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Engels Against Reformism in Germany and France
Friedrich Engels was born 200 years ago today. Modern reformists like to cite Engels as an authority. But until his ... -
Book Review: How to Be an Anti-Capitalist in the 21st Century
When it comes to fighting for socialism, strategy is everything. Here we present a review of Erik Olin Wright's immensely ... -
Remembering Trotsky’s Contributions
For revolutionary militants today, Leon Trotsky not only serves as an example, but his Marxism is a necessary tool in ... -
Enlightenment Betrayed
The historian Jonathan Israel’s criticisms of Marx are not new. They have a long history in liberal Cold War anticommunism. -
The Jacobin Enlightenment
Jacobinism was not a betrayal of the Radical Enlightenment and the French Revolution. It was a historically necessary effort to ... -
Marx and the Communist Enlightenment
Marxism is the completion of the Radical Enlightenment project. -
Hegel, Enlightenment, and Revolution
Hegel’s dialectical analysis of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution provides the groundwork for Marx’s theory of historical materialism. -
Spinoza’s Radical Enlightenment
The Radical Enlightenment starts with Baruch Spinoza’s materialist philosophy. There is a direct line from Spinoza to Marx and Engels ... -
Enlightenment Betrayed: Jonathan Israel, Marxism, and the Enlightenment Legacy
Jonathan Israel is one of the most important scholars of the radical legacy of the Enlightenment. But a look at ... -
We Had to Tear This Mothafucka Up: The Legacy of the L.A. Uprising
The mass demonstrations that have erupted since the police murdered George Floyd echo the fierce militancy and revolutionary art of ...