Hamas is not a progressive organisation and yet some on the Left support it – why?
Philosophy
The Funeral of Karl Marx at Highgate cemetery in 1883 – the report
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 ›
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 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?
Is Queer Theory a problem for LGBT people?
Identity politics led to the attack on transgender rights by Second Wave feminists but how did this happen?
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 for dummies – it’s not so difficult!
Dialectical materialism is an element of Marxist theory that scares many people but it’s really not that difficult to understand
Eric Hobsbawm – historian and Marxist pessimist
Eric Hobsbawm became more pessimistic about the possibility of the working class transforming society from 1978 onwards
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
Marxism Explained 