Dimitris Milonakis and Ben Fine, From Political Economy to Economics: Method, the Social and the Historical in the Evolution of Economic Theory (Routledge, 2009), £33.99 Dimitris Milonakis and Ben Fine, From Economics Imperialism to Freakonomics: The Shifting Boundaries between Economics… Continue Reading
With trade unions and feminists divided over the question of how to understand sex work in terms of women’s oppression and whether to relate to sex workers when they organise, it is timely that International Socialism has opened up this… Continue Reading
Paul Blackledge’s article “Marxism and anarchism”1 is a most useful contribution. It provides a sound exposition of the fundamental differences between Marxism and anarchism; it is based on careful and thorough documentation and is argued in a sober and unsectarian… Continue Reading
A review of Jonah Raskin, The Mythology of Imperialism: A Revolutionary Critique of British Literature and Society in the Modern Age (Monthly Review Press, 2009), £15.95 It seems strange to review a book that was first published nearly 40 years… Continue Reading
“It is said that one should live with one’s times. These times are dying. Are we then to rot and disappear along with them?”1 “But because thou art lukewarm and neither cold nor hot, I will begin to vomit thee… Continue Reading
In his 1938 Transitional Programme (entitled “The Death Agony of Capitalism and the Tasks of the Fourth International”), Leon Trotsky had predicted an imminent collapse of the Soviet Union and an equally imminent crisis of Western capitalism. However, the world… Continue Reading
When they tie the can To a union man Sit down! Sit down! When they smile and say “No raise in pay” Sit down! Sit down! When the boss won’t talk Don’t take a walk Sit down! Sit down!1 The… Continue Reading
Richard G Wilkinson is a prominent British researcher in social inequalities in health and the social determinants of health. His work shows that societies with more equal distribution of income have better health outcomes than ones in which the gap… Continue Reading
Shlomo Sand’s The Invention of the Jewish People (Verso, 2009), which offers a devastating critique of Zionist historical myths, has had a major impact. Following up on his review article of the book, John Rose interviewed Sand for International Socialism.1… Continue Reading
According to Sir Stuart Rose, the outgoing executive chairman of Marks and Spencer, women (or “girls” as he puts it) “have never had it so good”: Apart from the fact that you’ve got more equality than you can ever deal… Continue Reading