Jeff Broxmeyer examines the contradictory relationship between patrimonialism and capitalism—and the roles of race and gender in the settler-colonial project—in the development of the American polity in his review of James Parisot's important book on the rise and consolidation of capitalist social relations in the United States.
Tag: United States
Nat Turner and Expanding Historical Memory — Aziz Rana
Aziz Rana reviews Christopher Tomlins' new book about Nat Turner's Rebellion.
The Trump Moment: Why It Happened, Why We “Dodged the Bullet”, and “What Is To Be Done?” — August H. Nimtz
August H. Nimtz takes stock of the US election, and of contemporary US politics generally.
Theses on the Political Crisis — Rafael Khachaturian
Rafael Khachaturian on the United States' ongoing political crisis.
The US Republican Party Will Continue Its Christo-Fascist Crusade — Clyde W. Barrow
Clyde W. Barrow on the Republican Party, armed militias and hate groups, and the impending elections in the United States.
Expect Catastrophe: Reflections on the Impending US Election — Nate Holdren
Nate Holdren offers some critical reflections on the impending US elections.
Why There Are No George Floyds in Cuba — August H. Nimtz
August Nimtz on police powers, in Cuba and the United States.
Althusser on School Law — David Backer
David Backer on Althusser's understanding of law and formal education.
Rights, Freedoms, Law, Labour, and Industrial Voluntarism: Some Comments — Claire Mummé
Claire Mummé responds to Matthew Dimick and William Clare Roberts on the question of law in labour struggles.
Socialist Strategy and the Capitalist Democratic State — Stephen Maher and Rafael Khachaturian
Stephen Maher and Rafael Khachaturian on strategic/tactical questions and the democratic state, in the third contribution to our symposium on neo-Marxist state theory and its contemporary resonance.
Brett Kavanaugh and the Global Practice of Constitutionalism — Rob Hunter
Rob Hunter on Brett Kavanaugh's appointment to the US Supreme Court.
Class, Identity, and a New Hegemony — Rafael Khachaturian
Rafael Khachaturian on Asad Haider's Mistaken Identity, and the debate to which it has given rise.
Review of Sidney L. Harring, Policing a Class Society: The Experience of American Cities, 1865–1915, second edition (Chicago: Haymarket, 2017) (Part Three) — Stuart Schrader
The third part of Stuart Schrader's three-part review of Sidney L. Harring's Policing a Class Society.
Review of Sidney L. Harring, Policing a Class Society: The Experience of American Cities, 1865–1915, second edition (Chicago: Haymarket, 2017) (Part Two) — Stuart Schrader
The second part of Stuart Schrader's three-part review of Sidney L. Harring's Policing a Class Society.
Review of Sidney L. Harring, Policing a Class Society: The Experience of American Cities, 1865–1915, second edition (Chicago: Haymarket, 2017) (Part One) — Stuart Schrader
The first part of Stuart Schrader's three-part review of Sidney L. Harring's Policing a Class Society.
Against Legal Fetishism (Part Two) — Umut Özsu
The second part of Umut Özsu's two-part post on law, political strategy, and Trump's "Muslim bans".
Against Legal Fetishism (Part One) — Umut Özsu
The first part of Umut Özsu's two-part post on law, political strategy, and Trump's "Muslim bans".
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