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Nancy Fraser, "Feminism, Capitalism, and the Cunning of History" New Left Review

Second wave feminism arguably changed the lives of Americans more than any other movement of the New Left. Yet did it have the unintended consequence of bolstering a new form of capitalism taking shape? Noted feminist critic Nancy Fraser discusses the simultaneous rise of the women's movement and neoliberalism and argues for a renewed feminism today.

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Jason W. Moore, "Ecological Crises and the Agrarian Question in World-Historical Perspective" Monthly Review (Nov. 2008)

It's become a truism on the left that we are facing a twin crisis of capitalism and the environment. But what is the nature of those crises or -- as historian and political economist Jason W. Moore sees it -- crisis? What does the long view, historically speaking, tell us about the crisis today? And what are the implications for the Left of seeing the social-economic and the ecological as constitutive of each other?

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Peter Gowan, "Triumphing toward International Disaster: The Impasse in American Grand Strategy" Critical Asian Studies

Peter Gowan, "Crisis in the Heartland" New Left Review

Peter Gowan, a major intellectual force on the Left, died on June 12. Several months ago on ATG, Gowan talked about the postwar internationalist capitalist order fashioned by the US. That order, Gowan argued, has been in crisis for many years. What happened to US primacy, and why? In what ways has the US tried to restore its hegemony, and what obstacles has it encountered? Gowan talked about the evolving relationships among advanced capitalist nations.

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Pacifica Radio Archives

 

 

A number of important thinkers advanced critiques of imperialism in the early twentieth century. According to Radhika Desai, it's impossible to accurately assess the imperialism of today without drawing upon those earlier critiques, and without understanding the role played by nation-states. Also featured on the program is archived audio of Fannie Lou Hamer speaking in 1965 and 1969.

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Peter Gowan, "Triumphing toward International Disaster: The Impasse in American Grand Strategy" Critical Asian Studies

Peter Gowan, "Crisis in the Heartland" New Left Review

According to Peter Gowan, the US fashioned a postwar international capitalist order that exhibited extraordinary stability for many decades. That order has been in crisis for many years. What happened to US primacy, and why? In what ways has the US tried to restore its hegemony, and what obstacles has it encountered? Gowan talks about the evolving relationships among advanced capitalist nations.

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Capitalism and Its Discontents: A Five-Part Series on the Economic Meltdown

In a moment of nearly unprecedented economic crisis, what is the Left proposing as a means of reaching a better world? On a series about the global economic meltdown, radical scholars Andrej Grubacic and Dick Walker talk about recent debates at the World Social Forum and the connections between finance capital and the economic crisis.