Marx & Multipolarity - with Radhika Desai

With a rising Global South, & a world in turmoil, can Marx help us understanding today's geopolitics? Join Radhika Desai for debate & discussion as the monthly 'Marx Matters' event series continues. A prominent geopolitical economist internationally, she is the author of Capitalism, Coronavirus and War: A Geopolitical Economy; Geopolitical Economy: After US Hegemony, Globalization and Empire & editor of Revitalizing Marxist Theory for Today’s Capitalism. Specifically, Radhika proposed geopolitical economy as a Marxist analysis of the international relations of the capitalist world that is historical, integrates the ‘political’ & the ‘economic’, class & nation, in a single framework that is capable of anticipating & explaining the rise of the multipolar world. Marx Matters is a series of in-person and online talks from prominent writers on Marxism exploring the relevance of Marx's work today. You can buy a ticket to help fund the whole series here: https://bit.ly/MarxMattersTickets Organised by volunteers from Arise, a festival of left ideas', it is designed to give socialists taking up struggle today a deeper understanding of the tools Marx and Engels gave activists to understand the political, economic and social world around them, and how to advance the cause of humanity.