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Provides a brief record of the struggle in Kenya between the people of Kenya and British colonialism and then against the comprador regimes of Jomo Kenyatta and Daniel arap Moi ISBN 978-9914-9921-1-3
È uscito il volume A. Pascale, Ascesa e declino dell'impero statunitense, tomo 1 – Genesi di un regime elitario (dalle origini al 1945), La Città del Sole-L'AntiDiplomatico, Napoli 2022. Il testo consta di 620 pagine ed è acquistabile al... more
Il mito rappresenta [...] la forza sociale e sotterranea di una immensa rivoluzione che minava nel sottosuolo ovunque il mondo antico. Era comodo procedere quando il Maestro faceva tacere e tremare tutti, regalando miracoli, sanando... more
Deciphering the Chinese Economic Miracle: Lessons for the Developing World
Andrei Znamenski argues that socialism arose out of activities of secularized apocalyptic sects, the Enlightenment tradition, and dislocations produced by the Industrial Revolution. He examines how, by the 1850s, Marx and Engels made the... more
According to the Bible, Eve was the first to heed Satan’s advice to eat of the forbidden fruit. The notion of woman as the Devil’s accomplice is prominent throughout the history of Christianity. During the nineteenth century, rebellious... more
"Ginzburg severely criticised the idea of building in this new society being the same as in the old one, and to elaborate on this socialist architecture he formedThe OSA Group. The OSA Group generated progressive theoretic and practical... more
Magical realism is a genre constructed and developed during the late 19th and early 20th century which has continued to evolve today. The definitions of this genre have been closely associated with many similar literary movements such as... more
Political revolutions are, by their very nature, contested events, and liable to remain the subject of conflicting interpretations long after they have turned the existing order upside down and spun it around. This is especially so when... more
Nel paese ove sarebbe in costruzione l'economia socialista non solo dunque esistono i rubli, coi quali il salario dei lavoratori viene pagato, ma esiste anche il risparmio sul salario, il deposito di esso nelle casse statali o nelle... more
Il saggio fornisce spunti e chiavi di lettura su due figure fondamentali della stampa satirica in Italia, Gabriele Galantara e Giuseppe Scalarini, i più importanti disegnatori politici dell’Italia tra fine Ottocento e avvio del Novecento.... more
Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, Berlin
A reflection on the democratic path to socialism.
Works on the political and economic thoughts of Thomas Sankara have gained recent currency in the light of the resurgence of decolonization of knowledge in both the global North and South. This chapter works from the wide-ranging and... more
This book argues that 'social democratic criminology' is an important critical perspective which is essential for the analysis of crime and criminal justice and crucial for humane and e ective policy. The end of World War II resulted in... more
Es war wie das gleichsam letzte Aufflackern des "roten Jahrzehnts" der 1970er Jahre, als in den Jahren 1983 und 1984, vor nun einem Vierteljahrhundert, zwei Aufsatz-Bände des politischen Psychologen und Theoretikers Peter Brückner im... more
Ernst Bloch-ist das nicht der linke Philosoph mit der Pfeife und dem »Prinzip Hoffnung«? Das dürfte-jenseits der kleinen, aber eingeschworenen Bloch-Forscher und-Anhänger, die sich weitgehend abseits von der bürgerlichen Öffentlichkeit... more
Powerful and scientifically truthful, such is the Biblical story from the Old Testament relating about the 40 years spent by the people of Israel in the desert until all the nation, that is, all the men who were born in slavery, perished.... more
Building a socialist feminist movement in Sri Lanka is not solely in the interests of women but is a condition for the development process itself. By combating authoritarian relations in the home, violence against women, and a gender... more
»Die ›Idee‹ blamierte sich immer, soweit sie von dem ›Interesse‹ unter-schieden war« (MEW 2, 85). Mit diesen Worten beginnen in den vierziger Jahren des 19. Jahrhunderts die jungen Karl Marx und Friedrich Engels ihren Feldzug gegen jene... more
Book Review / Essay
This is a draft version of a published review in Parliamentary Affairs - published version can be found by clicking the links below
This is a draft version of a published review in Parliamentary Affairs - published version can be found by clicking the links below
There is widespread discussion both within and outside Cuba concerning what direction the Cuban economy will go under its new interim president Raul Castro. This short paper is intended to contribute two pieces of information that are... more
In 2005 I was contacted by the Hamilton, Ohio Historical Society to look at a quilt in their collection and interpret it. After doing so, I was asked to give a talk to the society and produced the accompanying slide show.
The writings of key Marxist thinkers and revolutionary processes are examined with focus on their understanding of the relation between anti-imperialism and socialism. As a result of the class structures associated with imperialist... more
Discussions of the British Left and the First World War have often focused on strikes, conscientious objection and the anti-war movement. Yet this focus on opposition to the conflict obscures the important actions taken by the labour... more
Thanks to my book, Neither Poverty nor Riches: A Biblical Theology of Possessions, and smaller follow-up studies on related topics, I was invited twice in the last year to participate in panel discussions on economics at national... more