Link to an interview with Erik Olin Wright by Mike Beggs:
Links
Carl Beijer – Why Aren’t More Women Elected?
Link to an article by Carl Beijer:
Alfredo Saad Filho – Brazilian Democracy in Distress
Link to an article by Alfredo Saad Filho:
“Brazilian Democracy in Distress: Unpacking Dilma Rousseff’s Impeachment”
Elliot Murphy – A People’s History of Churchillian Madness
Link to an article by Elliot Murphy:
Michael Hudson – The IMF Changes Its Rules to Isolate China and Russia
Link to an article by Michael Hudson:
“The IMF Changes Its Rules to Isolate China and Russia”
Bonus link: “IMF Forgives Ukraine’s Debt to Russia”
Gavin Mueller – Shackling the Masses With Drastic Capitalist Tactics
Link to an article by Gavin Mueller:
“Shackling the Masses With Drastic Capitalist Tactics”
Bonus link: “Pharma Bad Boy Martin Shkreli, Kaye Scholer Partner Arrested”
John Russo – Deindustrialization, Depopulation, and the Refugee Crisis
Link to an article by John Russo:
Japhy Wilson – The Joy of Inequality
Link to an article by Japhy Wilson:
“The Joy of Inequality: The Libidinal Economy of Compassionate Consumerism”
Bonus links: “The Politics of Online Friendship” and “So You’re Still Being Publicly Shamed” and “Too Much of Not Enough: An Interview with Alenka Zupančič”
Joe Kennedy – Productive Pleasure: Alfie Bown’s Enjoying It Reviewed
Link to a review by Joe Kennedy of Enjoying It – Candy Crush and Capitalism (2015) by Alfie Bown:
“Productive Pleasure: Alfie Bown’s Enjoying It Reviewed”
Selected Quote:
“‘Our ideas surrounding the enjoyment of critical theory and political resistance lead to the celebrated identity of the radical, which is another way of being a subject that suits capitalism’. In other words, the inclusive, absorptive nature of capitalism, which needs to bring everything within the scope of its mechanics of commodification, means that the radical is yet one more demographic to be sold to, another identity which can only find its expression through consumer preference. If this seems far-fetched, follow the twitter account of left-leaning London publishers Verso, who frequently retweet photographs sent in by satisfied customers of the piles of Marx (and assorted modern Marxist thinkers) which have just landed on their doormats.”
Articles on War in Syria
Links to some articles on the war in Syria, and the Turkish Role:
“Erdogan Blackmails NATO Allies”
“So Why Did Turkey Shoot Down That Russian Plane?”
“Turkey Could Cut off Islamic State’s Supply Lines. So Why Doesn’t It?”