A living connection to past struggle We lost the last living connection to the left movement in Germany before the Second World War with Theodor Bergmann's death.

Blacks joined the unions as they spread during the 1930s labor upsurge as a way to fight desperate poverty and racism.

The term "exploitation" conjures images of sweatshops, but Marxists have a broader understanding that applies to the whole working class.

Women are primarily responsible for labor in the sphere of reproduction--creating and sustaining the working class--at almost no cost to the system.

Historical materialism is the cornerstone of Karl Marx's theories and views--but how does this concept help us explain the world?

Are third parties irresponsible "spoilers"? Or a necessary part of challenging a spoiled system? Keith Rosenthal and Alan Maass look back at history for some answers. FOR MANY people, third-party ...

Fifty years ago, students at San Francisco State were fighting racism and repression during the longest student strike in U.S. history.

THE MARK Twain we learned about in school is a less than inspiring figure: Twain, the children's author of riverside idylls; Twain, the bitter misanthrope who lashed out at society because of his ...

Intersectionality is defined in very different ways, but the concept as developed by Black feminists can help advance Marxist theory and practice.

Thursday April 11 2013 How did 'democratic centralism' become 'democratic centralism'? Lars T Lih looks at the changing use of the phrase by the Bolsheviks Vladimir Nevsky (1876-1937) lived the ...

The Bush saga is the story of four generations amassing fortunes and using the political power they attained to commit atrocities.

"Nothing can be changed until it is faced," wrote James Baldwin, and a new generation is learning from him about the challenges we face today.