Karl Marx was born 205 years ago today, on May 05, 1818. Friedrich Engels published this biography of Marx in 1869, while Marx was still alive [1]. In 1868, Engels submitted an earlier version to Die Gartenlaube, a magazine focusing on teaching history in accessible...
Capital’s path to “Janus v. AFSCME:” An obstacle struggle will overcome
Series Introduction: Beginning with overturning Roe v. Wade, the ultra right-wing Supreme Court continues attacking hard-won and elementary democratic rights in the United States, from affirmative action to the Indian Child Welfare Act. The following article is the...
The “Powell Memo” and the Supreme Court: A counteroffensive against the many
Beginning with overturning Roe v. Wade, the ultra right-wing Supreme Court continues to attack hard-won and elementary democratic rights in the United States. The following article is the fourth in our “Crimes of the Supreme Court” series. While other entries focus on...
La plusvalía es la lucha de clases: Una introducción
Nota del equipo editorial: Esta es una traducción del artículo “Surplus Value is the Class Strugggle: An Introduction“, puede encontrar la versión original aquí. Introducción La noción de que los ricos son ricos porque son frugales, inteligentes, emprendedores y...
Claudia Jones: “International Women’s Day and the struggle for peace”
Editor's note: The full text of Claudia Jones' famous 1950 speech, "International Women's Day and the Struggle for Peace," delivered at a rally and published in the March 1950 issue of Political Affairs, the monthly magazine of the Communist Party, USA. The...
El lado no contado de la Segunda Ola del feminismo: Un movimiento multinacional y políticamente diverso
Nota del equipo editorial: Este artículo apareció originalmente como el capítulo siete del libro Women Fight Back: The Centuries-Long Struggle for Liberation de Donna Goodman, publicado a través de Liberation Media y disponible para compra aquí. Liberation School...
Liu Liangmo: China’s anti-imperialist, anti-racist, Christian revolutionary (pt. 1)
This is the first of a two-part series on Liu Liangmo. You can find the second part here. Introduction Liu Liangmo (1909-1988) was a prominent Chinese anti-imperialist, religious leader and, from 1942-1945, columnist for the Pittsburgh Courier—at that time the...
The IMF debt trap in Ukraine
Editor's note: We are reprinting this article, originally published on Liberation News, in advance of the March 18 National March on Washington. A Spanish translation is available here. With billions of dollars in outstanding debt, Ukraine is one of the International...
¿Qué es la ideología? Una introducción a la teoría marxista de la ideología
Nota del equipo editorial: Esta es una traducción del artículo “What is ideology? An introduction to the Marxist theory of ideology“, puede encontrar la versión original aquí. Introducción La ideología marxista es una de las armas más potentes que tienen las clases...