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Jacques R. Pauwels – Paris: A radical history

September 4, 2024 Ben Wray 0

The Paris Olympics was a celebration of the bourgeoisie’s victory in the city, overcoming the revolts of the masses, at least for now. Jacques R. Pauwels is the author of The Great Class War: 1914-1918 and Myths of Modern […]

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Thomas Palley – Ukraine’s Hiroshima moment is drawing closer

August 22, 2024 Ben Wray 0

What if Russia nuked Ukraine using the same logic as when the United States nuked Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Thomas Palley is an American economist who has served as the chief economist for the United States-China […]

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Mathias Bernard – Legislative elections in France: ‘Emmanuel Macron has made National Rally the main force of opposition to his policies’

July 3, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Macron’s woeful centrist governance has been instrumental to the rise of the far-right. Mathias Bernard is a historian of the Fifth Republic at the Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA). Cross-posted from The Conversation How do you […]

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Jamie Martin, Oscar Sanchez-Sibony – Market Ideologies

June 20, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Interesting conversation between two experts on the history of global economic governance. In ‘Phenomenal World’. Read the article HERE.

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From Marx on inequality to Smith on slavery: an interview with Branko Milanovic

June 18, 2024 Ben Wray 1

Dan Nixon interviews Branko Milanovic about his latest book, Visions of Inequality: From the French Revolution to the End of the Cold War, covering everything from Adam Smith’s surprising views about slavery to misconceptions about […]

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Finance

J.W. Mason – Did It Matter?

May 21, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Did the revolutions of the 20th century make a difference if all economies ended up capitalist anyway? J. W. Mason is Associate Professor of Economics at John Jay College, City University of New York and […]

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John Rees – The crucial difference between the Gaza and Vietnam student protests

May 21, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Student protests may not be as radical today as in 1968, but they have much greater support among the public. John Rees is a Visiting Research Fellow at Goldsmiths, University of London, and a co-founder […]

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Michael Hudson – Seven Features of Ancient Enterprise

May 15, 2024 Ben Wray 0

The changing context for enterprise through the centuries reminds us that business activities are not universal but fluid and alter according to society’s practical priorities and ethics. Michael Hudson is an American economist, a professor […]

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David Hearst – Britain’s support for Zionism has caused 76 years of conflict. It is time this barbarism stops.

May 15, 2024 Ben Wray 0

On the 76th anniversary of the Nakba, it’s well beyond time that Britain’s disastrous meddling in Palestine ends once and for all. David Hearst is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye. He is a […]

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Haidar Eid – Israel Is Ignoring the Lessons of Settler-Colonial History

May 6, 2024 Ben Wray 0

The final years of all colonial projects are marked by increased savagery against the indigenous population. Haidar Eid is an associate Professor at Al-Aqsa University in Gaza. Cross-posted from Common Dreams It has been 212 […]

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After Nations – The Making and Unmaking of a World Order by Rana Dasgupta

December 28, 2025 0

Reviewed by Branko Milanovic´ This new splendid and beautifully-written book by Rana Dasgupta has as its title After Nations: The Making and Unmaking of a World Order. The idea, briefly sketched in the introduction and […]

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Socialist Economics in Yugoslavia – A Critical History by Marko Grdešić and Mislav Žitko

December 3, 2025 0

Book Review by Branko Milanovic´ When on 28 June of 1948 Joseph Stalin wrote a latter on behalf of the Cominform to ask Yugoslavia’s communists to get rid of the “Titoist clique” and to return […]

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