The International Marxist-Humanist
For a Humanist Alternative to Capitalism
Covid-19 Lays Bare Capitalism’s Deference to Profits over Lives
Summary: Covid-19 pandemic reveals contradictions of capital and class in Trump’s America — Editors
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Letter from Wuhan
Summary: Heartfelt reflections in COVID-19’s wake – Editors
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Auto Companies Announce Closure Following Outbreak of Wildcat Strikes
Luxemburg: ‘Critique in the workers’ movement’
University of California Graduate Students Strike Against Unsustainable Housing Costs Spreads
Summary: Graduate students at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB) have gone on a wildcat teaching strike in protest at unsustainable living conditions, joining their colleagues at UC Santa Cruz, who have been on strike since December of last year – Editors
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They Shook the Walls of Their “Betters”: A Report on the Sanders Campaign
Summary: On the class divide between rank-and-file workers and trade union bureaucrats, that motivated the Sanders campaign in Iowa and Nevada — Editors
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The Irish general election of February 2020
Summary: The Irish election has produced a very strong showing for the left around issues of housing and healthcare costs/accessibility. Yet the left-of-centre Sinn Féin is not without contradictions — Editors
Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register for Citizens (NRC) are violent attacks against the working and oppressed masses of India
Summary: Vigorous and extensive participation of working masses in the ongoing spontaneous protest movement is the need of the hour!
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Remarks on Race, Capital, and Revolution
Summary: Delivered as a comment after a presentation by Kevin B. Anderson on Marx at the Margins at University of Lund, Sweden — Editors
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Sudan’s Revolution of 2019: At the Crossroads of Africa and the Arab World
Summary: Sudan’s revolution is not only Arab but also African in a way not seen in the 2011 Arab uprisings. The old regime combined Islamism and a racist form of Arabism with military rule, touching off in response a youthful, democratic, multiethnic, and pro-feminist revolutionary movement that has achieved something akin to dual power. First appeared in New Politics, Winter 2020, here https://newpol.org/issue_post/sudans-revolution-of-2019/ – Editors.
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Anti-Colonialism and Humanism
Summary: This article on the differences between colonial-racist and emancipatory humanism, with a particular focus on Africa and on the writings of Frantz Fanon, is based on a presentation at a Los Angeles meeting of the International Marxist-Humanist Organization, June 2019. First appeared in New Politics, Winter 2020, here https://newpol.org/issue_post/anti-colonialism-and-humanism/ –Editors
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Trump’s Reckless Assassination of Iranian General Is an Act of War
The January 3 assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani was both reckless and illegal, an act of war that threatens a regional conflict – Editors.
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Recent Publications of Interest
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
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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.)