Archive for 'Marxism'
Marxism: the planet matters
Posted by John, April 12th, 2013 - under Ecosocialism, Global Warming, Green Left Weekly, Marxism, Socialism.
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If Marxism is to live up to its own maxim as a theory to not merely interpret the world but to change it, then it must include strong ecological theory and practice. The stakes are high. We still have a world to win — but we also have a world to lose.
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The ABC of Marxist economics – notes for a talk by Peter Jones at Marxism 2012
Posted by John, March 26th, 2013 - under Marx, Marxism, Marxism 2012, Marxist economics, Peter Jones.
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These are notes for a talk Peter Jones did at Marxism 2012 on the ABC of Marxist Economics.
Capital and tax – a very simple example
Posted by John, March 20th, 2013 - under Capitalism, Marx, Marxism, Profit rates, Tax.
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As profit rates have fallen and are up to half what they were in the boom years of the 50s and 60s, across the developed world the state has responded by cutting taxes on capital.
Marxism and women’s liberation
Posted by John, December 1st, 2012 - under International Socialist Organization, Marxism, Women's liberation.
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Sharon Smith from the US International Socialist Organization talks about Marxism and women’s liberation in a very interesting video from Socialism 2012 in the US.
The three sources of Marxism
Posted by John, October 7th, 2012 - under Lenin, Marx, Marxism.
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Marxism is the legitimate successor to the best humanity produced in the nineteenth century, as represented by German philosophy, English political economy and French socialism. It is these three sources of Marxism, which are also its component parts that we shall outline in brief.
The point of Marxist philosophy
Posted by John, September 9th, 2012 - under John Molyneux, Marx, Marxism, Philosophy.
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John Molyneux writes on why everyone can and should get to know the ideas of Karl Marx. Marx was the first philosopher in history to look at the world from the point of view of working people rather than one or other section of the ruling classes. Across the board, Marxist philosophy offers a coherent alternative to the ideas which defend and justify exploitation, class rule and capitalism.
Big brother, house 2 and Marxism
Posted by John, September 4th, 2012 - under Big brother, Marxism.
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House 2 is the ‘other’ house with the ‘other’ contestants. It is the dialectic of big brother; House 2 as the negation of house 1 is in fact the negation of itself. The false consciousness of housemates in house 1 is that the totality of life includes an inanimate object, a reified creation of imagination, [...]
Marx becomes a Marxist
Posted by John, March 13th, 2012 - under Marx, Marxism, Socialist Worker US.
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Marx developed his idea not just through study. Marx’s Marxism is really the theoretical product of his practical efforts to build a movement for radical change, and his observations of struggles taking place around him.
From the Bible to Marx and beyond
Posted by John, January 9th, 2012 - under Critical thought, Doubt all, Leviticus, Marxism, Rosa Luxemburg, The Bible.
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One of the hallmarks of the serious left is uncertainty, enquiry and analysis informing action, captured by Rosa Luxemburg’s famous dictum – Doubt all. We socialists are not and cannot be fundamentalists. We are scientific socialists and Marxism is the science of proletarian revolution, not the unthinking repetition of sacred texts.
Holidays and other thought bubbles
Posted by John, December 26th, 2011 - under Christmas, Cricket, Family, Holidays, Marxism, Resistance, Revolution, Riots, Tax.
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My hope is to bring in my own small way reason in revolt to the world of tax and end the age of cant. That can only really happen if 2012 becomes the year of revolution, of working classes across the globe – from Egypt to Italy, from Wisconsin to Wukan -fighting back against the bosses and their state and setting up their own profoundly democratic society to satisfy human need.