Cultures of Capitalism

Rethinking political parties

Hilary Wainwright

This article and Mark Perryman's response are part of a Red Pepper inquiry about rethinking political parties

Agency for change

Mark Perryman

Mark Perryman argues the need for a plural politics to confront the conservative left
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Some observations on rebuilding a left politics

Bilkis Malek

Bilkis Malek offers some perspectives on rethinking social justice and identity politics
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Neo-liberalism and Promotional Culture

Liz Moor

Liz Moor discusses the implications of encroachment of branding into more and more areas of social life
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Capitalism and its Others

Michael Rustin

Michael Rustin cautions against seeing capitalism as monolithic and without contradicton.....

Politcs without the Left (or Right)

Ben Little

Ben Little argues that there is a post-Thatcher generation committed to social justice, but that it won't sign up to a politics of left and right....

Left language and affect

Wendy Wheeler

Wendy Wheeler argues that language and reason are so suffused with affect and history that words are usually understood in context dependent ways. This means we have to constantly interrogate the way we communicate - especially in relation to questions of difference and sameness...

A new politics of class
An interview with Jon Cruddas

Jonathan Rutherford interviews Jon Cruddas MP, on class, New Labour and the knowledge economy ...

Cultures of capitalism, seminar paper for 23 November

Jonathan Rutherford

This will be the paper that opens discussion at the seminar on Friday. We welcome your comments on it, whether or not you attend the seminar..

Looking for the left

Michael Prior

Michael Prior points to the possibility of a potential left renewal outside the dismal haunts of the Labour Party.

Cultures of Capitalism: Cultures of Racisms

Amir Saeed

Amir Saeed discusses the connections between racism and global capitalism.

Living with difference: extracts from a conversation between Stuart Hall and Bill Schwarz

In these extracts from a forthcoming piece in Soundings, Stuart Hall discusses the importance of culture to understanding politics and negotiating difference.

Cultures of capitalism

Jonathan Rutherford introduces the cultures of capitalism series.