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 ›
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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 ›
American conservatives contemplating ‘soft’ fascism
Some American conservatives seem to be toying with the ‘soft’ fascism of Portuguese dictator Antonio Salazar
Bashar Assad and his useful idiots
Bashar Assad clung to power in Syria after the Arab Spring with help from Russia and from western useful idiots on social media
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?
Stalinism – how the USSR became a bureaucratic nightmare
How and why the 1917 Russian revolution degenerated into the totalitarian and bureaucratic nightmare of Stalinism
Marxism and Islamism – do they mix?
Are Islamism and Marxism reconcilable or are they aiming for very different and contradictory outcomes? Tony McMahon investigates
The Falkands War – and the Marxist response
The Falklands War presented a dilemma for the political Left in the UK in 1982 including those on the Marxist left
The Portuguese Revolution of 1974
The 1974 Portuguese Revolution saw 80% of the economy nationalised but the role of the Community Party ensured the reversal of that policy
Marxism Explained 