Will the real left please stand up?

If you’re uncertain where you stand, just ask, who benefits? If it’s the ruling class, you end up on the right; if it’s the working class, congratulations, you’re on the...

Marxism in the era of Amazon and Uber

Webinar: Marx and Engels on the Civil War

Zimmerman emphases the importance of these writings for thinking about race, class, and revolution today. The American Civil War so profoundly shaped Marx and Engels's understanding of social revolution and...

An examination of the Marxist theory of the state

Does the state only exist as a coercive apparatus or does it also function as a legitimizing construct managing consent?  In what ways does the growth of government bureaucracy affect...

What’s behind the U.S.-China trade war?

Trump’s real goal, besides energizing his base for the 2018 elections and splitting the ranks of the U.S. labor movement, is to thwart China from becoming a direct economic rival...