I’m happy to announce my latest article has been published by Real Progressives. You can read it here:
Militarism is Capital's Tool
In it, I describe how capitalism leads to an increase in military spending - the concept of military accumulation, which was first described by Rosa Luxemburg in The Accumulation of Capital. I spent a lot of time researching for this one as it ties together some pretty complicated Marxist concepts. I believe military accumulation is a very important topic today with the increased military spending on Ukraine and increasing police budgets. They always find money for war and repression, but not for healthcare and housing. If we understand why this is, we can see why we need systemic change, not mild reforms.