Matt Kennard’s Irregular Army is a forensic account of how the War on Terror remade the American military, normalising the barbarism and abuses that we see today.

From ICE raids in Minneapolis to National Guard boots on the streets, the U.S. is seeing the tools of foreign intervention repurposed at home—a stark reminder that imperial violence knows no borders.

This week, Grace talks to John Bellamy Foster, professor of sociology at the University of Oregon and editor of Monthly Review. They discuss Marx’s theory of nature and the relationship between humanity and nature under capitalism.

Before the pandemic, private equity had amassed $2.5 trillion–more than the GDP of Italy–in ‘dry powder,’ waiting for distressed assets to plunder. Covid-19 provided them with the perfect opportunity.