Libcom

On the periodisation of the capitalist class relation – Screamin’ Alice

The capitalist class relation is no static totality. It is a moving contradiction, a contradiction with a history, or even a contradiction which generates history. This text is a contribution to ...
CounterPunch

What It Means to Put Class First

Analysts of capitalist society who give primacy to class relations—sometimes branded “class firsters”—have been met with a mix of false and contradictory charges. Michael Yates’s CounterPunch ...
Libcom

Class relations in the US - A background text

We wrote this text last year, as a reading suggestion for our debate on current class struggle in the US. We thought it might still be of interest. It focusses on the 'internal dynamics' rather than ...
WGAL

Public relations class at Alvernia University uses Taylor Swift as real-life case study

AND HERE’S NEWS EIGHT’S ANNE SHANNON $1 BILLION BUSINESS, RIGHT? AS A PROFESSOR AT ALVERNIA UNIVERSITY IN BERKS COUNTY, DOCTOR JODY RADOSH WORKS TO PREPARE HER ...
Bow Doin Polar Bears

International Relations Class Tests Normative Behavior — By Eating Bugs

After spending a couple of classes discussing international norms and how normative change occurs, Visiting Assistant Professor of Government Rebecca Gibbons decided it was time to bring these lofty ...
CounterPunch

Environmental Destruction is a Class Relation

A faux profound question that Western economists occasionally ask one another to demonstrate their tribal worldview is: if you’re so smart, why aren’t you rich? The implication is that wealth is a ...