• The Radical Potential of Consumer Financial Protection with Vijay Raghavan
    The Radical Potential of Consumer Financial Protection with Vijay Raghavan

    We speak with Vijay Raghavan, Professor of Law at the Brooklyn Law School, about his recent article, “The Radical Potential of Consumer Financial Protection,” published in Boston College Law Review in April 2025. Raghavan builds on the work of constitutional money theorists, as well as his legal experience in the public sector. In particular, he argues that consumer financial protection is an essential and potentially radical response to the “finance franchise,” a predominantly anti-democratic process by which modern governments delegate the money creation process to private actors like banks.

    Deciphering the MAGA Ideology: An Interview with John Bellamy Foster
    Deciphering the MAGA Ideology: An Interview with John Bellamy Foster

    This interview was conducted by Zhao Dingqi for the journal World Socialism Studies. Zhao Dingqi: You once pointed out that the MAGA movement is essentially an alliance between the monopolistic capitalist right wing and the lower middle class. How do you understand the reasons behind the formation of this alliance, and how does it reflect […]

    Scholars’ letter: We support Palestine Action in their campaign against proscription’
    Scholars’ letter: We support Palestine Action in their campaign against proscription’

    As scholars dedicated to questions of justice and ethics we believe that Yvette Cooper’s recent proscription of Palestine Action represents an attack both on the entire pro-Palestine movement and on fundamental freedoms of expression, association, assembly, and protest.

    The World in a Nutshell: An Interview with Vijay Prashad
    The World in a Nutshell: An Interview with Vijay Prashad

    VP: "Marxism, which is an ever-evolving field of analysis, is the most accurate critique of capitalism. As long as capitalism remains with us, Marxism must remain until another form of critique—better than Marxism—appears."

    Palestine and the Commons: Or, Marx and the Musha’a
    Palestine and the Commons: Or, Marx and the Musha’a

    In 1958 the assistant headmaster did the Bible reading at the morning assembly of the Karachi Grammar School (Pakistan), founded in 1848 by the Church of England. The reading from Acts 17:23 concerned St. Paul’s declaration upon seeing the Athenian monument to an unknown God. “What you worship but do not know—this is what I […]

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