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Left intellectuals and the desperate search for respectability
03.18.2001 :: Analysis
When George Soros, one of the biggest and most rapacious speculators in the world, published a book calling into question some of the most destructive aspects of speculative capital, left intellectuals raced to reproduce his quotes as evidence that indeed \”global capital\” was a threat to humanity.
The Asian crises and U.S. hegemony
03.18.2001 :: Analysis
A framework for understanding of the rise and demise of Asian capitalism requires a look at the larger historical context and the role of imperial politics.
Notes toward an understanding of revolutionary politics today
03.16.2001 :: Analysis
To understand the present and future of revolutionary politics requires an historical analysis of the previous half century.