GE’s Switch
Jeff Immelt’s resignation as CEO of General Electric shows that we cannot think of industry as finance’s opponent.
Articles by: Stephen Maher
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Stephen Maher is a social critic and PhD candidate at York University in Toronto.
Against Liberal Nostalgia
The Left shouldn't counter the logic of "Make America Great Again" with nostalgia for an idealized liberal democracy.
The Truth About Finance
Hillary Clinton's finance reforms wouldn't rein in Wall Street. Finance and global capitalism are inseparable.
Mad Max and the End of the World
Mad Max dramatizes a clash of civilizations, in which the West must win out over everyone else.
Hollywood at War
An unrepentant whitewash of murder and occupation, American Sniper shouldn’t be up for any Oscars tonight.
The Lost Counterculture
Inherent Vice brilliantly depicts how neoliberalism co-opted the counterculture.
The Global Empire
The Making of Global Capitalism marks the start of a project to construct a new historical materialist analysis of the American empire and the world system it oversees.