A living connection to past struggle We lost the last living connection to the left movement in Germany before the Second World War with Theodor Bergmann's death.

The term "exploitation" conjures images of sweatshops, but Marxists have a broader understanding that applies to the whole working class.

Historical materialism is the cornerstone of Karl Marx's theories and views--but how does this concept help us explain the world?

Women are primarily responsible for labor in the sphere of reproduction--creating and sustaining the working class--at almost no cost to the system.

Fifty years ago, students at San Francisco State were fighting racism and repression during the longest student strike in U.S. history.

From its origins in the “war on terror” to its racist and anti-labor practices, ICE is a thoroughly oppressive agency that should be abolished.

Blacks joined the unions as they spread during the 1930s labor upsurge as a way to fight desperate poverty and racism.

Intersectionality is defined in very different ways, but the concept as developed by Black feminists can help advance Marxist theory and practice.

THE MARK Twain we learned about in school is a less than inspiring figure: Twain, the children's author of riverside idylls; Twain, the bitter misanthrope who lashed out at society because of his ...

Are third parties irresponsible "spoilers"? Or a necessary part of challenging a spoiled system? Keith Rosenthal and Alan Maass look back at history for some answers. FOR MANY people, third-party ...

Karl Marx and Frederick Engels insisted that the working class would need its own organization to achieve a new society.

"Nothing can be changed until it is faced," wrote James Baldwin, and a new generation is learning from him about the challenges we face today.