Tag: Marxism

Mike Stanton looked to Trotsky to explain the lack of left unity, but did he look in the right place?

For socialists, history cannot be conceived of as a set of disconnected events which support and extend capitalism. History is seen in terms of the development of a class that…

Have you ever wondered what it felt like to be present at the end of the Roman Empire? According to Donald Wasson, Rome grew from a few thousand citizens to over…

I typed “how is the economy doing?” into Google and top hit was an article from Forbes magazine with precisely that title. What does it tell me? The stock market…

REVOLUTION. If you are a socialist, there is little doubt that at some point you have sat in a bar or coffee shop discussing ‘when the revolution comes’. Much of…

Intersectionality is the idea that all forms of oppression are interconnected. At first glance,this is entirely correct. However, does it really stand up to scrutiny once critically analysed? The Origins…

Have you ever wondered what it felt like to be present at the end of the Roman Empire? According to Donald Wasson, Rome grew from a few thousand citizens to…

When news struck the headlines in early May that Israel had launched a campaign against the West Bank and Gaza, I was convinced that the entirety of the left would…