But, as Adam explains, UBI is not a solution to the problems facing society in relation to technology and its impact on jobs and wages – the “race against the machine”. Instead, Marxists should be demanding democratic control and planning of the key levers of the economy.
Marx and Engels didn’t develop their ideas in a vacuum. They built on centuries of philosophical development, including the revolutionary ideas of the English materialists. Georgina Ryan explores how thinkers like Francis Bacon, Thomas HobbesGeorgina Ryan explores how thinkers like Francis Bacon, Thomas Hobbes and John Locke challenged religious explanations of the world and helped lay the foundations for modern science and, ultimately, Marxism.
Fuelled by geopolitical shocks and the breakdown of globalisation, the world capitalist system is wracked with instability and uncertainty, which is itself contributing towards the economic crisis. What does this mean for the class struggle?
How did philosophy begin? And why are arguments from over 2,000 years ago still central to Marxism today? In this episode of Marxist Voice, Khaled Malachi traces the origins of materialism and idealism in Ancient Greece.