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 ›
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Karl Marx – how his death was reported
On March 14, 1883, Karl Marx died in London. So how did mainstream, capitalist newspapers report the death of the father of communism? Well, very differently is the answer. Trying to make sense of his legacy, they dragged in his… Read More ›
Trans Marxism and Social Reproduction Theory
Trans Marxism has built on Social Reproduction Theory arguing it explains transgender oppression under capitalism
Queer Theory and Marxism
Queer Theory has exercised a huge influence on the discourse around sexuality but does it have anything in common with Marxism?
Karl Marx meets Transgender Rights
Marxism claims to offer a way forward to transgender people so what is different from Queer Theory and identity politics?
How does Marxism explain human evolution?
Marxism has its own account for how humans evolved so how does it match up to Darwin’s theory of evolution and are they compatible?
Dialectical materialism – getting to grips with it!
Dialectical materialism is an element of Marxist theory that scares many people but it’s really not that difficult to understand
Trotsky and the horror of the Holocaust
Leon Trotsky could not have anticipated the horror of the Holocaust as he corresponded with Jewish socialists before WWII
Karl Marx – the Euro philosopher!
The ideas of Karl Marx were a mix of German philosophy, English economics and French politics so very Euro in its ideological composition