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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...
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...
The Trump-Kim Korea meeting: Historical background, future prospects
Possible peace in the Koreas did not spring fully formed from Trump’s brain. The two Koreas have been going on and off about normalization and unification for some time now.