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To mark PPE@10 this post continues a series of posts to celebrate ten years of Progress in Political Economy (PPE) as a blog that has addressed the worldliness of critical political economy issues since 2014. 

From the beginning of February to the end of July this year the Past & Present Reading Group undertook a reading of Grundrisse. Meaning ‘rough plan’ or ‘draft’, Grundrisse is a series of seven notebooks written by Karl Marx between 1857-8. Unpublished in Marx’s lifetime, a defining feature of the work is its unfinished quality. Sprawling in nature at over 900 pages, any attempt to provide a precis of such a work would be a fool’s errand. So, given the acknowledged roughness of the text and, given also that the work formed the materials written in preparation for the more polished outcome of Capital, what is the value of reading this work? Why not just proceed directly to the finished product? In this short blog post I will provide a number of reasons why I think Grundrisse makes for compelling reading and should be read as part of a broader understanding of Marx’s work.

Before Capital and before Capital

CNN’s poorly worded reporting results in right wing commentators yet again pushing the idea that a school shooter is trans.

Chaya Raichik, aka Libs of TikTok, is going on the offensive against… confectionary? Okay, cool!

A 2011 paper exploring the mental health of trans people is commonly misused by anti-trans individuals and organizations to make points the paper doesn’t support.

Cross-sex hormones! Do they make trans people unbeatable, elite athletes, or boneless jellyfish squishing around on the ground? Graham Linehan just can’t decide.

Once again, an extremely small number of people with no skin in the game make decisions negatively impacting countless people.

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has been enjoying some secretive meetings with anti-trans conservative lobbyists… and he’s not the only one!

A memo distributed internally at the Texas Department of Public safety now disallows Texans from using court orders or amended birth certificates to have the gender marker on their license changed. The DPS says the Attorney General’s office is to blame, and what’s more, Attorney General Ken Paxton seems dead set on creating a list of trans Texans again… again. Again.

A comic based on trans news stories from the month of August 2024.

by Piper Bly

As trans people increasingly become tools for various politicos, it’s important that we uplift the voices of the young trans people most affected by draconian anti-trans legislation.

Updates to official Mormon handbook work to ostracize trans people.

Kaltiala answers young people’s critiques: An update to our previous reporting on gender affirming care in Finland.

For the last few weeks, the verified queen of posting through it herself, JK Rowling, has been mysteriously silent on social media.

A Twitter account dedicated to sharing the unflattering stories of people who claim to have worked for PinkNews released alleged audio recordings of CEO Benjamin Cohen that are, to say the least, troubling!

Comments questioning a person’s gender can get out of hand real quick.

Chaya Raichik, or LibsofTikTok, is spotlighting the tragic loss of a trans man, Griffin Sivret, to demonize the entire community. She shouldn’t set the tone for this conversation. Let’s hear what Griffin had to say.

Earlier this year PolitiFact debunked a rumor about a California town supposedly providing trans residents with UBI. Today I’m asking you: Why shouldn’t they?

Subjected to weeks of public ridicule and internet harassment instigated by transphobic celebrities, Imane Khelif’s lawyer has announced that they’ve filed suit in France against “unknown parties.”

Writing for The Atlantic, James Kirchick seems to think the struggle for queer liberation is pretty much over in the US. The more you read, the clearer it becomes that James just doesn’t think the trans community is worth fighting for.

A trans woman is banned from the gym and investigated by the AG, all for being accosted in the locker room by some Karen.

New terms may seem daunting, but ‘gender modality’ may just fill a needed role.

There’s an opportunity here to normalize trans men and boys.