Posts tagged: neoliberalism

The time we need must always be taken; never wait for it to be given

Oliver Davis on neoliberalism's appropriation of the Marxist narrative of historical necessity.
Politics after Populism and the Pandemic

Paolo Gerbaudo, author of The Great Recoil, discusses the legacy and future of populism with researcher Giorgos Venizelos
Neoliberal hegemony Is not undone in the space of a single election: Interview with Stefano Palombarini

Back in February, Stefano Palombarini, co-author of The Last Neoliberal, dreamt of a second round debate between Macron and Melenchon staging a confrontation between two opposing political visions. Melenchon did not make it to the second round of the 2022 French presidential elections, but is there still hope for the anti-neoliberal left?
Beyond left-wing melancholia. Reflections on a militant trajectory

Even in times of defeat, the class struggle continues. Everything is not possible at all times, but there are always forks in the road and opportunities – all too often missed – for the forces of popular emancipation. Reflecting on the lessons of the student movement of 1986 and the shattered 'Greek Spring', Stathis Kouvelakis sketches a way forward for the left in 2022.
Socialist strategy in the neo-statist moment

In the final installment of our roundtable on The Great Recoil, Paolo Gerbaudo responds to Gabriel Hetland, Carlo Invernizzi Accetti, and Anton Jäger and reflects on pandemic-era neoliberalism, neo-statism, and socialist strategy
The End of Neoliberalism?

Anton Jäger reflects on Paolo Gerbaudo's The Great Recoil, neoliberalism, and the evolving role of the state in the Covid-era
Reckoning without the host: Can the Left afford to ditch the liberals?

How should the left position itself strategically vis-a-vis liberalism in this new political moment? Carlo Invernizzi Accetti on socialist strategy in Paolo Gerbaudo's The Great Recoil.
Thinking The Great Recoil from the Margins

As part of our roundtable on Paolo Gerbaudo's The Great Recoil, Gabriel Hetland writes about populism, sovereignty, and what the US and European lefts can learn from comrades in Latin America.
Foucault and Neoliberalism as "Left Governmentality"

Mitchell Dean and Daniel Zamora outline Michel Foucault's growing interest in neoliberalism as a "left governmentality" that could act as an alternative to Marxism.
Capital’s Viral Crown

Sara Colantuono and Arlen Austin interviews Silvia Federici on the Coronavirus pandemic and capitalist development.
The Last Man Takes LSD: a Letter from the Editor

The Foucault Wars never ended, and this latest salvo is by far amongst the most interesting.
The Economist: Liberalism's Historical Record

Historian Alexander Zevin looks through the pages of the Economist and finds a record of democracy's challenge to liberalism.