Marxist theory

Feuerback and Marx

1843-1844: Marx’s Feuerbachian phase

Jason Devine — If Marx did not break with idealism thanks to Feuerbach, then the following questions arise: did Feuerbach actually influence Marx, and, if so, how?
Spectre lord of the rings

Tolkien’s deplorable cultus: Right-wing hobbit enthusiasts and the urgency of Marxist criticism in fantasy

Robert T Tally Jr — While some Marxists may look upon this scene with bemusement, fantasy as a mode and a genre is far too important to allow the right-wingers to take for themselves, and that includes the works of Tolkien.
From Karl Marx to Eco-Marxism

From Karl Marx to Eco-Marxism

Michael Löwy — Reflection on Marx’s contribution to an ecological perspective has made considerable progress in recent decades.
Lenin

Lenin’s contributions to political economy

Raju J Das — Vladimir Lenin made many valuable contributions to Marxist political economy.

The politics of disability under capitalism

Graham Matthews — When considering the politics of disability under capitalism, it is important to understand how we, as people with disability, interact with society (as producers and consumers) and are valued (or not).
Lenin mural

Paul Le Blanc: What would Lenin do today?

Paul Le Blanc asks: is it possible for us to make use of Lenin’s ideas 100 years after his death, and if so — how?
US soldiers in Iraq

Anti-Imperialism then & now: On the principles of anti-imperialism in view of changes in world capitalism

Michael Pröbsting — The struggle against imperialist aggression and wars has always been an elementary feature of the revolutionary program in modern times.
War on the commons

Ian Angus’s ‘The War Against the Commons’: A vital new history of the bloody rise of capitalism

Steve Leigh — Ian Angus's excellent new book covers the violent transition from feudalism to capitalism, demonstrating its relevance to the modern world.
Biden Xi

We live in a world of growing imperialist rivalries

Ilya Matveev — Vast shifts in the world economy are driving a new imperialist rivalry, for which a series of regional wars are creating dangerous flash points.

Ukraine’s fight for freedom: A socialist case for solidarity and self‑determination

Paul Le Blanc offers a socialist perspective on the Russia-Ukraine war, arguing for solidarity with Ukraine's fight for self-determination while opposing the imperialist agendas of both Russia and Western powers.
red and green

Fourth International: Draft manifesto of revolutionary Marxism in the age of capitalist ecological and social destruction

Fourth International — An ecosocialist society is needed, and can be achieved only through a revolution. This manifesto tries to assess the best ways and means towards this aim.
Jeyakumar Devaraj

The Socialist Party of Malaysia’s counter-hegemonic narrative

Jeyakumar Devaraj — The PSM have come to see that Gramsci’s analysis of society speaks to our predicament.