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Thoughts on the Sussex Occupation as Dead End

Members of the Queer (in) Crisis collective question the Sussex occupation and demos as empty forms and traditions, and discuss how to maintain the toxicity of protest. The current occupation at Sussex University is in its fifth week, with no [...]

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can the market speak

Can The Market Speak? And should we speak to it?

Jesssica Winterson reviews  Can The Market Speak? by Campbell Jones, soon to be published by Zero Books.   According to Olivier Blanchard, Chief Economist at the International Monetary Fund, ‘the markets have become sceptical about the ability of policy makers, [...]

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The problem of ‘monopoly in the sphere of politics’

Simon Hardy reflects upon the post-war collapse of the radical left

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The forgotten legacies of Bolshevism

Is a democratic ‘Leninism’ possible, asks Simon Hardy

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historical materialism 2012

Capitalism Realism: Challenges for the Left (talk)

Listen now to Simon Hardy and Luke Cooper at HM 2012

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Eric Hobsbawm

A passionate voice for those who history forgot, Eric Hobsbawm, 1917 – 2012

Ishan Cader recalls the life and work of Eric Hobsbawm 

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Painting by James Hayllar

Bankers and regulators: soulmates or one‑night stand?

Capitalism and the law have a sordid past

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The long shadow of Stalinism

Where does socialism fit into the world after 1989, asks Simon Hardy

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