Skip to main content

books

Strangely Lenin

Paul Buhle Portside
This may be the funniest book about Lenin ever published, a generalization difficult to prove because there have been thousands of books about Lenin in hundreds of languages.

Marxism & Class

Helena Sheehan MR OnLine
The working class should not be positioned as the most vulnerable in need of help, but as those who labour and deserve a just distribution of the fruits of their labour. The working class comes not with a begging bowl, but with a clear strong voice.

Mandela’s Black Marxism

An interview with Paul S. Landau by Chris Webb Africa is a Country
Nelson Mandela is deified everywhere. But typically missing is an account of his early years, when he insisted that Marxism be responsive to South African conditions.

Mike Davis Could See the Future

Hua Hsu The New Yorker
Mike Davis died this week. Often misread as a “prophet of doom,” the Marxist historian was actually an optimist and a dreamer.
Subscribe to Marxism