January 12, 2011 By David McNally I have never accepted the postmodernist contention that contemporary capitalism is all about…
David McNally
Greek Lessons: Democracy vs. Debt-Bondage
It is a truism to say that democracy began with the Greeks—less so to say that it originated in popular…
Follow the Money: Behind the European Debt Crisis Lie More Bank Bailouts
While I was cursing the inane mainstream commentary on the global economy recently, I was reminded of a pivotal scene…
And They Call This a Recovery?
The strut of confidence is gone and the jitters are back. A flurry of dreadful statistics at the end of…
Catastrophism: A Review
by GRScurvytunes BlogNovember 14th, 2012 Capitalist governance is hardly thinkable today outside the shifting contours of the politics of fear.…
Catastrophism in EcoEquity
by Tom AthanasiouEcoEquityJanuary 31st, 2013 There are four essays in this slim volume, one on left catastrophism, one on green…
Catastrophism in Socialist Resistance
by Jane ShalliceSocialist ResistanceJanuary 21st, 2013 Over the last twenty or thirty years there have been a constant litany of…
Catastrophism: A Publishers Weekly Review
Publishers WeeklyMarch 2013 Each of the four essays in this evenhanded volume examines a facet of the tendency in the…
Crises Can Be Openings
by Sasha LilleyAdbustersNovember 30th, 2011 Crises can be openings: moments when the stanchions are kicked out from under the status…
Catastrophiliacs: Excerpt on In These Times
In These TimesDecember 20th, 2012 Before we can have real change, must everything go up in flames? For some, the…