialist President Ricardo Lagos in Chile and Lula in Brazil) receiving special praise in an attempt to pit them against Chávez. The writings of Castañeda and others thus reinforced Washington’s campaign to [...]

  Imagine if, in the aftermath of the Mumbai blasts, instead of improving intelligence gathering and local policing, the government set up squads of armed locals to help identify and neutralise the terrorists? Taking a cue from Chhattisgarh, where an ideal Special Police Officer is either a former Maoist, or a victim of the Maoists, [...]

Before the deadly attack in Norway that killed 76 people, suspect Anders Behring Breivik left a long trail of material meticulously outlining his political beliefs. His 1,500-page political manifesto, titled “A European Declaration of Independence,” seeks common cause with xenophobic right-wing groups around the world, particularly in the United States. It draws heavily on the [...]

The slaughter in Oslo These events in Oslo are a warning to the working class throughout Europe. This political soil, poisoned by anti-Islamism and imperialist war, has now produced its first toxic fruit. A great danger is brewing, and the ingredients for a murderous fascist movement are emerging. The terrorist attacks in Oslo on Friday [...]

  While the advanced capitalist countries are hit by an acute crisis of recession and unemployment, the developing world is facing, apart from the fall-out of this crisis, an acute food crisis. Hunger afflicts the developing world today with a virulence not seen in decades. World food prices, not just in nominal but in real [...]