Marxism
Appearance vs. Essence: A Marxist look at the Harris-Trump debate
September 11, 2024Pundits say Harris won, but if we go past surface-level assessments, the picture gets more complicated.
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Scholars look to fill gaps in Marx’s analysis of capitalism and colonialism
August 30, 2024Utsa and Prabhat Patnaik analyze the data Marx didn’t have available to him when writing Capital.
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Name one Communist who ever endorsed a capitalist politician
August 13, 2024Former PW editor Tim Wheeler answers the accusation: “The CPUSA are shameless toadies to the Democrats.”
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PW archives 1981: CPUSA leader Gus Hall on the attempted assassination of Reagan
July 15, 2024Recalling the Marxist observation that the ruling ideas of any era are those of the ruling class, Hall pinpoints monopoly capital’s pursuit of profits at all costs as the root cause of the violence erupting in...
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‘Mute Compulsion’: A Danish Marxist examines the economic power of capital
June 14, 2024Why does capitalism not simply break down on its own internal contradictions?
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