Charles Derber, Professor of Sociology at
Charles Derber presents a discussion on his new book, Marx’s Ghost, which shows how right Marx was and where he made mistakes, based on a conversation between Derber and the ghost in London’s Highgate Cemetery (where Marx is buried). Derber will discuss the Marxist perspective on the deep economic crisis and current politics, as well as the rise of a vast surplus population breeding conditions of left or right wing revolution. Real-world alternatives to capitalism that can deal with the economic crisis, the climate crisis and the war system will be fleshed out.