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John Bellamy Foster’s “Breaking the Bonds of Fate”

John Bellamy Foster’s “Breaking the Bonds of Fate”

August 6, 2026

The latest: "....Epicurus for Marx was a plus because he was very critical of religion or teleology – the notion that the gods or God determined things on earth. He rejected that without rejecting religion completely. And he emphasized that the basis of human life was community, friendship; building a society based on friendship. He was the first to bring women into philosophy – allowing them to emerge as major philosophers within the Epicurean school – and also slaves. He couldn’t do anything about slavery itself, but he brought slaves into Epicurean philosophy...."
New! Matthew Stanley’s “The Ragged Edge of Freedom”

New! Matthew Stanley’s “The Ragged Edge of Freedom”

August 5, 2026

The latest, from Paul Buhle: "Abolitionists and social reformers of all kinds, with a wide Yankee following augmented by many recent German immigrants, sought to take things beyond the uneasy accommodation of white populations to each other across existing political lines. In Wisconsin and in Chicago most notably, these would include “Abe’s Boys” enrolling in the army of the Union. Not so in the Southern Illinois, two hours’ drive from my hometown. The whites who immigrated northward from the near South, largely uneducated and lacking skills, came to be considered almost a species in themselves...."
WATCH: Socialist Register 2026

WATCH: Socialist Register 2026

August 3, 2026

This was the first live launch of the Socialist Register in New York City, with our brand new editor, Arun Kundnani, alongside the (relatively new) coeditor of the Socialist Register, Steve Maher, joined by three contributors to this year’s volume: Ibrahim Shikaki, Costas Lapavitsas, and Paul Heideman. Together they considered these and other questions:
New! “Requiem for French Theory”

New! “Requiem for French Theory”

July 21, 2026

Watch! The Marx Memorial Library in London recently hosted Gabriel Rockhill, Aymeric Monville, and Jennifer Ponce de León, engaged in a discussion regarding the effects of imperialism on the production and dissemination of knowledge....
Gabriel Rockhill’s “Who Paid the Pipers of Western Marxism?”

Gabriel Rockhill’s “Who Paid the Pipers of Western Marxism?”

July 10, 2026

The latest, in Le Monde: "En 1999, une historienne britannique, Frances Stonor Saunders, a décrit dans Who Paid the Piper? CIAand the Cultural Cold War ( Qui mène la danse ? La CIA et la guerre froide culturelle , Denoël, 2003) comment la CIA infiltrait la culture des années 1950 et 1960 par l’entremise de fondations commeFord ou Rockefeller. Gabriel Rockhill prolonge cette enquête en montrant comment les Etats-Unis ontutilisé ces mêmes canaux pour influencer les théoriciens de gauche – notamment ceux de l’école deFrancfort – afin de rendre leurs idées compatibles avec le capitalisme...."
Socialist Register 2026

Socialist Register 2026

June 24, 2026

June 27th, join the Marxist Education Project for an online launch of Socialist Register 2026, featuring Catarina Principe together with Michael Roberts, Alfredo Saad-Filho, and Stephen Maher.
“Albert Einstein’s ‘Why Socialism?'”

“Albert Einstein’s ‘Why Socialism?'”

June 16, 2026

The latest: Einstein's perspective links alienation and nuclear annihilation, capitalism to the devastating possibility of omnicide -- the destruction of all human life on earth. As the U.S. approaches its 250th anniversary....

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