It was such a privilege to read Corey Payne’s amazing dissertation. With its focus on labor, this work changed the way I understand contemporary U.S. war-making.

The Arrighi Center is co-sponsoring a conference on the life and work of sociologist Oliver Cromwell Cox, to be held at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, on April 26-27, 2024. See the call for papers here: krieger.jhu.edu/arrighi/2023/0…

We mourn the death of John Saul, a founding member of ROAPE, but we also celebrate the life & work of a socialist who was a dedicated fighter for African liberation - before & after the continent's formal independence. Read our full interview with him: roape.net/2015/11/23/lif…

View the program for "Caste, Class, and Race"--a conference on the work of Oliver Cromwell Cox, co-sponsored by the Arrighi Center, to be held April 25-27 at the University of the West Indies (St. Augustine) in Trinidad. krieger.jhu.edu/arrighi/2024/0…

The polycrisis is prefigured in Arrighi’s theory of hegemonic transition. Systemic cycles of accumulation culminate in chaos as conflict escalates & new & old rules compete. Our new open access paper links the accumulation process & chaos using a logistic map. 🧶 Giorgos Galanis @ggalanis.bsky.social

The Arrighi Center is co-organizing the next Intl. Association of Strikes & Social Conflicts conference, "Strikes and Social Conflicts in Hostile Environments," to be held September 5-6, 2025 at Johns Hopkins University in DC. Abstracts are due by March 1. Read the full call for papers: krieger.jhu.edu/arrighi/confer…

As the environments get steadily more hostile, a reminder: submit your abstract for the next IASSC conference in DC, hosted by the Arrighi Center, by March 1!

⬆️As a consumer of U.S. media, I don't recall reading a more succinct and well-substantiated piece explaining the Trump phenomenon than this article: 'Domination Without Hegemony and the Limits of U.S. World Power' by C. R.Payne Corey Payne & B.J. Silver emerald.com/insight/conten…

It's basically a battle between these two books

We're thrilled to invite you to our upcoming seminar on June 11th at 4pm, featuring Beverly Silver, who will present her work on the recent surge in global social protest and the unraveling foundations of US world hegemony. 👉 Register in advance here: kcl.ac.uk/events/a-risin…

Event in Italy on the contemporary relevance of Arrighi’s work. Will update this post when recording is posted online.