The International Marxist-Humanist
For a Humanist Alternative to Capitalism
Afghanistan – Don’t Look Away: A Crisis for the Whole of Humanity
Summary: The defeat of the U.S. and the seizure of power by the Taliban mark a real turning point. This reveals both imperialism and fundamentalism as obstacles to human emancipation at a time when Afghan women are leading the resistance. First appeared in New Politics Online (https://newpol.org/afghanistan-dont-look-away-a-crisis-for-the-whole-of-humanity/) — Editors
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The Originality of Marx’s French Edition of Capital: An Historical Analysis
Summary: Using recently published correspondence, the 1872-75 French edition of Capital, Vol. I, for which Marx rewrote numerous passages, is shown to be the version he saw as the basis for all future editions. Engels’s preference for the previous German editions distorts the “standard” editions of the work to this day — Editors
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Afghan Solidarity Demonstration in Los Angeles
Summary: Women-led demonstration expresses solidarity with Afghan people vs. both Taliban and US empire, underlining resistance — Editors
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Dialectics over positivism for an intersectional Marxism
Review essay of Ashley J. Bohrer’s book “Marxism and Intersectionality,” and “Raya Dunayevskaya’s Intersectional Marxism” edited by Kevin B. Anderson, Kieran Durkin & Heather A. Brown. Originally appeared in Dialectical Anthropology (April 2021), here: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10624-021-09625-6 — Editors
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The Attack on Voting Rights – a Test for Everyone on the Left
Summary: The ongoing effort to disenfranchise Black, Latinx, and Native American voters poses a serious test as to whether the socialist Left will mobilize against this serious threat to the very existence of what remains of political democracy in the U.S. — Editors
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Paul Mason’s Socialist Humanist Manifesto
Summary: Mason’s Clear Bright Future critiques the culture and politics of cyber-capitalism and the fascist threat, offering a humanist alternative to both — Editors
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Activism Made AIDS Treatment More Accessible — That’s What It’ll Take for COVID
Summary: In this interview, a leading AIDS researcher discusses why both AIDS and COVID have disproportionately hit poor people of color, and why people who rightfully mistrust pharmaceutical executives should still believe in the effectiveness of their vaccines. Copyright, Truthout and reprinted with permission. Originally appeared here https://truthout.org/articles/activism-made-aids-treatment-more-accessible-thats-what-itll-take-for-covid/ on June 13, 2021 — Editors
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Raya Dunayevskaya’s Marxist Humanism and the Alternative to Capitalism
The Russian-born thinker Raya Dunayevskaya was an important and influential figure on the US radical left. At an early stage, she recognized the need to combine struggles against racism and capitalism — two oppressive structures that were intimately linked. Originally appeared in Jacobin Magazine, here: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/06/raya-dunayevskaya-marxist-humanism-anti-racism-capitalism-alienation
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Mini-Conference: Debating Raya Dunayevskaya’s Intersectional Marxism
Summary: Recordings of the three panels discussing various aspects of Raya Dunayevskaya’s intersectional Marxism. Presentations by Lewis Gordon, Barbara Epstein, Paul Mason, Kevin B. Anderson, and many more – Editors.
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Remembering the Arab Spring… or Arabic as the Language of 21st Century Revolution
Summary: We should not forget the achievements or the global impact of the Arab revolutions of 2011 — Editors
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Revisiting Dunayevskaya on Women’s Liberation for Women’s History Month: Marx’s Philosophy and Queer Struggle
Summary: A reflection on Chapter 8 of Dunayevskaya’s Rosa Luxemburg, Women’s Liberation, and Marx’s Philosophy of Revolution and the lessons it holds for today’s revolutionaries – Editors
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Where Do We Go from Here? Black Lives Matter as an Ongoing Movement
Summary: Presentation to online November 14 mini conference of the IMHO, “Where Do We Go from Here? Global Revolutionary Perspectives on the Present Moment” — Editors
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Recent Publications of Interest
Raya Dunayevskaya’s Intersectional Marxism: Race, Class, Gender, and the Dialectics of Liberation
Kevin B. Anderson (Editor)
Heather A. Brown(Editor)
Kieran Durkin(Editor)
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
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.)