The International Marxist-Humanist
For a Humanist Alternative to Capitalism
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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Report-Back on Los Angeles Venezuela Demonstration
Protesting escalating US imperialist aggression against Venezuela, while also calling for socialist democracy in the face of both US imperialism and an internal turn toward authoritarianism. First appeared on March 20, 2019 on website of Coalition for Peace, Revolution, and Social Justice (CPRSJ), here – 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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[Audio] Peter Hudis’s Introduction to Reading “Marxism and Freedom” by Raya Dunayevskaya
In this January 2019 talk to an ongoing study group in Sheffield, UK (contact us for more info), Peter Hudis introduces Dunayevskaya’s Marxism and Freedom and takes up its importance for today – 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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The Struggle in France Goes On!
Yellow Vests and key trade unions unite in large demonstrations against neoliberal policies of Macron government. Poster states: “The Future Belongs to Those Who Struggle” — Editors
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LA Strike: Self-Mobilization of Teachers and Communities
The massive and partially victorious LA teachers’ strike showed a new teacher militancy, widespread community participation especially in Latinx neighborhoods, and new issues brought to the fore by this historic confrontation between labor and the power structure — Editors
By Ndindi Kitonga; Lilia Monzo; Valencia Rivera; Kevin B. Anderson
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Capitalism is a Curse for Humanity
In this piece, Lalan, a worker in Nagpur, India, reflects upon his experiences, past and present, of so called “accidents” at work, and their relationship to capitalism’s demand for profit. Originally written in Hindi, translated by Arvind Ghosh.
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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.)