Karl Marx: the man, thinker, and revolutionary
5th May marks the 200th birthday of the most influential and important thinker of modern history: Karl Marx.
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1931-1935: How the Labour Party moved left
We republish here an important article from 1976, in which Rob Jones looks back and examines the lessons from the Labour Party’s history. With the prospect of a Corbyn government on the horizon, those lessons remain valid today.
Karl Marx: 1818 – 1883
135 years ago today, on 14th March 1883, Karl Marx passed away. This year also marks the 200th anniversary of Marx’s birth. We are commemorating Marx’s life and ideas with our upcoming “Marx in a Day” event.
Stephen Hawking, black holes, and the evolution of the universe
“All individual beings must perish, but the wonderful diversity of the material universe in all its myriad manifestations is eternal and indestructible. Life arises, passes away, and arises again and again. Thus it has been. Thus it will ever be.”
Labour and Clause 4 – 100 years on
Today, 27th February, marks the 100th anniversary of the adoption of a socialist constitution by the Labour Party. Steve Brown looks at Clause 4, its history, and the ongoing struggle to create a genuinely socialist Labour Party.
170 years of the Communist Manifesto
To mark the 170th anniversary of the Communist Manifesto, we republish here an article by Alan Woods from 20 years ago, which discusses the relevance of Marxism and the validity of the Manifesto in the modern world.
Leon Trotsky on the Communist Manifesto
To mark the 170th anniversary of the first publication of the Communist Manifesto, we republish here extended extracts from an article by Leon Trotsky, written for the 90th anniversary in 1938.
Lost Connections: exploring the material conditions behind depression
Martin Swayne reviews ‘Lost Connections’, an illuminating new book that examines the social factors and material causes behind the prevalence of mental health issues in modern day capitalist society.
The entitled aristocracy – abolish this feudal relic!
Steve Jones reviews “Entitled: a critical history of the British aristocracy”, a new book about the English upper class. The monarchy and lords are reactionary and undemocratic institutions. It is time they were swept into the dustbin of history.
The Tet Offensive: the turning point in the Vietnam War
On the 50th anniversary of the Tet Offensive, we republish here Alan Woods’ analysis of the Vietnam War, which highlights the significance of the Tet Offensive in bringing about the defeat of US imperialism.
The Bitcoin bubble and cryptocurrency craze
Adam Booth looks at the speculative mania developing around Bitcoin and other digital currencies, which is a reflection of the general crisis of capitalism.
For a new ‘New Unionism’
The labour movement in Britain today, Ben Gliniecki writes, can learn important lessons from the ‘New Unionism’ movement in the 1880s, which set out to organise the ‘unorganisable’ through militant action and radical demands.