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The inability of United States policy-makers to criticize Israel is unsurprising, since undemocratic authority is the bread and butter of American governance. At the most explicit level, millions of legally disenfranchised people who live and work in the United States, immigrants and prisoners, are excluded from having a say in a government that imposes its authority on them.

Søren Mau’s Mute Compulsion offers a unique and relatable entry into the social and economic dimensions of modern Marxist thought.

“Grab Philippines, Respect Our Rights! Recognise Our Union and Negotiate With Us!” rang out in Angeles City during the public launch of the National Union

Under capitalism, political violence is not constantly required for the extraction of surplus-value and the maintenance of capitalist social relations. The separation of direct producers from the means of production in capitalist social formations means that surplus-value can be appropriated by economic mechanisms without the repeated deployment or threat of deployment of politico-military force in