“Revolutionary socialists today should not be…pontificating on the degree of damage that capitalism has done to itself, on whether we are in 1929, 1992 or whatever… We do not have a crystal ball…but we can see all too clearly what… Continue Reading
Chris Nineham’s article on “Benjamin’s Emergency Marxism” was less concerned with assessing the work under review, Esther Leslie’s book Walter Benjamin, than with assessing the work of her subject, Benjamin himself.1 My purpose here is not to re-review the book,… Continue Reading
Alex Callinicos takes the debate on the future of the radical left several steps forward with his article in the previous issue of International Socialism. This is very important. It is crucial to restate the need and the possibility of… Continue Reading
Alex Callinicos’s article1 in the most recent issue of International Socialism shows well the changes that have taken place in the radical left in recent months. The characteristics of the situation, and in particular the deepening of the crisis of… Continue Reading
I agreed with much of Chris Harman’s latest article.1 My comments below will focus on the disagreements in order to further the discussion. (1) As I have argued before, I think there has been a substantial recovery of the rate… Continue Reading
We cannot understand the system we live in or how to fight it simply by the repetition of slogans. We need serious analysis and debate. For that reason, I welcome Jim Kincaid’s rejoinder to my articles in recent issues of… Continue Reading
Chris Harman has invited comment on his recent writings on the world economy and there is certainly much for Marxists to debate. We are confronted with a global economy, hugely uneven to be sure, but which in 2007 was producing… Continue Reading
As a former pupil of Stan Newens in Hackney back in the 1960s, I now know why he gave me such good marks for a talk I gave on the Russian Revolution, despite the mess that I made of it.… Continue Reading
I am grateful for Chris Harman’s positive review of my book The Origins of the Cuban Revolution Reconsidered (Internatioanl Socialism 111). Nevertheless, I would like to address an issue that Chris mentioned almost in passing but which I feel requires… Continue Reading
‘This is hurricane season in global geopolitical relations,’ David Harvey wrote not long ago.1 When one sets this turbulence in the context of the rapid and complex changes unfolding in the global political economy, it is clear that Marxists trying… Continue Reading