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About Michael Löwy

Michael Löwy‘s most recent book is Ecosocialism: A Radical Alternative to Capitalist Catastrophe (Haymarket, 2015). The original Spanish-language version of this article will appear in the journal Papeles.
  • Mur des Fédérés, Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France.

    The Paris Commune of 1871

    Originally published: International Viewpoint on March 18, 2021 (more by International Viewpoint)  |

    There is a wall at the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris, known as “Le Mur des Fédérés”. It was there that the last fighters of the Paris Commune were shot in May 1871, by Versailles troops.

  • Michael Löwy

    Ecosocialism: A vital synthesis

    Originally published: Global Ecosocialist Network on December 10, 2020 (more by Global Ecosocialist Network)  |

    The capitalist system, driven at its core by the maximization of profit, regardless of social and ecological costs, is incompatible with a just and sustainable future. Ecosocialism offers a radical alternative that puts social and ecological well-being first.

  • This article was featured in the Autumn 2020 edition of Rupture. Purchase the latest edition of Rupture

    Eco-socialism and/or De-growth

    Originally published: Let Us Rise on Autumn 2020 Issue 1 (more by Let Us Rise)  |

    Ecosocialism and the de-growth movement are among the most important currents of the ecological left. Ecosocialists agree that a significant measure of de-growth in production and consumption is necessary in order to avoid ecological collapse.

  • Emancipation and science: Ernest Mandel 25 years later

    Ernest Mandel and ecosocialism

    Originally published: International Viewpoint on July 20, 2020 (more by International Viewpoint)  |

    It is therefore from 1971-72, after the emergence of the first ecological movements and following his reading of the pioneering works of Elmar Altvater, Harry Rothman and Barry Commoner, that he began to integrate the ecological dimension into his thinking.

  • Briton Michael Sandford

    The far right: a global phenomenon

    Originally published: International Viewpoint on January 10, 2019 (more by International Viewpoint)  |

    In recent years, the reactionary, authoritarian and/or fascist extreme right wing has been in the ascendant all over the world: it already governs half of the world’s countries. Among the best-known examples are: Trump (United States), Modi (India), Orbán (Hungary), Erdoğan (Turkey), Daesh (Islamic State), Salvini (Italy), Duterte (Philippines), and now Bolsonaro (Brazil).

  • "Metabolic Rift" by Eveline Kolijn, Linocut on folded paper, 2016

    Marx’s ecology: recovered legacy

    Originally published: Against the Current, No. 194 (Solidarity) on May/June 2018 (more by Against the Current, No. 194 (Solidarity))  |

    While mainstream ecological theory has been dismissive of Karl Marx, serious research in recent decades has recovered some of his very important insights on ecological issues. The most systematic and thorough investigations on Marx’s ecological views are those of John Bellamy Foster and his friends from Monthly Review.

Also By Michael Löwy in Monthly Review Magazine

  • For an Ecosocialist Degrowth April 01, 2022
  • Laudato Si—The Pope’s Anti-Systemic Encyclical December 01, 2015
  • Advertising Is a “Serious Health Threat”—to the Environment January 01, 2010
  • Unusual Marx March 01, 2002
  • A “Red” Government in the Soul of Brazil November 01, 2000
  • Globalization and Internationalism November 01, 1998
  • Che’s Revolutionary Humanism October 01, 1997

Books By Michael Löwy

  • Che Guevara: His Revolutionary Legacy January 31, 2005

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    In “The Dialectics of Dependency,” Ruy Mauro Marini developed a theory of dependency and unequal exchange that is still invaluable today.

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