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Category Archives: Political Economy
Serve the People, Seize the Land: Prospects for Revolutionary Struggle Around Affordable Housing
The crisis around affordable housing in the United States resembles situations in rural areas of the Global South where land inequalities have fueled revolutionary anti-capitalist movements.
Imperialism and the Construction of Saudi Arabia
Western imperialism played a decisive role in shaping Middle Eastern politics and society by protecting the conservative monarchy of Saudi Arabia against left-wing revolutionaries in the 1950s and 1960s, and paving the way for Saudi elites to finance the rise of modern Islamic fundamentalism. … Continue reading
Posted in History, Political Economy
Tagged anarchism, capitalism, communism, history, imperialism, islam, marxism, middle east, political economy, politics, saudi arabia, socialism, sociology
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A Brief History of US Imperialism and State Violence in Colombia
From the 1960s to the late 2000s, the United States government has played a decisive role in how the Colombian state has carried out its brutal war against left-wing dissidents and Colombian civil society.
Posted in History, Political Economy
Tagged capitalism, colombia, communism, counter-insurgency, foreign poicy, history, imperialism, insurgency, militarism, paramilitarism, socialism, United States, violence
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The Political Economy of Revolutionary Struggle: Lessons from the Black Panthers
The way the Black Panther Party was influenced by its sources of funding should inform modern revolutionaries on the importance of being in control of productive assets, and taking seriously the basic Marxist arguments on how economic power informs socio-political power.
Posted in History, Political Economy, Revolutionary Politics
Tagged anarchism, black panthers, capitalism, communism, cooperatives, economics, history, organizing, political economy, revolution, socialism, strategy
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Biopolitics, Dual Power, and the Revolutionary Characteristics of “Serve the People” Programs
Prominent revolutionary movements typically follow the strategy of delivering immediate and concrete benefits to the masses, while simultaneously developing institutions parallel and opposed to those of capitalism.
Police Violence and Capital Accumulation
Numerous communities across the United States are essentially occupied by state security forces, whose consistent acts of violence and dehumanization are underpinned by a logic of capital accumulation.
Posted in Political Economy, Revolutionary Politics
Tagged capitalism, ferguson, oakland, police, politics, racism
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Oil Trains, Indigenous Insurgency, and the Disruption of Capitalist Logistics
There is huge potential for different communities in the Bay Area, the West Coast, and the First Nations to coordinate their ongoing disruption of the supply chain of the carbon economy.
Posted in Energy and Ecology, Political Economy, Revolutionary Politics
Tagged bay area, california, canada, capitalism, climate change, economics, indigenous, insurgency, militancy, native, oil, politics, resistance
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Automation by Capitalists Vs. Automation by Workers
The dynamics of automation cannot be properly discussed without considering who controls the means of production.
Posted in Engineering and Technology, Political Economy
Tagged anarchism, automation, capitalism, economics, employment, labor, marxism, open-source, organizing, politics, robotics, socialism, workers
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Industrialization Has Always Sucked–But Does It Have To?
Historically, industrialization has always been a painful process whose benefits are not immediately accessible to the masses. But this has less to do with some kind of iron-clad economic law, and more to do with the distribution of power in … Continue reading
Posted in History, Political Economy
Tagged capitalism, development, economics, england, history, industrialization, marx, polanyi, political economy, politics, power, russia, soviet union
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PlayStations, Commodity Fetishism, and Violence in the Congo
Examining the relationship between the release of the PlayStation 2 in 2000 and the subsequent spike in violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo demonstrates both the way that global capitalism perpetuates violent exploitation, as well as the continued relevance … Continue reading
Posted in Culture and Philosophy, Political Economy
Tagged capitalism, colonialism, coltan, commodities, congo, economics, electronics, ethics, marxism, morality, philosophy, political economy, violence
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