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The Roots of Capitalism: Slavery and the Sugar Trade
The modern capitalist world was built not only in banks and factories but also through the plantations, ports, and ships that transformed sugar and enslaved human beings into sources of global profit. 18 August 2026 Download PDF The Roots of Capitalism is the first text in Studies on Historical Materialism, a new series from Tricontinental: Institute…
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After many decades of stasis, we see the growth of a ‘new mood’ in the Global South. Though only a hint of a new possibility, it holds tremendous democratic potential, with sovereignty at its centre. 17 April 2025 Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. In the last days of March,…
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George Tsakraklides Apr 09, 2025 Every economy which fails to manage its growth eventually destroys itself. Humanity has embraced continuous expansion, a concept no different than cancer. Pausing or stopping growth altogether is essential for all living organisms, and this is why every species on this planet comes with genes dedicated to managing growth. Degrowth…
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The things we do as permanent persuaders…. Vijay Prashad Apr 15, 2025 Over the past ten years, I have been involved with the building of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. The idea behind the institute is pretty simple. We believe that Marx’s 11th Thesis on Feuerbach is incorrectly understood. Marx wrote: Philosophers have hitherto only interpreted the world…
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Zoya Hasan 19/Apr/2025 The conclusion of the IAC agitation marked, in a sense, the end of the road for the UPA, even though the economy was in much better shape than it ever had been under the previous NDA government. The following is an excerpt from Deconstructing India’s Democracy: Essays in Honour of James Manor, edited…
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A Guest Post by Dr. Spva Sairam Dr. Spva Sairam Apr 13, 2025 Introduction by Anurag Minus Verma: When I was in New York, hanging out near Columbia University with some friends, someone suddenly asked—Where would Babasaheb have spent his leisure time here? Did he visit jazz clubs? What was his favourite place to eat? Did…
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