Marxism

Examining Richard Schacht’s Perspective on the Enduring Significance of Philosophical Thought In this thought-provoking article, we delve into the ideas of Hegel, Marx, and Nietzsche, whose philosophies have been shaped by the Ionian philosopher Heraclitus. …

Merchant of Venice Karl Heinrich Marx tended to focus on considering how class struggle, oppressive ideologies, and social inequality are portrayed in literary texts throughout history to find a definite structural cause behind the modern exploitative capitalist system. One of these historical literary texts that attracted Marx’s attention was William…

Prison abolition has, in recent years, become a major focus of the left. The trend is often associated with the Black Lives Matter movement, alongside calls to defund the police. Angela Davis, in particular, has emerged as a prominent proponent of prison abolition. The topic has become Davis’s go-to talking-point…

By Comrades G and S Background on Frantz Fanon and The Wretched of the Earth Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth has influenced revolutionary movements throughout the First and Third World. …

Capitalism Made Hitler — This article explores the intriguing connection between corporations, Adolf Hitler, and the Nazi Party during the 1920s and 1930s. It investigates how capitalism played a significant role in Hitler’s rise to power, with corporate interests profoundly influencing the political climate of the time. Historical Context Before Hitler’s Rise To Power The 1920s and 1930s were a tumultuous…

Readers, earthlings, internauts, please lend me a moment of your precious time. Allow me to comment on liberation theology, a Roman Catholic Christian theory that gives pride of place to the poor and emphasizes the liberation of those who are being oppressed. Those who support it argue that all Christians…

The Left must embrace living lightly The IPCC contributing authors keep issuing warnings and worsening environmental conditions keep multiplying. Governments will violate their pledges on climate change whenever their economies need pumping up — such as China’s decision to permit 168 new coal-fired power plants to be built, or the…

A guide on how to redirect liberal chatter toward the elephant in the room. — This article delves into the ideological underpinnings and contradictions of liberalism in the United States, emphasizing the typical United States American misinterpretation of ‘leftism.’ …

The late Roger Scruton was arguably one of the most significant traditionalist-conservative intellectuals in recent British academic history, and his book, Thinkers of the New Left, has somewhat fascinated me for some time. Whereas the recent 2015 reprint of the book is much calmer, mature, and significantly more modest in…