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.

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

"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.

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

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 ...

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.

The 50th anniversary of Lyndon Johnson's declaration of a "War on Poverty" has reignited a debate about the persistence of inequality.

The left debate is posed as either support for slavery reparations or an alternative, socialist solution. But why should it be an either/or choice?

A U.S. socialist explains why Marxists view the working class as the social force capable of transforming capitalist society.

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