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Ideas & Debates

Engels, Working Women, and Socialist Feminism

Engels' sharp critique of the patriarchal family and the institution of marriage remains extremely powerful today. As part of his legacy to socialist feminism, he elevated the problem of the oppression of women to the theoretical level of social production, as part of the core concerns of Marxism.

Josefina L. Martínez

November 28, 2020

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 very last day, Engels fought against reformist ideas and for revolutionary principles.

Doug Enaa Greene

November 28, 2020

Engels Still Lives at 200

Today marks 200 years since the birth of Friedrich Engels, the revolutionary leader who, side by side with Marx, elaborated a good part of what we know today as the theoretical bases of Marxism and built the first international organizations of “insurrectionist wage slaves” who adopted communism as the name for their objective.

Ariane Diaz

November 28, 2020

The Fight Against Cop “Unions”: An International Debate

As the United States was shaken by protests against racist police violence this year, many people came to understand the true nature of the cops' so-called “unions”: they defend murderers. Yet some socialists still think police should be unionized. We present here a debate with the LIT-CI.

Nathaniel Flakin

November 20, 2020

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 popular "How to Be an Anti-Capitalist in the 21st Century," and discuss the pitfalls of trying to "erode" capitalism.

Doug Enaa Greene

November 14, 2020

Militant Journalism and the Revolutionary Left

What part can a revolutionary publication play in the fight for socialism today?

Madeleine Freeman

November 6, 2020

No Matter Who Wins the Elections, We Need Independent Socialist Journalism

No matter who is in the White House, there will be attacks on working-class and oppressed people. We will need independent, socialist, journalism to fight whoever wins this election. Join us!

Tatiana Cozzarelli

November 2, 2020

Introducing: Left Voice Magazine

Our new online magazine will appear on the first Sunday of every month.

Left Voice

November 1, 2020

Four Strategies for Socialism

How can we beat capitalism? A comparison of reformism, autonomism, Maoism, and revolutionary socialism.

Juan Cruz Ferre

November 1, 2020