The International Marxist-Humanist
For a Humanist Alternative to Capitalism
The Dialectic in Marxism and Freedom for Today: The Unity of Theory and Practice and the Movement of Today’s Concrete Struggles
Summary: Marx’s dialectical humanism grounds itself in workers as thinking, revolutionary subjects, and calls upon intellectuals to break with their elitism. They need to develop theory in dialogue ... read more
Speech in Support of Campus Workers Strike
Summary: Delivered to a rally of campus workers and their supporters at University of California, Santa Barbara – Editors read more
Ford Takes on Kavanaugh Amid the Revolutionary Ferment of the #MeToo Movement – With a New Postscript
Summary: First published on September 30, now with a postscript about the consequences of Kavanaugh’s confirmation — Editors read more
Marxism and Freedom: Dunayevskaya’s Contributions to Marxism and Liberation
Summary: Examines the book’s underlying humanism and critique of totalitarianism, sixty years later — Editors read more
Movements for Justice continue in Chicago as Officer Van Dyke Found Guilty
Reflections on racial inequalities and the meaning of the conviction of police officer Jason Van Dyke. read more
The Crisis—October 6, 2018
How many rapists
sit robed in our courts?
How many abusers
strut sated in Senates?
How many centuries
have prick-wielders reigned?
How many lives
have these ruling thugs ruined?
Why should w... read more
Marx at 200: Beyond Capital and Class Alone
Summary: As we view Marx on his 200th anniversary, it is important to see both his brilliant generalizations about capitalist society and the very concrete ways in which he examined not only class, bu... read more
Traveling with Joel
Summary: On the life and work of one of the founding figures of eco-socialism, Joel Kovel, who was a socialist humanist, a psychoanalytic Marxist, and so much more. First published in Capitalism Natur... read more
Marx, Socialism, and Ecology
Summary: Discussion of the larger theoretical implications of Kohei Saito’s Karl Marx’s Ecosocialism: Capital, Nature, and the Unfinished Critique of Political Economy, Monthly Review Press, 2017.... read more
Solidarity with the Nicaraguan People Against the Ortega Regime (old)
Summary: Calls on US and international left to support the uprising against the increasingly reactionary, repressive, and misogynist Ortega regime. First appeared on September 16, 2018 on the website ... read more
Wars in the Middle East Since Trump
Summary: Covers events in Yemen, Iran, Palestine-Israel, and US response. Based upon an August presentation at the LA Peace Center — Editors read more
Ecology, Feminism and the Renewal of Marxism
Summary: As awareness grows relative to the pernicious nature of capital in regards to both ecological destruction and gender oppression, there is a need to work out a truly inclusive, non-hierarchica... read more
Recent Publications of Interest
For Humanism: Explorations in Theory and Politics
By: David Alderson,
Kevin B. Anderson,
Timothy Brennan,
Barbara Epstein,
Robert Spencer
The Transition from Capitalism: Marxist Perspectives
By: Saeed Rahnema
The Complete Works of Rosa Luxemburg, Volume II: Economic Writings 2
By: Rosa Luxemburg
Marx on Gender and the Family (Turkish edition)
By: Heather Brown
Check our archive for full list of our publications
Writings of Raya Dunayevskaya
and Other Marxist-Humanist Classics
Draft Thesis: The Turning Point
The assessment of Goldwater in this draft thesis is referenced in the recent International Marxist-Humanist Organization article, Theoretical and Practical Perspectives for Overcoming Capitalism.
Dunayevskaya Collection
We are linking to the online version of the Raya Dunayevskaya Collection, which makes her germinal writings more widely available than before. (Her books have long been on our Literature Pages.)