As digital technology became integral to the capitalist market dystopia of the first decades of the 21st century, it refashioned both our ways of working and our ways of consuming, as well as our ways of communicating.
This thoughtful reflection on capitalism, hegemony, and the United States addresses such questions as "What does imperialism mean today? How does the United States influence the rest of the world? and "What are the economic interests served by its domination? Explored is how the rise of the United States as a superpower brought an end to the old inter-imperial rivalries. Also discussed is the Bretton Woods system in the 1970s, and how American...
Essays that explore new ways of living with technological changeEvery year since 1964, the Socialist Register has offered a fascinating survey of movements and ideasfrom the independent new left. This year's edition asks readers to explore just how we need to live withnew technologies. Essays in this 57th Socialist Register reveal the contradictions and dislocations oftechnological change in the twenty-first century. And they explore alternati...
Jeremy Corbyn's rapid ascent to the leadership of the Labour Party, driven by a groundswell of popular support particularly among the young, was met at the time by a baffled media. Just where did Jeremy Corbyn come from? In Searching for Socialism, Leo Panitch and Colin Leys argue that it is only by understanding Corbyn's roots in the Bennite Labour new left's long struggle to transcend the limits of "parliamentary socialism" and democratise t...
This book addresses the challenges facing socialists and the recent shift from protest to politics. It examines the limits and possibilities for class, party and state transformation and the democratic and socialist insurgencies inside the Labour Party in Britain, and the Democratic Party in the USA.
The Canadian State is a powerful collection of essays. Leo Panitch's theme essay, dealing with the theories of recent neo-Marxist thinkers on the nature and role of the state and sketching their relevance to Canada, sets the tone and interpretation of the whole work, which thus has a rare unity and cohesion.
Das Jahrbuch der unabhängigen internationalen Linken stellt sich den Grundfragen der neuen Epoche, die durch die Trump-Wahl in den USA und das Anwachsen des Rechtspopulismus eröffnet wurde.
Findet eine Abwicklung der neoliberalen Globalisierung statt oder wird diese sich noch vertiefen, dabei aber weiter die freie Bewegung der Arbeitskräfte verhindern? Resultiert aus der Abwicklung eine Verlagerung von Macht und Wachstum zu bestimmten Regione...
Have we now reached 'the end of history' with the triumph of capitalist liberal democracy? Is socialism an enemy of democracy? Or could socialism develop, expand and enhance democracy?
Published Under the Garamond ImprintFrom Consent to Coercion addresses several of the key issues about the future of unions and social democratic policies in Canada.