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 conflict between Israel and Gaza triggered by the Hamas massacre and mass hostage taking within Israel on October 7, 2023 has sparked off mass demonstrations but while this may seem to offer an opportunity to the Left – it’s… Read More ›
Some American conservatives seem to be toying with the ‘soft’ fascism of Portuguese dictator Antonio Salazar
Bashar Assad clung to power in Syria after the Arab Spring with help from Russia and from western useful idiots on social media
Trans Marxism has built on Social Reproduction Theory arguing it explains transgender oppression under capitalism
Queer Theory has exercised a huge influence on the discourse around sexuality but does it have anything in common with Marxism?
Identity politics has a problem with intersectionality and encourages accusations of erasure by different groups
Identity politics led to the attack on transgender rights by Second Wave feminists but how did this happen?
Marxism claims to offer a way forward to transgender people so what is different from Queer Theory and identity politics?
Putin has attacked Lenin for creating the Ukraine while idolising Stalin and greater Russian nationalism
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