Marxism and Class part five: Southern storms – class in the developing world
In the fifth part of the series on class, Chris Nineham demonstrates the centrality of working-class struggle in the Global South
- Written by Chris Nineham
- Category: Theory
Marxism and Class part four: Capitalism and class consciousness
In the fourth part of the series on class, Chris Nineham explains how a revolutionary class consciousness can be developed
- Written by Chris Nineham
- Category: Theory
Marxism and Class part three: Class analysis or identity politics?
In the third part of the series on class, Chris Nineham explains why a class analysis is needed to understand and fight oppression
- Written by Chris Nineham
- Category: Theory
Marxism and Class part two: Whatever happened to the western working class?
In the second in the series on class, Chris Nineham shows that the working class is as central as ever to capitalism here and across the world
- Written by Chris Nineham
- Category: Theory
Marxism and Class part one: The Great Denial - why they don’t want us to talk about class
The first of a series of articles on class by Chris Nineham
- Written by Chris Nineham
- Category: Theory
Alexandra Kollontai on International Women's Day
On International Women's Day, we republish Russian revolutionary Alexandra Kollontai's writing on the history and importance of the day
- Written by Alexandra Kollontai
- Category: Theory
Will racism always be with us? - explainer
Yonas Makoni explains the socialist perspective on where racism comes from and how we can eradicate it
- Written by Yonas Makoni
- Category: Theory
Why is the labour theory of value so important? - explainer
Dominic Alexander explains the Marxist theory of where value comes from and why it's central to understanding how capitalism functions
- Written by Dominic Alexander
- Category: Theory
Why is housing so expensive? - explainer
As house prices continue to rise amid a wider cost-of-living crisis, Reuben Bard-Rosenberg and Dominic Alexander explain how the housing crisis is rooted in the logic of the capitalist system
- Written by Reuben Bard-Rosenberg and Dominic Alexander
- Category: Theory
Is capitalism in decline? - explainer
Dominic Alexander examines the state of capitalism and the ever-deepening multi-faceted crises it finds itself in
- Written by Dominic Alexander
- Category: Theory
Can we avert climate chaos and meet people’s needs? - explainer
As Cop26 approaches, Feyzi Ismail explains why it looks unlikely to deliver and outlines a socialist approach to averting climate catastrophe
- Written by Feyzi Ismail
- Category: Theory
Race, class, and the limits of identity
Neither liberal-conservative ideas of equal opportunity, nor identity politics, understand the interrelationships of race, class and capitalism, argues Yonas Makoni
- Written by Yonas Makoni
- Category: Theory