Marxism
A system of alienated labour means misery for workers
13 March 2018Alistair Farrow looks at how capitalism alienates workers from their labour, other workers and the world around us
Karl Marx showed why workers have the power to change the world
15 January 2018This year marks 200 years since Karl Marx’s birth. Sadie Robinson explains why workers are central in the first of an occasional series
Bitcoins—a very capitalist currency
19 December 2017A virtual currency called bitcoin has captured the public imagination—and the attention of get-rich-quick speculators.
Super rich grab over quarter of wealth created since 1980
14 December 2017A tiny group of the super rich have seized vast portions of new wealth created in the last 35 years, fuelling a big increase in inequality.
Inspiration and debate at Marxism in Scotland
31 October 2017Around 150 people came to Marxism in Scotland, hosted by the Socialist Workers Party (SWP), in Glasgow last Saturday.
Weak gags and tired cliches dog play on Marx’s early life
31 October 2017Lovers of toilet humour and references to the philosopher Hegel will adore Young Marx. Unfortunately for the rest of us, there is little that’s either edifying or funny about this odd choice of a maiden production for the new Bridge Theatre.
After Catalonia’s independence referendum - national struggles, Marxism and class
09 October 2017Some on the left see battles for independence as dividing workers, while others back them as fights for liberation. Dave Sewell looks at how to judge national struggles
Capital—a vampire at work
12 August 2017The first volume of Karl Marx’s Capital was published a century and a half ago. Joseph Choonara, author of a new reader’s guide to the work, explains its relevance today
Marxism Festival 2017 - debating how to fight for socialism
11 July 2017Around 2,500 people took part in Marxism Festival 2017 in central London from Thursday to Sunday last week.
Marxism Festival vows to fight injustice - and for a better world
09 July 2017Around 1,000 people crammed into the final rally of Marxism Festival in central London today, Sunday. There was a confident atmosphere and a mood to fight - alongside deep anger at the system.
Opening rally at Marxism Festival says, ‘We can change the world’
06 July 2017Hundreds of people joined an upbeat opening rally at the Marxism Festival in central London this evening, Thursday. The four-day political festival is hosted by the Socialist Workers Party (SWP).
Who really rules Britain?
30 May 2017We are told regularly that, unlike dictatorships, ‘the people’ govern Britain. But, says Dave Sewell, it’s the unelected rich and powerful that really have their hands on the wheel
John McDonnell is right - there’s a lot to be learnt from reading Karl Marx
09 May 2017Right wingers have raised the spectre of Communism to discredit Labour’s left wing leader Jeremy Corbyn.
Workers’ ideas—changing through struggle
02 May 2017There is a constant battle for which ideas win out in society, argues Sadie Robinson. And when workers begin to fight back they turn all the normal ideas they’re fed upside down
Why marching matters: the power of protest
31 January 2017After two weeks of mass resistance to new US president Donald Trump, Simon Basketter looks at the power of protests and where it can lead
John Berger was a firm Marxist who transformed art history
03 January 2017John Berger, who died on Monday at the age of 90, was the most important writer on art in the last 60 years or more.
Hungary 1956—rebirth of socialism from below
18 October 2016On its 60th anniversary, Tomáš Tengely-Evans looks at the Hungarian Revolution where workers and students battled for power—and shook a regime that claimed to represent them
A time of turmoil shaped Karl Marx’s ideas
30 August 2016A new book by Gareth Stedman-Jones, Karl Marx: Greatness and Illusion, stresses the impact of dynamic early capitalism on Karl Marx's theories. But workers’ struggles gave them their revolutionary edge that still cuts, argues Simon Basketter
What does socialism look like?
23 August 2016Reforming capitalism is not the same as socialism, argues Sadie Robinson. Another society is possible—but can only come about through a revolution by working class people
Why Frantz Fanon’s call to rise against racism still resonates today
14 August 2016Frantz Fanon was a giant of the fight against colonialism. Chris Newlove hails a revival of his ideas—and argues for taking them further, not letting academia tone them down
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