Marx’s America
Marx is thought of as a purely European phenomenon. But his radical politics were indelibly shaped by his encounters with American life.
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A New Marxian Century
It’s not just that Marx’s ideas remain relevant — we’re also in the midst of a great new age of Marxian thought.
Friedrich Engels’s Eulogy to Karl Marx
Karl Marx died on this day in 1883. At his funeral, Marx's lifelong friend and comrade Friedrich Engels delivered a eulogy predicting Marx's work would endure through the ages. We reprint Engels's speech here in full.
China Miéville on The Communist Manifesto’s Enduring Power
In an interview, author China Miéville explains why Marx and Engels’s Communist Manifesto is such a remarkable work, defending the book against its detractors and arguing that it remains urgently inspiring and deeply relevant.
Retranslating Marx’s Capital
The translators and coeditors of a new edition of Karl Marx’s Capital spoke to the political theorist Wendy Brown about the significance of their undertaking and what this historic text has to offer in the 21st century.
The Immortal Ghost of Karl Marx
Liberal critics would love to banish the specter of Karl Marx from political discourse. But his ghost will haunt them for as long as they refuse to confront Marxism’s central insight: the reality of class conflict.
Marxism, an American Tradition
In the United States, like in most countries, critics of Marxism present it as a rootless foreign import. Yet both American admirers of Karl Marx and conservatives’ attacks on him have granted Marxism a distinctive place in US public life.
Pessimism of the Will
A review of Eric Hobsbawm's How to Change the World.
The Challenges of Translating Marx’s Capital
In producing the first translation of Karl Marx’s Capital in 50 years, Paul Reitter took inspiration from an unusual source: the Austrian satirist Karl Kraus, who believed that true translation is focused on the poetic rhythms of speech.
What It Means to Be a Marxist
We can only change the world if we understand the actual forces around us. Marxism gives us the tools to do just that.
Karl Marx Knew That the Struggle for Reforms Was Part of the Struggle for Socialism
The tendency of some modern-day Marxists to pit reform against revolution is diametrically opposed to the vision of Karl Marx himself.
Why Marx’s Capital Still Matters
David Harvey on why Karl Marx's Capital is still the defining guide to understanding — and overcoming — the horrors of capitalism.
If You Want to Understand Marxism, Read G. A. Cohen
Socialist philosopher G. A. Cohen was a brilliant thinker who subjected Marxism to the same scrutiny he would any other ideology. If you want to see Marxism at its most nondogmatic and precise, you should read G. A. Cohen.
Privatizing Marx
We shouldn’t sympathize with Lawrence and Wishart. Karl Marx’s work belongs to the public.
In Defense of Grand Narratives
Restoring big ideas.
When Marx Translated Capital
Today marks 150 years since the first French edition of Capital. This wasn’t just a translation but a “completely revised” work — showing how Karl Marx’s research continually renewed his critical perspective on capitalist development.
David Harvey: We Need a Collective Response to the Collective Dilemma of Coronavirus
The crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic is an opportunity for us to think again about Marx’s idea of human freedom. As David Harvey writes in Jacobin, emergency steps to get through the crisis also show us how we could build a different society that’s not beholden to capital.
What Engels Gave To Marx and Marxism
Friedrich Engels was far more than Karl Marx’s benefactor, or the custodian of his intellectual legacy. When they met as young men in the 1840s, Engels was already an accomplished political writer, who first articulated some of the basic concepts of what became “Marxism.”
Super Official Marx
The Chinese Communist Party put out a hip-hop track praising Karl Marx. It's as bad as you would expect.
Three Years After His Žižek Debate, Jordan Peterson Somehow Knows Even Less About Marx
Jordan Peterson keeps running his mouth on Marx and Marxism, but a new conversation with Kyle Kulinski shows that the Canadian neo-reactionary has forgotten what little he ever knew about the subject.