Karl Marx
Georgi Plekhanov and the roots of Soviet philosophy
What is socialism for the twenty-first century?
Engels as dickhead? Great novel, bad history
Mrs Engels
By Gavin McCrea
Melbourne: Scribe, 2015,
352 pages, A$29.99
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Review by Barry Healy
August 13, 2015 – Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- For those hankering to know what Friedrich Engels’ erect penis looked like, page 37 of this novel is for you. “In its vigours, it points up and a bit to the side”, says Lizzie Burns, the first-person narrator of the entire story.She goes on: “Its cover goes all the way over the bell and bunches at the end like a pastry twist. Before he does anything he spits on his hand and peels this back.” Engels is quite enamoured of his member, it seems.
Gavin McCrea’s Lizzie Burns is a brilliant narrative voice and his writing sparkles. Lizzie’s rich brogue and her incisive humour are wonderful.
Paul Le Blanc: Explorations in plain Marxism: revolutionary theory, practical action
"For many developing intellectually in the
Review: Noam Chomsky's weak spot on political power
Power Systems
By Noam Chomsky
Alienation in Karl Marx’s early writing
Young Marx.
By Daniel Lopez
Jonathan Sperber's new bio seeks to bury Karl Marx, not praise him
Karl Marx, A Nineteenth Century Life
By Jonathan Sperber,
Liveright Publishing, 2013
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