Hardt and Negri's conceptualizations of "empire" and resistance became hegemonic in Western academia. But their framework is analytically weak and politically hollow. Samir Amin articulated an absolutely devastating critique, which remains relevant today.
Links below.
My new book is out today
All the chronicles published in Le Monde and my blog from 2020 to 2024
+ a new preface « Toward ecological socialism »
The mixture of nationalism & free-market liberalism that is currently raging will never be able to adress the social and climate…
🎤We are currently witnessing a historic arc in the trajectories of state intervention.
Join IIPPs @CeciliaRikap alongside Myriam Nobre for a discussion of @IliasAlami's book 'The Spectre of State Capitalism'.
🗓️ 14 Nov | ⏰ 18:30 BST | ✅ Register here: ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/publi…
📢 We’re kicking off our seminar series this Thursday, 3rd October, with @IliasAlami, who will discuss his recent book, co-authored with @DrAdam_Dixon, "The Spectre of State Capitalism."
Join us In-person or Online! Register here ➡️: shorturl.at/3ul1r
📆Thu 3 October 2024…
📢 We’re kicking off our seminar series this Thursday, 3rd October, with @IliasAlami, who will discuss his recent book, co-authored with @DrAdam_Dixon, "The Spectre of State Capitalism."
Join us In-person or Online! Register here ➡️: shorturl.at/3ul1r
📆Thu 3 October 2024…
Billions of dollars in foreign aid could be spent more effectively if international poverty statistics were more accurate, finds new research.
Dr Michail Moatsos @Kings_SGA says the current international poverty line is a ‘misleading shortcut method’. ⬇️
kcl.ac.uk/news/current-i…
I wrote a (short) piece on state-backed venture capitalism for @DialoguesHG, engaging with the excellent work of @keanfanlim and Xiabo Su.
Have a read if you're interested in state-owned VC funds, urbanisation, state capitalism, and techno-nationalism
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20…
Today, 2 students messaged me 2 photos of our book that was exhibited at the University of Dhaka's 1s DS Intl. Con. AlHamdulillah, I'm glad my pupils enjoyed it. It took 6 years to write & we're too young to begin such a large pursuit. Thanx to our supervisor too! @TanjilaATisha
📚New book co-written by DSA members @TanjilaATisha and Mohammad Saeed Islam.
Natural Resource Degradation and Human-Nature Wellbeing explores natural resource governance, market economics, political economy & human-nature well-being.
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Money Power in Emerging Markets (2019)
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