Category: Marxist Theory Published Date Written by Fred Weston
Fred Weston, Editor of the 'In Defence of Marxism' website, talks about Karl Marx and the attempt of building the first international Workers' Party. This talk about the early days of the ideas of scientific Socialism highlights invaluable lessons for revolutionaries today.
Last Updated on Sunday, 19 May 2013 22:06
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Category: Marxist Theory Published Date Written by Alan Woods
“The question whether objective truth can be attributed to human thinking is not a question of theory but is a practical question. Man must prove the truth — i.e. the reality and power, the this-sidedness of his thinking in practice. The dispute over the reality or non-reality of thinking that is isolated from practice is a purely scholastic question”. (Marx, Second Thesis on Feuerbach.)
Last Updated on Saturday, 18 May 2013 20:56
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Read more: Marx’s revolution in philosophy - Reflections on the Theses on Feuerbach
Category: Marxist Theory Published Date Written by Marie Frederiksen
What is moral and what is amoral in the struggle for the transformation of society? 75 years ago Leon Trotsky wrote his masterpiece Their Morals and Ours, in which he explained that morality is one of the key ideological components in the class struggle.
Category: Marxist Theory Published Date Written by Esquerda Marxista editorial board (Brazil)
Last Updated on Wednesday, 15 May 2013 22:34
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Category: Marxist Theory Published Date Written by Fred Weston
How many times have we heard university professors, economists, politicians and journalists declaring that Marx was wrong and that although he had some insights in to the workings of capitalism he failed to see the dynamism of the capitalist system and its ability to recover from crises and move ever forward? However, in the past few years, as the system has been sinking into its most serious crisis in history, every now and then we hear commentators pointing out that Marx was right. The latest is an article published by Time magazine yesterday, called Marx’s Revenge: How Class Struggle Is Shaping the World.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 26 March 2013 23:48
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