Historical Materialism Podcast

Marxism and the Climate Crisis

Can Marxism offer a convincing understanding of the present climate crisis? What is the metabolic rift? How have different Marxists – Marx, Engels, Lukács, and others – theorised the relationship between capitalism and nature? How can we understand nature in a dialectical way? In this episode, Lukas Slothuus and Ashok Kumar talk about these and further questions with John Bellamy Foster, Editor of Monthly Review and Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Oregon. John's article The Return of the Dialectics of Nature: The Struggle for Freedom as Necessity is based on his Deutscher Memorial Lecture. from the most recent journal issue 30.2 of Historical Materialism. The article is open-access and free for all to download and read.Contributors:John Bellamy FosterLukas SlothuusAshok KumarMusic by Thijs KeulenArtwork by David MabbSubscribe, share, and get involved with Historical Materialism!

The Political Economy of Tar Sands

What is the future of the tar sands in Canada and how does this industry fit in the larger global political economy of fossil fuels? What is the rentier's dilemma and how does it affect the tar sand economy? In this episode, Lukas Slothuus and Ashok Kumar talk with Tyler McCreary, author of Crisis in the Tar Sands: Fossil Capitalism and the Future of the Alberta Hydrocarbon Economy from the most recent journal issue 30.1 of Historical Materialism. The article is open-access and free for all to download and read.Contributors:Tyler McCrearyLukas SlothuusAshok KumarMusic by Thijs KeulenArtwork by David MabbSubscribe, share, and get involved with Historical Materialism!

The Economics of Modern Imperialism

How does imperialism function economically today? What constitutes economic imperialism and what is the law of the tendency of the rate of profit to fall? In this episode, Lukas Slothuus and Ashok Kumar ask Michael Roberts, co-author (with Guiglielmo Carchedi) of the The Economics of Modern Imperialism, from the most recent journal issue 29.4 of Historical Materialism. The article is open-access and free for all.Contributors:Michael RobertsLukas SlothuusAshok KumarMusic by Thijs KeulenArtwork by David MabbSubscribe, share, and get involved with Historical Materialism!

Political Marxism

How relevant is Political Marxism today, and what are its main critiques? Join for our inaugural episode of the Historical Materialism Podcast to find out. The podcast offers a deep-dive into each new issue of the Historical Materialism Journal, starting with Issue 29.3, a symposium on Political Marxism.Contributors:Lukas SlothuusAshok KumarSvenja BrombergMaïa PalRob KnoxJavier Moreno ZacarésMusic by Thijs KeulenArtwork by David MabbSubscribe, share, and get involved with Historical Materialism!