slavery
Race and capitalism: A response to the NYT 1619 Project
The relationship between racial slavery and the development of capitalism is discussed.
The demand for reparations is a condemnation of U.S. capitalism
Enslavement and oppression of Black people is embedded in U.S., and world, capitalism.
Video: Marx and Engels and the fight against slavery
Enslaved workers led the fight against chattel slavery.
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...
Marx and Lincoln on civil war and revolution
"So far, we have only witnessed the first act of the Civil War—the constitutional waging of war. The second act, the revolutionary waging of war, is at hand."