A man of the times and ahead of it Imtiaz Ahmad was first and foremost a scholar interested in the play of power in society and what it was doing to communities The Hindu · Jun 26, 2023
Five reasons Adam Smith remains Britain's most important economist, 300 years on June 5 2023 marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of Adam Smith, the 18th-century British economist widely hailed as the father of modern economics. The Conversation · Jun 8, 2023
Mum spots face of Jesus in her Sunday roast dinner gravy "I did think it looked like Jesus, or Karl Marx. My son is a big fan of The Doors, so he suggested Jim Morrison." Wales Online · Jun 8, 2023
Does competition make us less moral? New research says yes, but only a little bit Many of our economic and even social interactions are competitive. We use markets to find jobs, but also dates. What does this mean for our morals? Does capitalism give us the American dream, or American Psycho? Does the experience of competition keep us honest, or drive us towards cheating? The Conversation · Jun 6, 2023
Communism explained in 60 seconds: ideas that changed the world In this series, The Week looks at the ideas and innovations that permanently changed the way we see the world. The Week · May 26, 2023
Inside Manchester's secret passageways Chetham's Library is right on our doorstep and offers a fascinating step back in time Manchester Evening News · May 1, 2023
A Redditor Shared A Sign Some Sad Fuck At Their Work Made Which Banned Employees From Having ‘Fun’ Karl Marx did not die for this. Pedestrian.tv · Apr 24, 2023
Ancient rivalries, social panic, revolution … the 19th century is back Russia has returned to its pre-20th century role, tension between Greece and Turkey is heightened and the revolutions of 1848 feel less distant The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2023
Victoria 3's first gameplay DLC lets you invite Marx and Lenin to your place for tea and revolution Voice of the People is all about rousing the rabble. PC Gamer · Apr 21, 2023
Australian Nursing Federation's WA branch compared to Hitler, Karl Marx at Industrial Relations Commission hearing The Industrial Relations Commission's registrar alleges the ANF's WA branch breached its orders 3,590 times, which the union says could see it fined more than $27 million. ABC News · Apr 11, 2023
Friday essay: could a reinterpreted Marxism have solutions to our unprecedented environmental crisis? In 2021, Kohei Saito’s Capital in the Anthropocene became a publishing sensation in Japan, eventually selling more than half a million copies. The Conversation · Mar 30, 2023
Simon Clarke obituary Other lives: Sociology professor who studied labour relations and trade unions in post-Soviet Russia The Guardian - UK · Mar 24, 2023
Historic Salford pub where Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels drank set to reopen Six years after closing a start is made on plans to re-open historic pub Manchester Evening News · Mar 24, 2023
One of UK's most famous cemeteries heating graves to protect from extreme weather Highgate Cemetery in North London is the final resting place for dozens of famous people such as George Michael but also Karl Marx and poisoned Russian defector Alexander Litvinenko - the graves become damaged during extreme cold Daily Mirror · Mar 13, 2023
The Conversation · Mar 3, 2023 Economic growth is fuelling climate change – a new book proposes 'degrowth communism' as the solution I’m often told that degrowth, the planned downscaling of production and consumption to reduce the pressure on Earth’s ecosystems, is a tough sell. But a 36-year-old associate professor at Tokyo University has made a name for himself arguing that “degrowth communism” could halt the escalating climate emergency.
The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2023 A greener Marx? Kohei Saito on connecting communism with the climate crisis Author of surprise hit Capital in the Anthropocene has developed his arguments in a new study of Karl Marx’s ecological thinking
The Guardian - UK · Feb 26, 2023 Antisemitic tropes are back on stage again The Lehman Trilogy is an enthralling and acclaimed play. But, as it returns to London, we should discuss the profound problem at its core
The Guardian - UK · Feb 14, 2023 John Eldridge obituary Sociologist and writer who studied the disparities in media coverage of industrial conflicts
The Conversation · Dec 7, 2022 We live in a time of 'late capitalism'. But what does that mean? And what's so late about it? The term “late capitalism” seems to be everywhere as a trending meme – often used as a kind of shorthand to illustrate the absurdities of certain free market economies.
Salon · Dec 6, 2022 Crushing unions: Both sides do it! Democrats and their "proud pro-labor president" say the right things and do the wrong ones, over and over again
The Conversation · Dec 5, 2022 Mikhail Gorbachev wanted to save communism, but he buried it instead The death of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, under whose leadership the communist bloc was brought to an end, was met in the west with tributes and personal reminiscences by leaders who had met him and enjoyed his company. This reverence wasn’t matched in Russia or…
The Guardian - US · Nov 19, 2022 Swifties know: the Ticketmaster fiasco shows America has a monopoly problem The power of irate Taylor Swift fans means something might actually be done about the dominance of Ticketmaster and co
The Conversation · Nov 14, 2022 British politics urgently needs more imagination. Competence alone will not save us from this 'polycrisis' The recent turmoil in British politics has led much of the political establishment and commentariat to agree on one thing: what the country needs now is competence, the more boring the better. The last thing we need is risky ideas.
The Conversation · Nov 11, 2022 Permacrisis: what it means and why it's word of the year for 2022 The Collins Dictionary’s word of the year for 2022 is “permacrisis”. As accolades go, the managing director of Collins Learning, Alex Beecroft, has said that this one “sums up quite succinctly how truly awful 2022 has been for so many people”.
Reason · Oct 22, 2022 When Karl Marx Made the Case for Capitalism In barely a century, capitalism led to more productivity "than have all preceding generations together," Marx and Friedrich Engels argued.