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Tag Archives: Marx
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR KARL!
This month, two hundred years ago, (actually on 5 May 1818), Karl Marx was born. And as is usual on any date connected with Marx, a spate of articles by so-called ‘experts’ appeared in periodicals and papers assessing Marx’s contribution … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Capitalism, capitalism, Critique, Ecological damage., Economics, Finance, Marx, Politics, Sectarianism
Tagged Marx, Marx on economics, Marx on Humanism, Marx's Birthday
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SECTARIANISM IN THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR – 2.
Revolutionary illusions and delusions. Despite the fact that many participants in the Spanish Civil War were convinced they were engaged in an anti-capitalist revolution, the reality as it unfolded in the 1930’s, demonstrated something different. Events proved in 1930’s Spain … Continue reading
THE STATE OR REVOLUTION. (Introduction)
The State and Revolution, (Lenin’s pamphlet – a polemic against Kautsky, Plekhanov and the Anarchists) was an apt title in the light of his view of the relationship between a revolution and the nature of a post-capitalist society. He and … Continue reading
LEADERS OR FACILITATORS?
The concept of a leadership ‘vanguard’ runs through a section of the anti-capitalist left like a solid strand of DNA. This concept keeps replicating itself across generations and despite trying to evolve to fit into the changed environment it now … Continue reading
Posted in Critique, Marx, Politics
Tagged Anti-capitalist leadership, Facilitate, Lenin, Marx, Stalin, Trotsky
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WHOSE UNDER THE FISCAL CLIFF?
Over the last few months the term ‘Fiscal Cliff’ has become increasingly popular in political as well as financial discourse. The term originated in the US, to refer to a series of impending tax increases and government spending cuts which … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Marx, Politics
Tagged Fiscal Cliff, Marx, productive and unproductive labour, sovereign debt, taxation
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THE SPECTRE OF STALINISM.
As the present economic and financial crisis deepens, more working people and other sections of society will undoubtedly come to question the continuation of the capitalist system. However, exactly at that point they will be confronted with the spectre of … Continue reading
Posted in Critique, Politics
Tagged Marx, revolutionary-humanism, sectarianism, Stalinism
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MARX AND ‘THE MUCK OF AGES’
This article is another in the series which is aimed a encouraging modern anti-capitalists to engage with the authentic revolutionary-humanist understandings of Karl Marx. Simply accepting the abstractions and assertions of the numerous varieties of so-called ’Marxists‘ at their face … Continue reading
REVOLUTION!
(The Locomotive of History.) In a notable expression, Marx described revolutions as the ‘locomotives of history‘. His point was that a substantial build up of power was necessary to drive, or sometimes drag, socio-economic changes forward – anything less powerful … Continue reading
Posted in Critique
Tagged anti-Capitalism, Capitalist Crisis, Class conflict, Marx, Revolution, White-collar workers
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‘THE RIDDLE OF HISTORY SOLVED.’
A) A bit of history. This is the second article urging anti-capitalists, to study Marx as a basis, for a critical understanding of the international revolutionary tradition associated with his name. It has become necessary because the term Marxism, has … Continue reading
‘PATIENCE: THE FIRST CONDITION OF LEARNING ANYTHING – STUDYING A MATTER THOROUGHLY.’
“..Patience – the first condition of learning anything – studying a matter thoroughly.” (Letter: Marx to Sorge. 1881.) Whilst there is general agreement among revolutionary anti-capitalists that from a human, ecological and environmental perspective, there is a need to get … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-Capitalism, general strike, Marx, socialist reconstruction
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