There is nothing exceptional about the history of the USA. Nor is Trump or Trumpism exceptional in any way. Liberals, old and new, captives of the capitalist fetishism of commodities promote the post-modern… Continue reading
Socialism with Chinese Characteristics Lü Yanchun (吕延春), Northeast Chinese Households (关东人家) China is now at the center of the world. The biggest economy in terms of industrial output, the largest manufacturer, and its population as measured… Continue reading
From Cultural Logic, Vol 2, No 2, 1999 [PDF] Introduction For the bourgeoisie, the collapse of “communism” made the world-historic victory of capitalism seem certain. Yet the contradictions of capitalism immediately called the… Continue reading
Hone Tuwhare and Poster of Karl Marx as Construction Worker Introduction Today the struggle of indigenous peoples in Australasia is becoming institutionalised in international law and the post-modern politics of multi-cultural ‘difference’. When… Continue reading
Marx and Engels looking forward This is a session on ‘Social Critics’ and ‘Public Intellectuals’. But what do these terms mean in the current context? What ‘Society’? What ‘criticism’? What ‘Public’? What ‘intellectuals’?… Continue reading
