Debate: how to face the ecological emergency?
Debate: how to face the ecological emergency?
Michael Löwy and Luiz Marques: debate: how to face the ecological emergency?
Nature as a political actor
Nature as a political actor
By RICARDO ABRAMOVAY: Elephants use unique names, and moths listen to plant stress. These phenomena reinforce the idea that nature should be recognized as a political actor
A question of focus
A question of focus
By JOSÉ RICARDO FIGUEIREDO: Left-wing criticism of the Lula government mixes valid issues (austerity, trade agreements) with mistaken generalizations. Prioritizing the fight against rentierism and fascism – not ideological purism – is essential to moving forward
Semiotics as a productive force
Semiotics as a productive force
By GABRIEL FREITAS: To strengthen its critique of capitalism, Marxism must incorporate a materialist theory of language: signs are not epiphenomena, but technologies that construct power
The specter of bureaucracy
The specter of bureaucracy
By LUIZ MARQUES: From the 'power of the desk' to the parasitic state, bureaucracy acts as a battlefield between social control, class domination and the anti-capitalist struggle
Civic-military schools in São Paulo
Civic-military schools in São Paulo
By RICARDO NORMANHA: In light of Décio Saes' criticisms, we can see how Tarcísio's project reveals the old middle class strategy of privatizing the public and segregating the poor
How much does Artificial Intelligence water cost?
How much does Artificial Intelligence water cost?
By BARBARA COELHO NEVES: AI's Unquenchable Thirst: How Generative AI Is Draining Water Resources at an Alarming Rate — and Why This Invisible Cost Needs to Enter the Climate Debate
Forever is always a close call
Forever is always a close call
By JAIME TROIANO: Bets, ultra-processed foods and Pentecostal churches: the precarious 'safety nets' that sustain Brazil's social trapeze artists amid the abyss of inequality
Resetting national priorities
Resetting national priorities
By JOÃO CARLOS SALLES: Andifes warns about the dismantling of federal universities, but its formal language and political timidity end up mitigating the severity of the crisis, while the government fails to prioritize higher education
Replacing class struggle with cultural war
Replacing class struggle with cultural war
By FERNANDO NOGUEIRA DA COSTA: With the economy under technocratic control, the far right mobilizes identity resentment and religious moralism to dominate public debate
Clóvis Moura and the Palestinian question
Clóvis Moura and the Palestinian question
By GABRIEL DOS SANTOS ROCHA: Clóvis Moura, more than a theorist of the racial issue in Brazil, was an engaged intellectual, who denounced Zionist colonialism, showing that his anti-racism was as universal as his criticism of capitalism
Challenges in the fight to end the 6x1 scale
Challenges in the fight to end the 6x1 scale
By BRUNO MACHADO: Protests against the 6x1 scale expose the left's challenges in how to mobilize workers in a scenario of individualism and informality, reinforcing the need for a collective fight for rights
Gender issues
Gender issues
By MARCO BUTI: The greatest anthropophagy is capitalist, quantified, pragmatic, efficient, without caring about consequences, without ritual or poetry.
All the dust on the sidewalk
All the dust on the sidewalk
By DANIEL BRAZIL: Commentary on the recently released book by Ricardo Ramos Filho
Pablo Mariconda
Pablo Mariconda
By LETICIA MARICONDA: Pablo Mariconda (1949-2025): philosopher of science who challenged commodified technoscience and built bridges between critical knowledge, ethics and the democratization of knowledge
Peripheral place, modern ideas: potatoes for São Paulo intellectuals
Peripheral place, modern ideas: potatoes for São Paulo intellectuals
By WESLEY SOUSA & GUSTAVO TEIXEIRA: Commentary on the book by Fábio Mascaro Querido
Pablo Rubén Mariconda (1949-2025)
Pablo Rubén Mariconda (1949-2025)
By ELIAKIM FERREIRA OLIVEIRA & & OTTO CRESPO-SANCHEZ DA ROSA: Tribute to the recently deceased USP professor of philosophy of science
ceiling
ceiling
By WALNICE NOGUEIRA GALVÃO: Entry from the “Dictionary of Marxism in the Americas”.
Ghassan Kanafani
Ghassan Kanafani
By MARCELA ANDRESA SEMEGHINI PEREIRA & LEANDRO GALASTRI: Why didn't they hit the hull? Kanafani's criticism of passivity in the face of the Palestinian genocide
A theory of the regulation of capitalism
A theory of the regulation of capitalism
By MICHEL AGLIETTA: Classic text by the recently deceased French economist
The decade of the lost revolution
The decade of the lost revolution
By VICENT BEVINS: Author's preface to the recently released Brazilian edition
City prose
City prose
by EDUARDO SINKEVISQUE: Comment on Nuno Rau's recently released book
The Anthropocene and economic thought
The Anthropocene and economic thought
By RICARDO ABRAMOVAY: Considerations on the recently released book by José Eli da Veiga
Mnemo and more
Mnemo and more
By ANTONIO SIMPLICIO DE ALMEIDA NETO: Four poems
Debate: how to face the ecological emergency?
Debate: how to face the ecological emergency?
Michael Löwy and Luiz Marques: debate: how to face the ecological emergency?
Nature as a political actor
Nature as a political actor
By RICARDO ABRAMOVAY: Elephants use unique names, and moths listen to plant stress. These phenomena reinforce the idea that nature should be recognized as a political actor
A question of focus
A question of focus
By JOSÉ RICARDO FIGUEIREDO: Left-wing criticism of the Lula government mixes valid issues (austerity, trade agreements) with mistaken generalizations. Prioritizing the fight against rentierism and fascism – not ideological purism – is essential to moving forward
Semiotics as a productive force
Semiotics as a productive force
By GABRIEL FREITAS: To strengthen its critique of capitalism, Marxism must incorporate a materialist theory of language: signs are not epiphenomena, but technologies that construct power
The specter of bureaucracy
The specter of bureaucracy
By LUIZ MARQUES: From the 'power of the desk' to the parasitic state, bureaucracy acts as a battlefield between social control, class domination and the anti-capitalist struggle
Civic-military schools in São Paulo
Civic-military schools in São Paulo
By RICARDO NORMANHA: In light of Décio Saes' criticisms, we can see how Tarcísio's project reveals the old middle class strategy of privatizing the public and segregating the poor
How much does Artificial Intelligence water cost?
How much does Artificial Intelligence water cost?
By BARBARA COELHO NEVES: AI's Unquenchable Thirst: How Generative AI Is Draining Water Resources at an Alarming Rate — and Why This Invisible Cost Needs to Enter the Climate Debate
Forever is always a close call
Forever is always a close call
By JAIME TROIANO: Bets, ultra-processed foods and Pentecostal churches: the precarious 'safety nets' that sustain Brazil's social trapeze artists amid the abyss of inequality
Resetting national priorities
Resetting national priorities
By JOÃO CARLOS SALLES: Andifes warns about the dismantling of federal universities, but its formal language and political timidity end up mitigating the severity of the crisis, while the government fails to prioritize higher education
Replacing class struggle with cultural war
Replacing class struggle with cultural war
By FERNANDO NOGUEIRA DA COSTA: With the economy under technocratic control, the far right mobilizes identity resentment and religious moralism to dominate public debate
Clóvis Moura and the Palestinian question
Clóvis Moura and the Palestinian question
By GABRIEL DOS SANTOS ROCHA: Clóvis Moura, more than a theorist of the racial issue in Brazil, was an engaged intellectual, who denounced Zionist colonialism, showing that his anti-racism was as universal as his criticism of capitalism
Challenges in the fight to end the 6x1 scale
Challenges in the fight to end the 6x1 scale
By BRUNO MACHADO: Protests against the 6x1 scale expose the left's challenges in how to mobilize workers in a scenario of individualism and informality, reinforcing the need for a collective fight for rights
Gender issues
Gender issues
By MARCO BUTI: The greatest anthropophagy is capitalist, quantified, pragmatic, efficient, without caring about consequences, without ritual or poetry.
All the dust on the sidewalk
All the dust on the sidewalk
By DANIEL BRAZIL: Commentary on the recently released book by Ricardo Ramos Filho
Pablo Mariconda
Pablo Mariconda
By LETICIA MARICONDA: Pablo Mariconda (1949-2025): philosopher of science who challenged commodified technoscience and built bridges between critical knowledge, ethics and the democratization of knowledge
Peripheral place, modern ideas: potatoes for São Paulo intellectuals
Peripheral place, modern ideas: potatoes for São Paulo intellectuals
By WESLEY SOUSA & GUSTAVO TEIXEIRA: Commentary on the book by Fábio Mascaro Querido
Pablo Rubén Mariconda (1949-2025)
Pablo Rubén Mariconda (1949-2025)
By ELIAKIM FERREIRA OLIVEIRA & & OTTO CRESPO-SANCHEZ DA ROSA: Tribute to the recently deceased USP professor of philosophy of science
ceiling
ceiling
By WALNICE NOGUEIRA GALVÃO: Entry from the “Dictionary of Marxism in the Americas”.
Ghassan Kanafani
Ghassan Kanafani
By MARCELA ANDRESA SEMEGHINI PEREIRA & LEANDRO GALASTRI: Why didn't they hit the hull? Kanafani's criticism of passivity in the face of the Palestinian genocide
A theory of the regulation of capitalism
A theory of the regulation of capitalism
By MICHEL AGLIETTA: Classic text by the recently deceased French economist
The decade of the lost revolution
The decade of the lost revolution
By VICENT BEVINS: Author's preface to the recently released Brazilian edition
City prose
City prose
by EDUARDO SINKEVISQUE: Comment on Nuno Rau's recently released book
The Anthropocene and economic thought
The Anthropocene and economic thought
By RICARDO ABRAMOVAY: Considerations on the recently released book by José Eli da Veiga
Mnemo and more
Mnemo and more
By ANTONIO SIMPLICIO DE ALMEIDA NETO: Four poems

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By CELSO FREDERICO: A question that arose in the Chinese revolution, in the anti-colonialist movement in Africa and in the revolutionary struggles in Latin America: is it possible to “skip” stages?
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Negotiations in Istanbul
By GILBERTO LOPES: Between refused truces and failed negotiations, the war in Ukraine exposes Western hypocrisy and the failure of the international order, while Gaza burns under the same complicit silence
The weakness of the US and the dismantling of the European Union
The weakness of the US and the dismantling of the European Union
By JOSÉ LUÍS FIORI: Trump did not create global chaos, he merely accelerated the collapse of an international order that had already been crumbling since the 1990s, with illegal wars, the moral bankruptcy of the West and the rise of a multipolar world.
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Fragments XXXVIII
By AIRTON PASCHOA: Five short pieces
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The lady, the scam and the little swindler
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The farce of the abolition of slavery
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Occupied Palestine – oppression and torture
Occupied Palestine – oppression and torture
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Jair Bolsonaro's government and the issue of fascism
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Literature and revolution
Literature and revolution
By CELSO FREDERICO: A question that arose in the Chinese revolution, in the anti-colonialist movement in Africa and in the revolutionary struggles in Latin America: is it possible to “skip” stages?
Negotiations in Istanbul
Negotiations in Istanbul
By GILBERTO LOPES: Between refused truces and failed negotiations, the war in Ukraine exposes Western hypocrisy and the failure of the international order, while Gaza burns under the same complicit silence
The weakness of the US and the dismantling of the European Union
The weakness of the US and the dismantling of the European Union
By JOSÉ LUÍS FIORI: Trump did not create global chaos, he merely accelerated the collapse of an international order that had already been crumbling since the 1990s, with illegal wars, the moral bankruptcy of the West and the rise of a multipolar world.
Oil production in Brazil
Oil production in Brazil
By JEAN MARC VON DER WEID: The double challenge of oil: while the world faces supply shortages and pressure for clean energy, Brazil invests heavily in pre-salt
patrick modiano
patrick modiano
By AFRANIO CATANI: Commentary on Patrick Modiano's speech on the occasion of receiving the Nobel Prize for Literature
Fragments XXXVIII
Fragments XXXVIII
By AIRTON PASCHOA: Five short pieces
The lady, the scam and the little swindler
The lady, the scam and the little swindler
By SANDRA BITENCOURT: From digital hate to teen pastors: how the controversies of Janja, Virgínia Fonseca and Miguel Oliveira reveal the crisis of authority in the age of algorithms
The lessons of Yemen
The lessons of Yemen
By ANDREW KORYBKO: The three Gulf states Donald Trump is visiting this week have played a significant role in organizing negotiations or facilitating exchanges between Russia and Ukraine
The farce of the abolition of slavery
The farce of the abolition of slavery
By HELENA PONTES DOS SANTOS: From May 12th to 13th: the farce of abolition that never ended – how structural racism keeps black men and women without labor rights in Brazil
Occupied Palestine – oppression and torture
Occupied Palestine – oppression and torture
By JOÃO QUARTIM DE MORAES: Documentary “Without Ground” Exposes Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing of the West Bank — and the World That Chooses Not to See
The most precious of cargo
The most precious of cargo
By ANNATERESS FABRIS: Considerations on Michel Hazanavicius' film
Jair Bolsonaro's government and the issue of fascism
Jair Bolsonaro's government and the issue of fascism
By LUIZ BERNARDO PERICAS: Bolsonarism is not an ideology, but a pact between militiamen, neo-Pentecostals and a rentier elite — a reactionary dystopia shaped by Brazilian backwardness, not by the model of Mussolini or Hitler

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