The International Marxist-Humanist
For a Humanist Alternative to Capitalism
Trump and Netanyahu Seek Imperial Realignment of Middle East via Brute Force, Massacring Palestinians and Threatening War on Iran
Summary: Links termination of Iran nuclear agreement to May 14 massacre in Palestine and threat of war in the region; first appeared in New Politics Online (May 21) — Editors read more
50,000 Workers Strike Across the University of California: Report and Speech from UC-Santa Barbara
Summary: Report on the University of California, Santa Barbara segment of the University of California campus workers strike and the text and video of a speech by a member of the Campus Marxist-Humani... read more
Joel Kovel, 1936-2018, Ecosocialist and Psychoanalytic Marxist, But Socialist Humanist Above All
Summary: In memoriam article examining the late Joel Kovel in relation to Marx and Freud, Marx and ecology, and Marxist-Humanism — Editors read more
An ‘Impulse Towards Freedom’: On Paul Mason’s call for a Marxist-Humanist Challenge to Capitalist Automation
Summary: Paul Mason’s essay in the New Statesman for the Marx bicentenary is a ringing endorsement of Raya Dunayevskaya’s interpretation of Marx’s humanism, which raises timely questions for rad... read more
Why Marx Is More Relevant Than Ever in the Age of Automation
Summary: We are linking to this article from the major British weekly New Statesman of May 7, 2018, on the timeliness of Raya Dunayevskaya’s Marxist-Humanism in relation to the legacies of Fried... read more
Karl Marx at 200: Why the Workers’ Way of Knowing Still Matters
Summary: Connects Marx to ongoing struggles for liberation, especially around gender and the Global South — Editors read more
May Day Call from Inside Iran
Summary: Forward to a campaign for a national workers organisation in Iran — Editors read more
IMHO May Day Speech, Los Angeles
Summary: Invited antiwar speech by representative of the International Marxist-Humanist Organization at May Day rally sponsored by Union del Barrio, following a march by several hundred from MacArthur... read more
May Day Statement: For a Humanist Alternative to Capitalism
Summary: We need the complete uprooting of capital and class, but also of oppressions based upon race, gender, and sexual identity, while also projecting a viable alternative to capitalism. Image: Hay... read more
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... read more
World Contradictions in the Trump Era and the Tasks of Marxist-Humanism
Summary: Slightly abbreviated version of our 2018 Convention Call, covering issues like the global neo-fascist threat and its roots in racism, xenophobia, and sexism; forces of opposition like the Wes... read more
The Vision of the New Society in Marx’s Capital
Summary: Discusses commodity fetishism vs. communism, socially necessary labor time vs. free/creative labor. Includes responses to critiques of Marx by Silvia Federici (on gender) and Endnotes (on com... 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
Frantz Fanon: Philosopher of the Barricades
By: Peter Hudis
Persian Translation of Capital, Vol. 2
By: Karl Marx
Dave Black (ed): Helen Macfarlane: Red Republican: Essays, articles and her translation of the Communist Manifesto
By: David Black,
Helen MacFarlan
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.)