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.

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

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

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

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 ...

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

"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.

Many of today's advocates of privilege politics are unaware of the theory's class roots--roots that continue to have an impact.

The 1960s movements against the war and for Black Power led to the radicalization of a significant layer of industrial workers.

From its origins in the “war on terror” to its racist and anti-labor practices, ICE is a thoroughly oppressive agency that should be abolished.

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