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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
Hamas is not a progressive organisation and yet some on the Left support it – why?
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 ›
Some American conservatives seem to be toying with the ‘soft’ fascism of Portuguese dictator Antonio Salazar
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 led to the attack on transgender rights by Second Wave feminists but how did this happen?
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?
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