NOTES FROM THE EDITORS
September 2023 (Volume 75, Number 4)
by The Editors
(Sep 01, 2023)
Topics: Globalization Imperialism War Places: Americas Asia China United States
What is the New Washington Consensus? In this month’s Notes from the Editors, MR editors discuss Washington’s fundamental shift in its approach to China, moving from an emphasis on neoliberal globalization toward a new, more aggressive policy pursuing U.S. military and industrial supremacy. | more…
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What Every Child Should Know about Marx’s Theory of Value
(Sep 01, 2023)
Topics: Economic Theory Marxism Political Economy Places: Global
Michael Lebowitz expounds on the simple truths found in Marx’s theory of value—truths that, nonetheless, have been obscured by decades of incomplete theorizing that has failed to make key distinctions in the relationship between labor, value, and money. | more…
The Double Objective of Democratic Ecosocialism
by Jason Hickel
(Sep 01, 2023)
Topics: Democracy Ecology Marxism Marxist Ecology Movements Socialism Places: Global
Humanity in this moment faces two major crises: one ecological, growing more acute with every planetary boundary passed; the other social, leading to deprivation and despair across the globe. An effective ecosocialist approach to these crises, Jason Hickel writes, must aim to resolve both in a single stroke. | more…
Totality: Decades of Debate and the Return of Nature
(Sep 01, 2023)
Topics: Marxism Movements Philosophy Revolutions Places: Global
“How is it,” Helena Sheehan asks, “that classical Marxist authors were able to address such a stunning array of issues”? The answer can be found, she writes, is in the totality of their intellectual efforts: “Marxism is the only intellectual tradition on the scene capable of embracing…what needs to be comprehended to understand and cope with our world.” | more…
Ecological Marxism
by John Bellamy Foster and Jia Keqing
(Sep 01, 2023)
Topics: Ecology Marxist Ecology Places: Global
This article will be released in full online September 18, 2023.
In this interview from April 2023, Jia Keqing and John Bellamy Foster discuss the state of ecological Marxism worldwide, the question of anthropocentrism, the theory of metabolic rift, and the environmental proletariat. | more…
Frederick Engels: The First Marxist?
(Sep 01, 2023)
Topics: Biography History Marxism Media Places: Global
This article will be released in full online September 25, 2023.
In the history of Marxism since Karl Marx’s death, Frederick Engels has cut a controversial figure across the centuries. Through an examination of their correspondence and collaborations, McFarlane presents Engels as not only a stalwart friend and colleague to Marx, but a fascinating organizer, editor, and strategist in his own right. | more…
