Posts in: socialist theory
What It Means to Be a Marxist / ¿Qué significa ser Marxista?
From Jacobin in English and Carabina 30-30 en español, a terrific explanation of Marx’s historical materialism and its importance today.
Finding a party to call home
Kristina Lee on why she joined the Freedom Socialists.
Oppressions: The capitalist connection and the socialist solution
Excerpts from a 1989 keynote speech by FSP co-founder Clara Fraser.
Freedom Socialist Letters to the Editor — February 2019
Readers’ opinions on Freedom Socialist articles, and season’s greetings from longtime political prisoner, Jaan Laaman.
Invoking Gramsci to retreat from revolution
The problematic legacy of a Marxist thinker.
May Day! Global Finance System Foundering As Planet-wide Mass Revolt Builds
The November 30, 1999 (N30) Seattle protests against the World Trade Organisation (WTO) signalled a turning point in the domination of neoliberal policies over the aspirations of the world’s peoples. The militant mass takeover of that city’s streets by students, unionists, movement activists and even a few small business owners was a huge success. The… Read more »
Permanent Revolution & Women’s Emancipation
It was no accident that on International Women’s Day 1917, the women textile workers of Petrograd, Russia started the world’s first socialist revolution. Murry Weiss, a lifelong Marxist feminist until his death in 1981, tells why. Written in 1978 and originally published in the Freedom Socialist newspaper, Permanent Revolution and Women’s Emancipation is a cornerstone… Read more »
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