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Marxist Theory

“Without revolutionary theory there can be no revolutionary movement”. Learn more about Marxist theory here.

Engels at 200: A giant of Marxism

Rob Sewell commemorates Engels’ 200th birthday, by looking at the vital contribution that he made to developing the ideas of Marxism, for which we owe him an enormous debt of gratitude.

By Marxist Student, 3 months ago

Marx’s revolution in philosophy

Dialectical materialism is our “sharpest weapon”, as Engels explained, against the misery of class society.” Read our latest #TheoryThursdays article on Marx’s revolution in philosophy here!

By Marxist Student, 4 months ago

Mental health: pharmaceuticals, therapy and society

We previously published a review of The Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – And the Unexpected Solutions, a book by Swiss-British writer and journalist Johann Hari, in which he attempts to re-examine the way that society views depression. However, while Hari raises some valid criticisms, his critique ends up being Read more…

By Marxist Student, 4 months4 months ago

Why we need revolutionary theory

  2020 will go down in the history books as a turning point. The Tories have played dice with our lives and livelihoods. Boris Johnson has presided over nothing short of catastrophe as a result of confusion, callousness and incompetence.  We are all living in a tinderbox. The fault does Read more…

By Marxist Student, 5 months4 months ago

How British capitalism grew rich through slavery

  The toppling of the statue of slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol on 11 June has brought to attention Britain’s involvement in the Atlantic slave trade. Although officially abolished in Britain in 1807, this horrific trade in human beings was central to the rise of capitalism and the rise Read more…

By Marxist Student, 5 months4 months ago

Slavery and the Beginnings of Black Struggle

  Black Africans first arrived in the lands that would later become the original Thirteen States around 1619, as indentured servants, although the Spanish had brought Black slaves with them to what would later become New Mexico and Arizona as early as 1539. At that time, they were in a Read more…

By Marxist Student, 5 months4 months ago

Fast Fashion: A Marxist analysis

  The events of 2020 have begun to expose processes previously hidden to most of us. Many are now questioning the status quo. We are being forced to consider how the things we buy are produced: the unsafe working conditions and the environmental destruction which underpin the production of cheap Read more…

By Marxist Student, 7 months4 months ago

Britain isn’t exempt from racist policing

  It’s easy to look at the international protests sparked by the extrajudicial police killing of George Floyd and think that the issue of racist police brutality is something particularly egregious in the USA, while believing that in the UK there may be instances of racism in the police but Read more…

By Marxist Student, 8 months4 months ago

Capitalism is racist: Black Lives Matter

Black lives matter has been an international phenomenon. Sparked by the gruesome killing of George Floyd, hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets all across the world to protest against police brutality and racism. In normal times, this would be a feat in itself. The fact that Read more…

By Marxist Student, 8 months4 months ago

‘Rhodes you’re next’ – Black Lives Matter in Oxford

  On 9th June, over a thousand people gathered outside Oxford University’s Oriel College to demand the removal of the Rhodes statue, in a revival of the Rhodes Must Fall campaign in Oxford. Cecil Rhodes was a British imperialist. He has been described as the ‘architect of apartheid’ in South Read more…

By Marxist Student, 9 months4 months ago

The Minneapolis revolt: end capitalism to defeat racism

  On Monday a video was shared across the globe showing a black man called George Floyd, groaning “I can’t breathe”, as a white policeman knelt on his neck. Within minutes George Floyd was dead. There are striking similarities with an incident in 2014 in which Eric Garner was also suffocated to death Read more…

By Marxist Student, 9 months4 months ago

Fight Covid-19! Plan the economy!

  We are in the midst of a crisis that will echo throughout history, a period that will define the 21st century. Not since World War II has the future looked so uncertain. World leaders are looking more inept by the day, planning in terms of days and weeks as Read more…

By Marxist Student, 11 months4 months ago

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