The International Marxist-Humanist
For a Humanist Alternative to Capitalism
What Marx Understood About Slavery
Summary: Marx theorized the particularly capitalist character of New World slavery and resistance by enslaved people in relationship to capital and labor as a whole. First appeared in Jacobin on September 5, 2019, here: https://jacobinmag.com/2019/09/slavery-united-states-civil-war-marx — Editors
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The Amazon Burns and the Politics of Death: Resisting the Commodification of Our Future
Summary: The Bolsonaro administration is allowing the Amazon to burn as part of a project to accelerate capital accumulation, but is meeting massive resistance both at home and abroad. First appeared in New Politics Online, Aug. 30, 2019, here: https://newpol.org/the-amazon-burns-and-the-politics-of-death-resisting-the-commodification-of-our-future/
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The Continuing Relevance of Karl Marx
Marx’s theories of alienation, exploitation, class struggle and ideology remain more relevant than ever, but have to be separated from the enormous distortions they have suffered. First appeared in Mainstream Weekly (India), June 1, 2019, here: http://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article8750.html — Editors
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Swedish Social Democrats Drift Further Right on Nuclear Ban and the Environment
Summary: For two years Sweden has debated whether to ratify the UN’s Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. On Friday, July 12, the nation’s Social Democratic minister of foreign affairs announced that Sweden will not sign the treaty. Thousands, both within and outside the Social Democratic Party, expressed disappointment with the decision – Editors.
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The Tendency for the Rate of Profit to Decline: And Why it Matters
Summary: Brief outline of the law itself in terms of overcoming the logic of capital and as foundation for the creation of socialism. First appeared in New Politics, Vol. XVII, No. 3, Summer 2019 –Editors
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Italian Dockworkers Show Solidarity with Migrants
Summary: Genoa dockworkers stop weapons shipments and support migrants in the face of racist demagoguery from the far right — Editors
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A Protest for Zero Tolerance for Migrant Detention with My 5-Year-Old
Summary: Author takes her daughter to protest against immigrant detention in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago organized by the Little Village Solidarity Network — Editors
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Stop US Imperialist Moves against Iran! For the Liberation of All the Peoples of the Region!
Summary: Today, the US has the most reckless and aggressive regime in its history. A war with Iran, even a “limited” series of airstrikes, could spin out of control, devastating the region and the global economy, with terrible consequences for the people of the world — Editors
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The Green New Deal: Realistic Proposal or Fantasy?
In order to save and preserve what we have in common, the earth, we must transition to a form of society that respects the commons. First appeared in New Politics Online https://newpol.org/the-green-new-deal-realistic-proposal-or-fantasy/ May 26, 2019 — Editors
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Intersections among race, gender and class in Bolsonaro’s Brazil
“At the River I Stand” and the Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike: Race, Class, and the Struggle for Dignity
Comments at a showing For Black History Month by the LA chapter, International Marxist-Humanist Organization, of “At the River I Stand,” a documentary on the 1968 Memphis sanitation strike. Photo by Ernest Withers of March 28 demonstration — Editors
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Gender and Capital 150 Years Later
Summary: Discusses how Marx challenges the dualism of productive and reproductive labor and argues that Marx is amenable to a feminist interpretation. Originally appeared in Logos: A Journal of Modern Society & Culture 17:1 (Winter 2018) — Editors
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Recent Publications of Interest
A Revolutionary Subject: Pedagogy of Women of Color and Indigeneity
By: Lilia D. Monzó
Rosa Luxemburg: The Biography
By: J. P. Nettl
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
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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.)