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Applying/Misapplying Gramsci’s Passive Revolution to Latin America

Applying/Misapplying Gramsci’s Passive Revolution to Latin America

by Steve Ellner

October 1, 2024

Steve Ellner deconstructs the argument that Pink Tide governments elected since 2018 are in a state of "passive revolution," having betrayed their progressive roots through concessions to conservative elements and capital. This analysis, Ellner finds, fails to capture the material impacts of Pink Tide governments, their strategic importance, or their potential to pull societies toward a more radical leftist future.

September 2024 (Volume 76, Number 4)

September 2024 (Volume 76, Number 4)

by The Editors

September 1, 2024

This month's "Notes from the Editors" recounts the history of U.S. preparations for "prolonged and limited" nuclear war and Washington's repeated refusal to abide by international agreements regarding nuclear weaponry. With the recent announcement that the United States will be stationing nuclear-capable Tomahawk missiles on German soil—within minutes' striking distance of Moscow—this history is now, troublingly, more relevant than ever.

The Ecological Rift in the Anthropocene

The Ecological Rift in the Anthropocene

by Fabio Querido, John Bellamy Foster, Maria Orlanda Pinassiand michaellowy

September 1, 2024

In an interview with Brazilian magazine Margem Esquerda, John Bellamy Foster shares with Fabio Querido, Maria Orlanda Pinassi, and Michael Löwy the formative experiences that contributed to his work as a young activist and, later, a preeminent scholar of ecological Marxism. The interview concludes with a message to the ecological left in Brazil and elsewhere: "Whatever solutions there are to the present planetary crisis must, in historical-materialist terms, arise from concrete social formations, on the basis of which the new revolutionary transformations will take place."

Sub-Imperialist India in Washington’s Anti-China “Pivot”

Sub-Imperialist India in Washington’s Anti-China “Pivot”

by Bernard D'Mello

September 1, 2024

Bernard D'Mello describes India's role as a collaborator in the U.S. anti-China Indo-Pacific project. This role, he elaborates, grows directly from the imperial/sub-imperial relationship between the United States and India, which manifests itself in border disputes, military exercises, diplomacy, economic ties, and more, has heightened hostilities in the Indo-Pacific region while benefiting the power elite of both countries.

UARCs: The American Universities that Produce Warfighters

UARCs: The American Universities that Produce Warfighters

by Sylvia J. Martin

September 1, 2024

Sylvia Martin reveals the deep linkages between U.S. universities and the military-industrial complex through the Department of Defense's University Affiliated Research Centers. These programs utilize colleges and universities as research and development labs for the U.S. imperial war machine, blurring the lines between ostensibly independent institutions and the military academy and enabling the further expansion and normalization of the warmaking apparatus throughout U.S. society.

Listen to the Ecologists!

Listen to the Ecologists!

by Harry Magdoffand Paul M. Sweezy

September 1, 2024

In this reprise from 1992, former MR editors Harry Magdoff and Paul M. Sweezy look toward the end of the recession then plaguing the United States, seeing choice looming on the horizon: Will the progressive left attempt to reform capitalism, or replace it entirely? Capital's inexorable thirst for growth beyond natural limits, they write, means we must choose the latter—"if we care about the future of the human species…we had better listen to the ecologists."

July-August 2024 (Volume 76, Number 3)

July-August 2024 (Volume 76, Number 3)

by The Editors

July 1, 2024

While Israel's horrific assaults on the people of Gaza continue, the voices against the U.S. support for the Zionist state grow ever-louder. This spring, the fight spilled onto college campuses. In this month's "Notes," MR editors take the long view, starting with the Free Speech Movement over half a century ago.

Imperialism in the Indo-Pacific—An Introduction

Imperialism in the Indo-Pacific—An Introduction

by Brett Clarkand John Bellamy Foster

July 1, 2024

John Bellamy Foster and Brett Clark introduce this summer's special issue on "Imperialism in the Indo-Pacific," exploring how the super-region came to be conceptualized among geopolitical strategists and its present-day role in U.S military strategy. "The United States," they write, "facing the demise of its global hegemonic imperialism, is not only preparing for a Third World War; it is actively provoking it."

Changes in U.S. Grand Strategy in the Indo-Pacific and China’s Countermeasures

Changes in U.S. Grand Strategy in the Indo-Pacific and China’s Countermeasures

by Cheng Enfuand Li Jing

July 1, 2024

Cheng Enfu and Li Jing survey the current economic, diplomatic, and security status quo between China and the United States, with an eye toward future policy decisions that could help strengthen China's position as a bulwark against the imperial hegemon.

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