Marxist theory
Reducing production: How should socialists relate to struggles against capitalist growth
By Don Fitz
March 19, 2013 -- Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- The question is not should we advocate reducing production within capitalist society but rather: How do we best relate to those struggles that are already occurring? Activists across the globe are challenging the uncontrollable dynamic of economic expansion which threatens the survival of humanity. It has never been more urgent to provide a vision of a new society that can pull these efforts together.
The demand for shorter working hours with no loss in pay has been a key transitional demand.
Marxism, feminism and women's liberation
Alexandra Kollontai, a leading member of the Bolshevik Party and one its
In defence of the transitional method
Sue Bolton speaking at a rally for refugee rights in
Self-guided tours of revolutionary history: Fourth Congress of the Communist International (1922)
Toward the United Front, Proceedings of the Fourth Congress of the Communist International, 192
Michael Lebowitz: What makes the working class a revolutionary subject?
Part of a mural by Cry
John Bellamy Foster and Brett Clark: The planetary emergency, capitalism's ultimate crisis
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By John Bellamy Foster and Brett Clark
Paul Le Blanc: International conference in China on Lenin’s thought
Paul Le Blanc presents the keynote address to the international conference on “Lenin’s thought in the 21st century: interpretation and its value”, held October 20-22, 2012.
[Read more by (and about) Paul Le Blanc HERE and more on Lenin HERE.]
By Paul Le Blanc
Audio of the talk, "Marxism and Women's Liberation", presented by US International Socialist Organization leader Sharon Smith at Socialism 2012, on June 28, 2012.
See "Left debate: Organising women against sexist violence". For more discussion of feminism, click HERE.
By Rosa Louverture