Marxism Explained

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• Life and Death of Nicolae Ceaușescu – Romanian dictator

  By Tony McMahon on March 5, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  When communism collapsed, most of the former communist leaders from East Germany to Bulgaria slid into disgraced retirement or short spells in prison. Some went into the private sector, using their detailed knowledge to get rich. But one leader faced… Read More ›

• The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 – what happened?

  By Tony McMahon on March 3, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  At the height of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and United States, in the 1950s, a communist state tried to throw off the Soviet yoke. Workers and students in Hungary began a revolution, hoping that the Kremlin would… Read More ›

• The weird socialism of Albania under Hoxha

  By Tony McMahon on March 2, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  As a teenager in the late 1970s, who was very into politics, I met somebody who had been to Albania, then a communist country. What a strange place! Young people were forbidden to wear jeans and grow their hair long…. Read More ›

• How the rich get richer – according to Karl Marx

  By Tony McMahon on January 31, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  The rich are getting ridiculously richer. But Karl Marx would have told you to expect that. It’s embedded in the very nature of capitalism. Billionaire wealth has increased by 81% since 2020 and risen by over 16% in 2025 alone,… Read More ›

• The Marxist theory of alienation explained

  By Tony McMahon on January 30, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  Do you ever feel detached from your job? Does it feel completely meaningless? Is there a sense that work is something imposed on you – that drains your very life force. Well, you’re not the first person to think that…. Read More ›

• Postmodernism – a disaster for Marxism

  By Tony McMahon on January 11, 2025 • ( 1 )

  

  Postmodernism has been hailed as radical and progressive since it emerged from the year of revolts and strikes that was 1968. Yet the postmodernist thinkers of that era were not enthusiastic revolutionaries. Quite the contrary. A mix of ex-Marxists and… Read More ›

• Can Marxism and religion be reconciled?

  By Tony McMahon on December 28, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  There is a lot of confusion and nonsense about the relationship between Marxism and religion. In recent years, some have tried to suggest that Karl Marx saw a positive role for religion in a revolutionary movement. He did not. But… Read More ›

• Should we call Donald Trump a fascist – or not?

  By Tony McMahon on November 17, 2024 • ( 0 )

  

  During the 2024 American president election, Democrats and others on the left decried the Republican candidate, Donald Trump, as a fascist. However, some socialist theorists and commentators have criticised the loose use of this word – warning that when the… Read More ›

• The British Lumpenproletariat in revolt

  By Tony McMahon on August 3, 2024 • ( 1 )

  

  Increasingly in the United States, United Kingdom, and Europe, we have seen violent protests by predominantly white men from lower income backgrounds adopting racist and xenophobic views and manipulated by social media bots, often originating in the United States and… Read More ›

• Does the Left understand Hamas?

  By Tony McMahon on November 1, 2023 • ( 1 )

  

  Hamas is not a progressive organisation and yet some on the Left support it – why?

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