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About Zhao Dingqi

Zhao Dingqi is an assistant researcher at the Institute of Marxism, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and the editor of World Socialism Studies.
  • A man wearing a Make America Great Again hat. Only the upper half of his face is visible.

    Deciphering the MAGA Ideology: An Interview with John Bellamy Foster

    John Bellamy Foster and Zhao Dingqi

    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 […]

  • Vijay Prashad addresses the UNCTAD Public Symposium in Geneva, June 25, 2013 (via Wikimedia).

    The World in a Nutshell: An Interview with Vijay Prashad

    Zhao Dingqi and 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.”

  • Neoliberalism and the Socialist Movement in Britain: From the Third Road to Jeremy Corbyn and Brexit

    Dave Hill and Zhao Dingqi

    Zhao Dingqi interviews Dave Hill about neoliberalism and the socialist movement in Britain.

  • From Harvard to Karl-Marx-Allee: The Experiences and Reflections of an American Communist in East Germany

    Zhao Dingqi and Victor Grossman

    In this interview with Zhao Dingqi, Victor Grossman reflects on his life as an American communist in East Germany.

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Money on the Left Episodes

  • Democracy Needs Public Media w/ Victor Pickard
    Zhao Dingqi

    Victor Pickard returns to Money on the Left six years after his first appearance on the show to discuss the state of the U.S. media system under Trump 2.0. Pickard is C. Edwin Baker Professor of Media Policy and Political Economy at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication and Co-Director at the Media, […]

  • Public Employment & Training from the Great Society to the “End of Welfare as We Know It”
    Zhao Dingqi

    This month, Scott Ferguson speaks with Mario Rendina about the politics of public employment and training in the United States as they shifted over the course of the late 20th century. Rendina brings over thirty years of hands-on experience working within municipal government in Tampa Bay, Florida—specifically within Hillsborough County. Grounded in his extensive career […]

  • The Public Banking Institute
    Zhao Dingqi

    In this episode, we speak with Walt McRee (President) and Peter Winslow (Vice President) of the Public Banking Institute (PBI) about their past and ongoing advocacy for public banking. Founded in 2011 by author Ellen Brown and a core collective of advocates, PBI aims to break the monopoly of Wall Street’s private banking system by […]

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Monthly Review Essays

  • Parallel Universes
    Andy Merrifield

    Anybody who’s ever leafed through Finnegans Wake will quickly recognize that we’re not dealing here with a standard novel, just as anybody leafing through Marx’s Capital will know we’re not dealing with standard economics.

Lost & Found

  • The Rise and Fall of the United Farm Workers
    Michael D. Yates Cesar Chavez (center) marches with United Farm Workers members in Redondo Beach, California, July 9, 1975.

    Chavez could not abide the idea, much less the reality, that the farm workers themselves could and should run the union.

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