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Seminal essay from 1979 from Diane Elson arguing for the importance of Marx’s “Value Theory of Labour.” The essay was a product of debates within the Conference of Socialist Economists (CSE). Full PDF of the essay also below. Note: As Soren Mau pointed out, more than two decades before Elson, Raya Dunayevskaya suggested that we should speak of the ‘value theory of labour’ rather than the ‘labour theory of value’. See 'The Logic and Scope of Capital, Volumes II and III' he...

Enjoy these amazing events in GBA from our editors choice.

The evolution of Hong Kong neighbourhood Wong Chuk Hang to ‘major art hub’ is complete now the city’s Arts Development Council has moved in. Its opening exhibition is of art inspired by the area’s history.

Marginalised for much of her life, Lucia Moholy's role in shaping the Bauhaus aesthetic is celebrated at the Bröhan-Museum.

(Screengrab from Facebook) MANILA - Former President Fidel V. Ramos (FVR) celebrated his 94th birthday on Friday by unveiling the online FVR Presidential Library, the first and only online presidential library so far in the country today. A preview of the online presidential library was shown on the internet wherein former Cabinet members, among them former Finance Secretary Roberto de Ocampo and former Defense Secretary Eduardo Ermita spoke of the legacy of Ramos as a reformer, builder, peacema...