Ted Reese

Latest articles by Ted Reese

Madmen versus Marx

Private property and war go hand-in-hand. Capitalism in turn has made wars ever bigger and ever more dangerous. How do we rescue human civilisation? Ted Reese outlines some of his answers

Capital’s structural rot

As stock markets reach new highs in a speculative orgy, perhaps the signs are that a massive crash, outdoing 1929, is already underway. The stats for the jobs market, private and government borrowing and housing certainly show that America, the world’s largest economy, is entering recessionary territory. World socialism becomes ever more necessary, writes Ted Reese

Abundant material wealth for all

What sort of manifesto do communists need? One that maximises appeal, inspires with ambition and yet goes with the arc of history, says Ted Reese. We can, he believes, turn ‘Get rich or die trying’ into a communist slogan