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Protests in Chile — October 2019: End of the Neoliberal “Experiment”?

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Steven Yates

Since October 18 Chile has seen the most serious signs of civil unrest since the end of the Pinochet era, responding to rate hikes especially in transportation and utilities. Does this portend the end of neoliberalism in Chile? Continue reading →

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Why Marx Now? Part 1

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Steven Yates

Recent years have seen a surge of renewed interest in Karl Marx’s political-economic thought. For those not living in a cave somewhere, this has been hard to miss. This interest is not coming primarily from the “cultural Marxists” of academic … Continue reading →

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