Michael Hudson

1 month ago | countercurrents.org | Michael Hudson |Bruce Lerro |Gary M. Feinman |Phila Back

This text is adapted from Michael Hudson’s foreword to At the Origins of Politics by Giorgio Buccellati, and this excerpt was produced by Human Bridges. Archaeologist and scholar Giorgio Buccellati’s book At the Origins of Politics describes how Mesopotamia’s urban revolution in the late fourth millennium BC shaped a new mentality.

Oct 31, 2024 | defenddemocracy.press | Michael Hudson

The Greek resistance involved armed and unarmed groups from across the political spectrum that resisted the Axis occupation of Greece in the period 1941–1944, during World War II. The largest group was the Communist-dominated EAM–ELAS. The Greek Resistance is considered one of the strongest resistance movements in Nazi-occupied Europe, with partisans, men and women known as andartes and andartisses controlling much of the countryside prior to the German withdrawal from Greece in late 1944.

Sep 24, 2024 | resilience.org | Michael Hudson

Today’s state has turned over profit-seeking activity to the private sector. It runs its operations at a loss, and finances them by levying taxes on the private-sector surplus. Several institutions that had a public character for millennia are now almost fully privatized. In considering how privatization reflects societal priorities, how it affects us, and whether it is the best solution going forward, it’s worth looking back at how things were organized in earlier epochs.

Jul 8, 2024 | eurasiareview.com | Michael Hudson

The July 4 landslide defeat of the neoliberal pro-war British Conservatives by the neoliberal pro-war Labour Party poses the question of just what the media mean when they describe the elections and political alignments throughout Europe in terms of center-right and center-left traditional parties challenged by nationalist neo-fascists.

Jun 20, 2024 | resilience.org | Michael Hudson

This article was produced by Human Bridges. Roman land tenure was based increasingly on the appropriation of conquered territory, which was declared public land, the ager publicus populi. The normal practice was to settle war veterans on it, but the wealthiest and most aggressive families grabbed such land for themselves in violation of early law. The die was cast in 486 BC.