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Interview with Gael Le Mignot of the Parti communiste français
The Parti communiste français or, for us impoverished monoglots, the French Communist Party, was founded in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution and has seen many highs (the anti-fascist struggle) and lows (the decline in the 1990s). Unlike most of the far … Continue reading
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Beyond law: towards an alternative to legal regulation under socialism
The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich and the poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread. –Anatole France, Le Lys Rouge As a Marxist and a lawyer, I often find … Continue reading
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The Legend of US Manufacturing Decline
It is a well known fact that the US is suffering from high unemployment and under-employment. This fact creates a host of social problems: it exacerbates poverty, increases inequality, weakens workers’ bargaining hand when looking for jobs and generates social … Continue reading
Some notes on the historiography of revolutions and revolutionary events
The study of revolutionary events, and besides that the study of the movements that aspire to create them, is one area of historical study that is very relevant and very popular within the radical left, and as I would argue … Continue reading
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Can Communists Learn to Fly – Book Review: The Tailor of Ulm
Lucio Magri’s The Tailor of Ulm is a fascinating account of the history of the Italian Communist Party (PCI). He begins his account with an anecdote regarding the tailor of Ulm. Ingrao, who had already fully explained his reasons for … Continue reading
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Violence and socialism
Today, more than it has in the past, the topic of violence is one that is being debated hotly, especially in the aftermath of the Occupy Wall Street movement, the workings of SYRIZA in Greece, and the wave of unrest in … Continue reading
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Limited liability: why we should want more of it
On my previous post on corporate personhood I intended to also deal with the matter of limited liability–hence the URL of the post. However, I couldn’t do that in that post, so here it goes. Limited liability is a privilege … Continue reading
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What is to be done: The Menshevik Programme July 1919
Below is an excerpt from the programme adapted by the leftists dominated Central Committee of the Mensheviks in July 1919. The introductory section is omitted. The document provided the basis for the alternative economic programme put to the Congress of … Continue reading
“Did you try turning it off and then on again?”
Diagnosing where things have gone wrong and what we can do about it As we survey the current state of affairs, it’s hard not to get somewhat demoralised. Despite a massive market failure, a brief flurry of rhetoric about the … Continue reading
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Planning and its complexities
The system of planning in the Soviet Union was unique in both its scope and complexity and it would be no exaggeration to call it a grand experiment, one which has given us an entirely unusual data point in the … Continue reading
Corporate personhood
One common complaint in anticapitalist circles is that the system of rights which once was designed to apply to human beings has been, through judicial interpretation, extended to so-called juridical persons–not persons at all, that is. Thus, corporations are given … Continue reading
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Changing the mode of production
The idea of a mode of production has its genesis amongst the political-economy theorists of the 19th century, a subject which was attracting so much interest was capitalism. Capitalism – quite a new system – represented a sharp change from … Continue reading
The nature of the economic transition
This is the third article in my series on having an economic transition prior to a political seizure of power, which stands in contrast to the dominant view in the radical left that emphasises the seizure of political power from … Continue reading
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The rise of money
Joseph Chamberlain is nowadays a half-remembered – by aficionados of British imperial history and resentful Irish nationalists – politician from the 19th century. Mostly he is remembered for siring two sons who followed him into politics and even then he … Continue reading
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