Geography Archives: Global

The money that has been, and still gets invested in them is wasted. It can not be justified by the potential returns.

The Levy Institute mourns the passing of Anwar Shaikh, an outstanding scholar, teacher, and mentor to a generation of socially committed economists, including several current and former Levy Institute scholars. On this solemn occasion of deep loss, we extend our condolences to his family, friends, and loved ones.

Imperialism, the denial of sovereignty that underwrites global capitalism, is the primary contradiction.

Humanity is faced with the greatest failure in its long existence. What can we do about it?

Contemporary anti-technology movements and different forms of resistance against big technology companies, data corporations, their data centres, and AI are often branded as Luddite movements, creating a historical parallel with the workers’ uprising in textile towns of England in 1779.

The crisis African smallholder farmers face is not a set of isolated technical problems; it is systemic.

The imperial drive to monopolise critical minerals unmasks a renewed strategic architecture: securing military and industrial supply chains enforces peripheral subordination, turning sovereign nations across the Global South into captive reservoirs for Western capital.

The last El Niño anywhere near this strong came in 1877. It set off famines that killed tens of millions of people across India, China and Brazil.

‘Our margin for error in tackling these problems is shrinking’.

What is Social Reproduction Theory? It is a Marxist feminist term which covers how capitalism depends on unpaid care in the home for the ongoing reproduction of human life and labour.

Spike Lee directed two short films for Michael Jackson’s “They Don’t Care About Us.” This version was filmed in a prison and was aired only at certain hours due to controversial content.

The bosses are trying to convince workers that lower corporate taxes, fewer regulations and workers’ rights, and less union power would be good for real wages. What they really want is more profits.

Rosa Luxemburg’s Herbarium: Radical Ecology and the Global Plantation is a handsomely crafted and inspiring volume to be savored and shared, thanks to the uniquely exquisite sensibilities of Rosa Luxemburg and the splendid labors of the book’s editor, Claudia Horn.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced massive boos and walkouts from diplomats during his speech at the 81st United Nations General Assembly, protesting the ongoing genocide and ethnic cleansing in Gaza.

When British economist David Ricardo put forward his theory of the international division of labor and specialization based on comparative advantage in the early nineteenth century, it was seen as a formula for raising global output.

Behind widespread youth uprisings lies a stark contradiction: an economic system that protects capital while stripping young people of dignified work, community, and the confidence that tomorrow can be different.

Cartography, Colonial Power, and the Strategic Politics of Geography.

The most obvious and imminent threat right now is not that artificial intelligence will outsmart us and escape our control, it’s that it is being fully controlled by humans who are stupid and evil.

This year’s so-called “super El Niño” is entering into record-breaking territory. 

Digital capitalism is merely a new form of exploitation that has become widespread by spilling out of the company itself to encompass the mass of its users or customers.