Archives: Online Posts
Out of Lockdown and Back into the Long Depression
Ashley Smith interviews Marxist economist Michael Roberts about the deeper reasons for capitalism’s contemporary malaise, the shape and contradictions of the recovery, and debates between Marxists and Keynesians about the ability of government spending to restore growth and profitability to capitalism.
And the Band Plays On
The role of classical and other US Military Bands in manufacturing patriotism, promoting class distinction, and defending imperialism.
Soso’s Socialism
Thinking alongside Ronald Suny’s magnum opus, Bryan Gigantino writes about the politics of remembering Stalin in Georgia and the fate of that country after the fall of the USSR.
A Multitude in Precarious Conditions
Professor Leopoldo Múnera Ruiz analyzes the social composition and politics of the recent massive strikes in Columbia.
Manufacturing Legitimacy
Derek Cross and Angela Marino argue that, given the recent election in Peru, it is important to remember the lessons of US-sponsored OAS intervention in Bolivia.
Trans Organizing in Times of Mass Struggle
Spectre Journal plans to publish in Issue Five a series of short essays that consider the involvement of trans organizers in recent cycles of struggle.
What Is the Meaning of Revolution Today?
Spectre editor David McNally confronts the new reformism, calling for radical honesty as we assess the meaning of revolution today.
I Am Going to Die, But Algeria Will Be Independent
Jeffrey Webber reviews Joseph Andras’s Prix Goncourt-winning novel about a French communist who joins the Algerian resistance.
The Intersections and Divergences of Disability and Race
Keith Rosenthal asks what the longes sit-in ever to take place in a federal building can teach us about the intersection of racism and ableism?