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[...] it’s worth remembering that fascist regimes were capitalist. There is a tenden­cy among analysts to think of capitalist regimes as tending to be free-market, but the type of state-led capitalism that Hitler introduced was very much capitalist. [...] we might see authoritarian state-led, but b…

The big question is whether this nationalist political right represents a turn away from transnational capital accumulation. These forces sometimes express themselves as protectors of domestic manufacturing jobs. But I don’t think that’s their main thrust. Their main thrust is to define the nation …

The Left no longer has Marxism or any other coherent intellectual structure ... no rigorous foundation to rely on, no ideology to give it organization and shape.... It undermines the power and effectiveness of modern politics more generally.

[...] We can’t count on the Democrats to put up a fight; the fight must come from the Left.

[...] the Left needs a vision, not a defensive posture. We must organize around a positive, forward-looking program for real change — a program that gives people
something to fight for, not just somethin…

[...] Most public libraries are funded by property taxes, which create well-funded libraries in wealthy areas and underfunded ones in communities where a library would benefit people most. Educational institutions would not have to grovel to corporate interests if they were divorced from property-t…