The Bullet: Reading Capital: Changing Historical Contexts and Different Political Pro

[ckaihatsu]

via socialistproject.ca

One hundred and fifty years after the first volume of Marx’s Capital was published in 1867, Marx remains a common point of reference but his magnus opus is by no means widely read. Once he was thrown off pedestals across the former Soviet Union, Western business media adopted Marx as a principal witness for the capitalist cause. In 1998, 150 years after the publication of the Communist Manifesto, Marx and Engels were hailed as prophets of globalization.

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[edwad]

i've noticed that vijay prashad's name is on some pictures of the cover but apparently isn't in the final copy, so i guess he had a submission which was rejected or pulled after it had already been accepted. would've been neat to read his thoughts but i guess that won't happen now. does anybody know why his piece is missing?