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90 years ago: Popular Front elected in Spain
By Tim White Today, February 16, sees the ninetieth anniversary of the election of the Popular Front in Spain, an event which opened the floodgates
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A Marxist response to the Bennite left, 1986: part two
Left Horizons introduction: This is the second part of Ted Grant’s reply to the policy statement (manifesto) of Chesterfield CLP, a left Labour Party influence
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A Marxist response to the Chesterfield statement of the Bennite left – 1986: part one
Left Horizons introduction. Under the influence of left-wing Labour MP, Tony Benn, Chesterfield CLP published a policy statement that was, in effect, a ‘manifesto’ of
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Books of the year 2025
By Michael Roberts Every year at this time, I look back at the books that I have reviewed during the year on this blog. This
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Historical Materialism 2025 part two – nature, rent, profit and AI
By Michael Roberts In this part two, I resume my review of the Historical Materialism conference in London with a look at some of the
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Historical Materialism 2025 part one: imperialism and war
By Michael Roberts Every year the Historical Materialism journal holds a conference in London. It is attended by (mostly) academics and students to discuss Marxist
By Michael Roberts Güney Işıkara and Patrick Mokre have published an insightful book that explains how Marx’s theory of value operates to explain the trends
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AHE 2025: imperialism, China and financialisation
By Michael Roberts Last week the annual conference of the Association for Heterodox Economics (AHE) took place in London. I quote from the AHE website:
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International trade and the Bancor
By Michael Roberts US President Donald Trump’s trade war has forced the governments of the other major economies to reconsider the whole international trading and
