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About William I. Robinson

William I. Robinson is Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Global Studies, and Latin American Studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara. He has written widely on global capitalism, world politics, social theory, and Latin America. Among his recent books are: The Global Police State (2020); Global Civil War: Capitalism Post-Pandemic (2022); and Epochal Crisis: The Exhaustion of Global Capitalism (2025). He lives in Los Angeles.
Latest Posts | By William I. Robinson
The New Capital Complex: Pax Silica and the Embryonic Fascist State
2 weeks ago

The New Capital Complex: Pax Silica and the Embryonic Fascist State

The U.S. attack on Iran is but the latest in a dizzying array of global upheavals – ranging from geopolitical conflict in Ukraine and the Middle East to the Myanmar …
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Global Capitalism’s Extermination Impulse
2 years ago

Global Capitalism’s Extermination Impulse

The unspeakable savagery of the unfolding genocide in Gaza and the absolute impunity of the Israeli genocidists and their Western sponsors have sent shock waves around the world and sparked …
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The Unbearable Manicheanism of the “Anti-Imperialist” Left
3 years ago

The Unbearable Manicheanism of the “Anti-Imperialist” Left

The German socialist August Bebel once commented that antisemitism is the “socialism of fools” because the antisemites recognized capitalist exploitation only if the exploiter happened to be Jewish but who …
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