The Age of Extremes

As a penetrating history of the “Short Twentieth Century”—the period from the First World War (the traumatic end of the … More

The Tricontinental Conference & Latin American Liberationist Christianity

I am presenting a working paper at the Toronto Christian Left Conference (July 23-24), whose theme is Rethinking the Christian … More

Ideology, Fetishism, Apophaticism: Marxist Criticism and Christianity

I am very pleased to share my first article published in an academic journal, “Ideology, Fetishism, Apophaticism: Marxist Criticism and … More

Two World Views of the Russian Revolution

The Russian Revolution: A View from the Third World (Verso, 2018) compiles a series of lectures given by Walter Rodney, … More

Unmasking Mammon

I had the privilege of reviewing Hadas Thier’s new book, A People’s Guide to Capitalism: An Introduction to Marxist Economics … More

Red Star Over the Third World

Vijay Prashad, Red Star Over the Third World (Pluto Press, 2019). Vijay Prashad’s Red Star Over the Third World is … More

The Marx Delusion

Terry Eagleton, Why Marx Was Right (Yale, 2018). Eagleton’s witty Why Marx Was Right might be more accurately called something like Marxism Is Not What Most People (viz. Those … More

The Origin of Capitalism

A précis of Ellen Meiksins Wood, The Origin of Capitalism: A Longer View (Verso, 2017). There is a story told about capitalism—mostly by … More