Marxism
Marxism 2016 - we can exploit the bosses’ crisis
05 July 2016Around 2,700 people gathered at the Marxism 2016 festival last weekend. Hundreds heard former Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg address the opening rally on Thursday of last week.
After the EU vote - where do ideas come from and how do they change?
05 July 2016Marxism can help explain why some workers have racist ideas and how that can change, writes Alistair Farrow
Inspiring calls to struggle open Marxism 2016 festival in London
30 June 2016The Marxism 2016 festival got underway in central London today, Thursday, bringing together socialists from across Britain and the rest of the world.
Genius of the modern world - Marx’s ideas shine through the sneers
14 June 2016Marx, Genius of the modern world BBC Four, Thursday 16 June, 9pm
World in turmoil and workers' struggles fuel interest in socialism
31 May 2016Hundreds have been debating the way forward for the left at a series of rallies organised by the Socialist Workers Party (SWP). Alistair Farrow listened to the debate in Birmingham
Are robots taking all our jobs?
17 May 2016As robots begin to do more of the jobs traditionally done by people, Tomáš Tengely-Evans asks if the relationship between worker and machine has fundamentally changed
From no place to our place—five hundred years of Utopia
10 May 2016On the 500th anniversary of Thomas More’s Utopia, Hassan Mahamdallie looks through history at how people’s dreams of a better society were born
James Connolly fought for a workers’ republic
15 March 2016As Sean Mitchell’s new Rebel’s Guide to James Connolly puts it, “Connolly was an activist, a lifelong Marxist and a revolutionary socialist committed to the destruction of capitalism, both in Ireland and the world over.”
Marxism shows how we can uproot racism
15 March 2016Fighting racism today involves understanding racism as one of the ways in which capitalism divides people.
Reports round-up
08 March 2016Socialists, activists and asylum seekers in Huddersfield staged a protest vigil against the Tories’ Immigration Bill on Thursday of last week.
Are we heading for another world economic slump?
15 January 2016Across the world stock markets and commodity prices are tumbling. Those in the ruling class who gloated about “recovery” last year now warn that the global economy could crash again. Some blame it on oil prices, others on China’s slump – Socialist Worker sorts the fact from the fantasy
Religion—is it just ‘the opium of the masses’?
05 January 2016For some, religion lies behind conflict and oppression. For others it’s a comfort. Sadie Robinson looks at the complex reality
Marxism in Scotland debates austerity, racism and left alternatives
03 November 2015More than 200 people attended the Marxism in Scotland conference in Glasgow on Saturday of last week.
‘Marxism insists we can have a society without women's oppression’
01 September 2015Socialist Worker editor Judith Orr spoke about her new book Marxism and Women’s Liberation
We need to get rid of their bankrupt system
25 August 2015The panic that spread through financial markets at the start of this week exposed the volatility of the system (see page 3). For all the talk of “recovery” capitalism is fragile.
Marxism 2015 reflects new mood for resistance
14 July 2015Over 2,700 people gathered in central London for the Marxism 2015 festival last weekend. They included striking workers, students, campaigners and socialists from across the globe.
Delving deep into our genes—the revolution in molecular biology
12 May 2015There is a revolution taking place in molecular biology. Scientist John Parrington spoke to Dave Sewell about his new book that explores the issues for a mass audience
Imperial boundaries are being redefined in South East Asia
12 May 2015China’s ability to exert its influence in neighbouring countries shows the limitations of US imperialism, writes Tomáš Tengely-Evans
Freedom, religion and Marx
13 January 2015In the aftermath of the horrific Paris killings, Ken Olende looks at the Marxist attitude to satire, free expression and the role of religion
Out for freedom - socialists and the fight for LGBT liberation
06 January 2015Laura Miles argues that we won’t win LGBT liberation until we get rid of capitalism—and to do that we have to look towards workers’ solidarity and struggle
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