Dance troupes mark the anniversary of Ghana’s independence in the grounds of Kwame Krumah’s masuoleum in Accra in 2007.
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Studies of Kwame Nkrumah have been influenced by the political climate both within and outside Ghana.
South Africa’s new sex education curriculum is seen by some as infringing on the rights of parents.
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Objections raised about the school syllabus by parents, schools and civil society point to a bigger problem with the state.
China: 70 years later.
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What role does Marxist theory about the state play in modern China?
Mcebisi Jonas appears at a commission probing grand corruption in South Africa.
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This book is a booster to morale. It tells South Africans they can enjoy the impressive economic growth they once achieved.
Harold Wolpe showed how poor rural areas subsidised low wages of migrant workers’ wages.
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During the apartheid period in South Africa – 1948 to 1994 – a lively intellectual culture of opposition emerged on some of the country’s university campuses and within the broader anti-apartheid movement…
Pro-democracy activists march in Hong Kong in May 2019 to commemorate the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests.
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Back in 1989, workers joined students in pro-democracy protests. Now students are joining workers agitating for better conditions.
Raya Dunayevskaya believed “Marxism is a theory of liberation or it is nothing.”
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The book, Marxism and Freedom was written in 1958. Yet, it remains relevant today.
Erik Olin Wright, 1947-2019.
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The late sociologist looked at existing ‘utopias’ that could herald a world after capitalism.
Flowers on a memorial to Rosa Luxemburg in Berlin, 100 years after her murder.
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It’s been 100 years since the murder of Marxist revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg.
Norman Geras was clear in his work that revolutionary violence should be a last resort.
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The University of Reading wrongly judged that Geras’ essay, which discusses political violence, might fall foul of the government’s Prevent strategy.
England fans celebrate the team’s World Cup penalty shoot out victory on the beach in Brighton.
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Some on the left view sport as a distraction. But life is a struggle. And there shouldn’t be anything wrong with finding something to celebrate.
Green Marx.
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Marx believed that exploitation of workers and of nature went hand-in-hand.
Karl Marx Monument in Chemnitz, in eastern Germany.
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A scholar of literary radicalism asks whether Marx’s writings are at all relevant to the world’s struggles with inequality today and why he’s no longer being relegated to the dustbin of history.
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Marx’s spectre still haunts everything from economics to politics to literature. Here’s where to start if you want to know more.
Karl Marx.
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Thinking with Karl Marx on his 200th birthday means recognising the importance of thought.
Georgios Kolidas
Some say the gig economy is capitalism’s final victory, but maybe it’s not.
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This is certainly a moment to bring Engels’s shade out of the shadows.
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A furious Twitter row between a TV personality and South African politician about slavery sheds light on the failings of arguments in 280 characters.
Despite the climate crisis, humans have continued emitting and intensively using fossil fuels.
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The climate crisis is a complex scientific problem. New systems have to be developed through democratic systemic reforms.
The controversial opinions of University of Toronto professor Jordan Peterson have garnered interest around the world and have led to wide media exposure, including this interview with Britain’s Channel 4 News.
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Jordan Peterson is now a right-wing darling for his views on everything from transgender people, the #MeToo movement and political correctness on campus. But he’s not saying anything new.