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Women’s Resistance Touches Off a New Uprising in Iran
Summary: Examines the size and the social base of the September uprising as a possible turning point in the struggle against the Islamist regime — Editors

Louis Dupré, Dialectical Humanist
Summary: On the passing of a philosopher who made a profound contribution to the study of Marx, Hegel, and the wider tradition, at times in dialogue with Raya Dunayevskaya. First appeared in Philosophy and Global Affairs 2:1, pp. 41-46 – Editors

Let’s Ask Karl Marx! A Few questions on Marx’s Critique of the Gotha Program
Summary: A response by a worker activist in Nagpur, India to Peter Hudis’s Introduction to the 2022 PM Press edition of Marx’s Critique of the Gotha Program – Editors
Available in Hindi original.

The Ongoing Environmental Disaster and the Capitalist State’s Inability to Respond
Summary: Discusses state capitalism and its inability to deal with climate change – Editors.

Sweden: Potential Ways Forward in Light of the Growth of the Racist Sweden Democrats
Summary: The Right-wing block, in cooperation with the racist Sweden Democrats, wins a majority in the Swedish general election. Now, the Left and progressive forces have an opportunity to rethink how to organize for future – Editors

[Video] Marx’s Critique of the Gotha Programme – Contemporary Reflections
Summary: Peter Hudis and Kevin Anderson reflect on the new edition of Marx’s Critique of the Gotha Programme in this discussion hosted by Paul Reynolds of Historical Materialism Journal (London) — Editors

Iran Protests Against Compulsory Hijab and State Violence
A report on protests in Iran following the murder of a young Iranian Kurdish woman by the Tehran morality police. This article was originally published in Socialist Feminism. — Editors

The Five Lives of Raya Dunayevskaya: Sources of Intersectional Marxism
Originally published here in the Black Issues in Philosophy blog of the American Philosophical Association on August 30, 2022 — Editors
Practical/Philosophical Perspectives on Organization: A Brief Study of the Critique of the Gotha Program for Today’s Organizational Challenges
Summary: A look at what Marx’s ‘Critique of the Gotha Program’ has to offer in terms of dialectically working through philosophical/organizational matters today. Based on a report given to the International Marxist-Humanist Convention, July 2022 – Editors
Sri Lanka: Popular Upsurge against Economic Collapse and Political Repression
An authoritarian president has been driven out, but Sri Lanka is still gripped by economic crisis and political repression. Can the mass movement bring radical change? — Editors

Rosa Luxemburg Was the Great Theorist of Democratic Revolution
Summary: The new edition of Rosa Luxemburg’s writings shows she believed that a socialist revolution would have to be democratic or else it would be doomed to failure. Originally appeared in Jacobin, August 26, 2022, here: https://jacobin.com/2022/08/rosa-luxemburg-theorist-marxism-democratic-revolution — Editors

Chile Rejects Proposed Constitution: A Setback for the Left, But the Next Round Now Begins
Summary: On the deeply radical content of the new constitution, the forces that produced and opposed it, and the prospects for the future — Editors

Practical & Philosophical Perspectives on Organization
Summary: A report presented at the 2022 IMHO Convention discussing the need for, originality of, and activities by the International Marxist-Humanist Organization – Editors.

Marx’s 1872-75 French Edition of Capital: Critiquing Engels to Get at Marx’s Last version on Its 150th Anniversary
Summary: On the historic importance of Marx’s French edition of Capital, and the need to cut through Engel’s disparagement of this edition. Based on a presentation to the July 2022 Convention of the International Marxist-Humanist Organization – Editors

Challenges Faced by the LGBTQ+ Movement Today
Summary: Explores transgender issues in connection with the larger LGBTQ+ struggle, in the face of the global anti-queer offensive and the opportunism of some LBGTQ advocates – Editors