Philosophy

The philosophy of Marxism covering dialectics and historical materialism

How the Portuguese fascism of Salazar is influencing American conservatives

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?

Dialectical materialism is an element of Marxist theory that scares many people but it’s really not that difficult to understand

Eric Hobsbawm became more pessimistic about the possibility of the working class transforming society from 1978 onwards

The ideas of Karl Marx were a mix of German philosophy, English economics and French politics so very Euro in its ideological composition

Marxism Explained looks at what this strand of political thought is all about through the eyes of a former Marxist