The International Marxist-Humanist
For a Humanist Alternative to Capitalism
Chicago protests by labor, incarcerated women, communities against police domination
Summary: May Day extended into a week of distinctive protests by campus workers, women prisoners, and police reform activists, in resistance to the powers that be — Editors
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Venezuela Demonstration at UC Santa Barbara
Summary: Report from a demonstration in support for the Venezuelan people held at UC Santa Barbara, organized by its Campus Marxist-Humanist group.
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How to celebrate 1st May – the International Workers’ Day?
Summary: May Day statement from Nagpur, India – Editors
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May Day: For a Humanist Alternative to Capitalism
Summary: May Day/International Workers’ Day as retrospective and perspective for today — Editors
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University professors concerned about academic freedom restrictions on Maâti Monjib
Statement of support for Moroccan historian, journalist, and human rights activist Maati Monjib, who has also translated Raya Dunayevskaya’s Marxism and Freedom and works by Victor Serge into Arabic — Editors
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What is Democratic Socialism? What is Socialist Democracy?
Reviews new book by Alexandros Chrysis, ‘True Democracy’ as a Prelude to Communism: The Marx of Democracy. Explores meaning of democratic socialism and socialist democracy through discussion of Marx’s early writings on politics (1837-43) and their political/philosophical significance for today — Editors
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Hands Off Venezuela! For Socialist Democracy!
Summary: Opposing US imperialist intervention in Venezuela and the responsibilities of the left — Editors
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Harry McShane and the Scottish Roots of Marxist Humanism
This essay was originally published as a pamphlet by the John MacLean Society in Glasgow, Scotland in 1993. We make it available now because of growing interest in the relation between everyday freedom struggles and a philosophy of liberation — Editors
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Rosa Reloaded: Rosa Luxemburg and Our Civilisational Crisis
The following is an excerpt from Rosa Luxemburgo y la reinvención de la política. Una lectura desde América Latina, scheduled for publication on January 15th by Editorial El Colectivo and the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation (Argentina).
The piece was originally published here.
Translated by Nicolas Allen
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“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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Hungary’s Winter of Discontent
While Viktor Orbán’s regime has become a beacon for the hard right in Europe and beyond, it is now being challenged by mass protests over work hours and other issues. But the opposition has serious contradictions – Editors
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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-hierarchical and ecologically sustainable alternative to capitalism. Presented at the Chicago Convention of the International Marxist-Humanist Organization in July–Editors
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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.)