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September 4, 2026
The Gig Economy: A Marxist Analysis of Wages and Work
This essay examines the gig economy through Marx’s analysis of wages, competition, and machinery. It focuses on app-based delivery and ride work, with DoorDash and Uber as the examples under discussion.
September 3, 2026
Artificial Intelligence and Work: A Marxist Analysis
This essay examines artificial intelligence through Marx and Engels’ accounts of machinery, ownership, and wage labor. Its focus is the relationship between technical capacity and the organization of work.
September 2, 2026
Scientific Socialism and the American Left
Scientific socialism provides the framework for this essay’s discussion of the American left and online political commentary. Its central question is how political language connects to an analysis of class, ownership, and organization.
Housing, Health & Infrastructure
The material systems that organize everyday life and social reproduction.