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BREATH AND LIGHT
markhayes9
Nov 19, 20248 min read
Capitalism’s endgame: the trajectory towards ‘Hothouse Earth’ and its implications for communism
Introduction The aim of this text is to understand the implications of capitalism’s threat to humanity today as part of a wider project...
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markhayes9
Nov 7, 20242 min read
Comment on the updated Counter-theses on Decomposition
Readers will see that the Counter-theses on Decomposition on this site have been updated by the author. Having read this more developed...
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markhayes9
Oct 29, 202426 min read
1825-2025 - Two centuries of class struggle
As its title suggests, this article, which appeared in French in Controverses no. 8 , offers an analysis of the historical evolution of...
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markhayes9
Feb 28, 202446 min read
Updated Counter-theses on Decomposition
This is an updated version of the ‘Counter-theses on decomposition’ previously published on this site. I reproduce the Author’s Note from...
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markhayes9
Feb 22, 202439 min read
The ICC's concept of social decomposition: a critique
“A new epoch is born! The epoch of the dissolution of capitalism, of its inner disintegration.” (Third International, 1919) “The...
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markhayes9
Apr 24, 20231 min read
New book out now! The British Communist Left, 1914-45 Available on Amazon Paperback £8 ebook £4
The British Communist Left: A history of left-wing communism in Britain, 1914-1945: Amazon.co.uk: Hayes, Mark: 9798370678110: Books Over...
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markhayes9
Mar 20, 20235 min read
Marx's 'general law' in capitalism's descent 2 - what are the key drivers of a surplus population?
By MH. A continued serialisation of a chapter from the new book 'Capitalism's Endgame', which is an attempt to deepen the understanding...
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markhayes9
Mar 20, 20231 min read
New book out now!
Catastrophic heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and massive flooding; a global pandemic and a war in Ukraine that threatens famine and...
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markhayes9
Feb 17, 20238 min read
Marx's 'general law' in capitalism's descent 1 - is the working class today still growing?
By MH. A serialisation of a chapter from the forthcoming book 'Capitalism's Endgame', which is an attempt to deepen the understanding of...
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markhayes9
Aug 4, 202218 min read
On the ICC's schema of decomposition, the formation of blocs and the class struggle
Some thoughts on the ICC’s public meeting of 02/07/2022 by Lars Torvaldsson [In response to a request for comments at its recent public...
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markhayes9
May 5, 202242 min read
Debate: understanding the decline of a mode of production, part 2
The changes in capitalism at the start of the 20th century By Link This is a corrected version of the original text which contained too...
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markhayes9
Mar 1, 20223 min read
The post-war boom and "The Great Acceleration" of capital's descent
If capital’s dynamism is the necessary starting point for understanding the nature and the consequences of its growth in decadence, then...
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markhayes9
Feb 28, 202225 min read
Debate: Understanding the decline of a mode of production
Introduction by Link This is a response to a text by CMcl that appeared on the website, A Free Retriever's Digest (AFRD) [1], entitled...
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markhayes9
Nov 10, 20211 min read
New book: A Critique of Luxemburg's Theory of Accumulation
Now Available on Amazon A Critique of Luxemburg's Theory of Accumulation: SUTTON, PHILLIP: 9798733143033: Amazon.com: Books [click on link]
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markhayes9
Apr 8, 20218 min read
What effect did Stalinism's collapse have on the class struggle?
Striking miners protest in 1989: part of the largest wave of workers' struggles in Russia since the revolutionary wave of 1917-21....
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markhayes9
Mar 2, 20211 min read
New book: An update of Luxemburg's 'What is Economics?'
An Update of Luxemburg's 'What is Economics': Economics is Still a Peculiar Science Kindle Edition by Phillip Sutton (Author) Format:...
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markhayes9
Mar 1, 20218 min read
The role of the bourgeois counter-offensive in the fall of Stalinism
The Wall comes down: the bourgeois counter-offensive in the west hastened the fall of the Stalinist regimes In a previous text we...
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markhayes9
Feb 8, 20212 min read
The 'Ridley Plan': how the British state played a leading role in the 1980s capitalist offensive
Extract from the 'Ridley Plan'' (Economy: Report of Nationalised Industries Policy Group (leaked Ridley report) | Margaret Thatcher...
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markhayes9
Jan 22, 20218 min read
The bourgeois counter-offensive in the 1980s
“The changes of capitalism since the 1980's are usually explained by a twofold revolution, in computers and in finance. These undeniable...
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