Article Category: Vol. 75, No. 09 (February 2024)

The U.S. Quest for Nuclear Primacy: The Counterforce Doctrine and the Ideology of Moral Asymmetry

The U.S. Quest for Nuclear Primacy: The Counterforce Doctrine and the Ideology of Moral Asymmetry

by John Bellamy Foster

February 1, 2024

John Bellamy Foster discusses the past and present state of U.S. nuclear policy, asserting that its reliance on belligerent approaches endangers the entire world. "Only a minimalist, as opposed to a maximalist, approach to nuclear arms can put humanity on the road to nuclear disarmament," he writes, concluding that "the answer lies in a worldwide shift away from dying capitalism to…complete socialism."

The Case for Socialist Veganism

The Case for Socialist Veganism

by Benjamin Selwyn and Charis Davis

February 1, 2024

There is a paradox, Benjamin Selwyn and Charis Davis write, at the heart of corporate veganism in the Global North. While vegan products are sold to consumers as environmentally conscious alternatives to meat and dairy, the world's largest producers of such products are rapacious, ecologically destructive, and exploitive of populations in the Global South. The authors argue that a turn toward socialist veganism can advance the goals of decommodifying and democratizing our food system.

The Senegal Delta and Global Capitalism

The Senegal Delta and Global Capitalism

by Pietro Daniel Omodeo

February 1, 2024

As Pietro Daniel Omodeo observes in this review, "environmental politics cannot be separated from political decision-making." Using the example of the Senegal delta, as explored in Maura Benegiamo's La terra dentro il capitale, Omodeo shows that the neocolonial "Great Expropriation of the global commons" is underway in the Global South, with grim ecological and social consequences for those living in the delta.

To Struggle!: A Review of Marcello Musto’s ‘The Last Years of Karl Marx’

To Struggle!: A Review of Marcello Musto’s ‘The Last Years of Karl Marx’

by Mauricio Betancourt

February 1, 2024

Mauricio Betancourt reviews Marcello Musto's The Last Years of Karl Marx. In the book, Betancourt finds a detailed portrait of Marx's rarely examined later years, revealing a man who, despite personal tragedy and failing health, remained a vigorous intellectual and scholar through the end of his life.

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