By Michael Roberts Back in 2012, I made an initial attempt to go beyond measuring the rate of profit on capital in any one country
Category: Political Theory Archive
By Michael Roberts Professor David Harvey is a highly influential Marxist geographer and economic theorist whose work spans several decades. He is the author of
By Michael Roberts This week 250 years ago, Adam Smith published An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations – and
By Michael Roberts This blog was originally published by Michael Roberts on 13 February 2026. The original article can be found here. ************** Leading left
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
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
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
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
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
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
