There are many things going on in Social Movements in Latin America. Mapping the Mosaic. I especially appreciated the critical discussions of cultural political economy, of autonomy, of left critiques of progressive but extractivist governments, and the plea to account for the [...]
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The question of who controls water and for what purpose makes water inherently political. Whether it’s water sources, water production such as desalination plants and waste treatment, or water services, private industry and financial markets are approaching water as the “it” commodity of [...]
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This is my talk on “Is there common ground between identity politics and class struggle?” given at the 2018 Historical Materialism Sydney conference.
This talk is underpinned by a commitment to the global struggle for a fairer, more just world, for transformative change, for a [...]
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This post draws on arguments developed in Why Social Movements Matter, available from the publishers at a 30% discount using the code “WSMM18”.
The social context of Marxist intellectual productionSomething is not quite working in much Marxist thought today, particularly though not [...]
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With economic, social and environmental crises worldwide, the inhumane and ecologically destructive nature of capitalism is only too obvious. A plethora of movements unite those protesting these conditions of inequality and unsustainability and make demands in various spaces and contexts, to [...]
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I do crossword puzzles in the daily newspaper. One of the clues (9 across, I recall) in yesterday’s ‘quick’ puzzle was ‘relating to government’. ‘Political’ was the required answer. At first sight, that sounds reasonable. But [...]
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Political emancipation is, of course, a big step forward. True, it is not the final form of emancipation in general, but it is the final form of human emancipation within the hitherto existing world order. It goes without saying that we are speaking here of real, practical [...]
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Are social movements in contemporary India a driving force for democratic deepening? This is the question at the heart of a new edited volume that Kenneth Bo Nielsen and I have recently published in Palgrave’s excellent book series Rethinking International Development.
Our book [...]
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