Uses and Abuses of the Paris Commune: the Extraordinary Story of Adrien Lejeune, the Last Communard
Summary: On the 150th anniversary of the Paris Commune, David Black reviews Gavin Bowd’s book on Adrien Lejeune, the Last Communard – Editors.
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[Video] Raya Dunayevskaya’s Intersectional Marxism
Get to know Raya Dunayevskaya’s brand of intersectional Marxism at this book launch event sponsored by the IMHO. Recorded on February 17, 2021. Speakers: Paul Mason, Alessandra Spano, Karel Ludenhoff,…
Commemorating Helen Macfarlane (1818-60): Slavery, Abolitionism and the Roots of Scottish Marxism
Summary: A recent BBC television documentary, Slavery: Scotland’s Hidden Shame, calls to mind the writings of the Scottish Chartist, Helen Macfarlane – born 200 years ago. — Editors
Sixty Years of Raya Dunayevskaya’s Marxism and Freedom: Then and Now
Summary: On the book’s reception at the time of its publication by intellectuals like Alasdair MacIntyre and Paul Mattick, as well as labor activists like Harry McShane and Sheila Leslie; its impact o…
On CLR James and Hegel’s Dialectic
Summary: Based on a talk to the ‘No Peace in the Park: Psychedelic Bolshevik Day School’, 17 June 2017, Norfolk Heritage Park, Sheffield – slightly expanded in light of discussion — Editors
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 radicals…
A Revolutionary Betrayed: Review of the Play, ‘Eleanor Marx: the Jewess of Jews Walk’
Summary: A review of the new play, “Eleanor Marx: the Jewess of Jews Walk,” which has just opened in London — Editors
The British Crisis and the Corbyn Surge: A Perfect Political Storm in the Making
Summary –British Prime Minister Theresa May, having lost her Parliamentary majority in the June 2017 election, is now grappling with the prospect of national humiliation and economic disaster in the B…
[Discussion Article] On the Perils of Populism: Brexit, the Left and the EU
Summary: This article is based on a presentation for the 2016 convention of the International Marxist-Humanist Organization on Philosophic Perspectives on Anti-Capitalism  – Editors
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[[London]] Paul Mason, Alessandra Spano, Karel Ludenhoff, and David Black on Raya Dunayevskaya’s Intersectional Marxism, with introductory remarks by Kieran Durkin
February 17, 2021
19:00-21:00 GMT
Zoom
[London, UK] 60 Years of Raya Dunayevskaya’s ‘Marxism and Freedom’: On Class, Race and Automation
November 7, 2018
7:00 PM
Housmans Bookshop
5 Caledonian Road, London N1 9DY
[London] Alternatives to Capitalism: Internationalism, Theory and Revolution
November 8, 2017
7:30 - 9:30 PM
The Artists Room, Conway Hall
Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL