China crash: the faltering of economic transition
The crisis, quantitative easing and class war - Shawn Hattingh
This article looks at how quantitative easing (QE) has been part of the bailouts for financial corporations by states during the crisis, and how its tapering is likely to impact on the working class in Brazil, South Africa, Turkey etc. In doing so it traces aspects of class war and imperialism that have been heightened during the crisis and how these link up to the tapering of QE.
The holding pattern: the ongoing crisis and the class struggles of 2011-2013
Endnotes on the crisis and class struggles across the world, including the Arab spring and the occupy movement, in the wake of the 2009 financial meltdown.
Youths in shorts and flip-flops throwing rocks at cops: Update from Lisbon
Marx, Engels, Luxemburg and the return to primitive communism - Mark Kosman
Marx, Engels and Luxemburg were all keen to return to the egalitarian relations of primitive communism, at a higher level. But how does the egalitarianism of early human societies connect up with Marxism’s prime focus on the rise and decline of capitalism? As capitalism continues to disintegrate, this article looks at the egalitarian origins of money in ancient Greece for clues as to how we might transcend the whole money system.