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How My Professor Taught Marx: A First-Hand Experience with Academic “Marxism”

For the last century, academics have been attempting to distort Marx’s ideas. The task of genuine Marxists is to fight all petty-bourgeois distortions and to maintain the traditions of revolutionary Marxism.

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The Frankfurt School’s Academic “Marxism”: “Organized Hypocrisy”

In the 1960s, especially in radical student circles, there were many fanciful ideas floating around that “neo-capitalism” had evolved ways of avoiding capitalist crisis. These were the pseudo-Marxist ideas of the so-called Frankfurt School.

Alienation and Society: IDOM 41 Out Now!

Capitalism tends to isolate, atomize and alienate people, who are taught to see themselves only as “individuals.” But this notion, though deeply ingrained, has no basis either in science or in history.

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The Big Bang: Shoehorning the Facts to Fit the Theory

A new paper has identified six massive, mature galaxies, shining brightly in a tiny patch of the sky in the constellation Ursa Major. According the Big Bang theory, these galaxies should not have had time […]

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A Lot of Talk about Nothing: “Left Narratives” or Class Struggle?

Many on the left have put forward the idea that “the left needs a new narrative.” What is the substance behind this idea? Playing around with words is no substitute for class struggle.

Materialism and Empirio-Criticism: A Reading Guide

A reading guide for Lenin’s classic philosophical text which explains the principles of materialism from a Marxist perspective and defends them from various idealist attacks.

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Marxism Versus Postmodernism

Postmodernism embodies the utter dead end and pessimism of bourgeois philosophy in the era of capitalist society’s senile decay.

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The History of Philosophy, a Marxist Perspective: A Reading Guide

We present here a reading guide for Alan Woods’s “The History of Philosophy: A Marxist Perspective,” which can help you digest the many key insights from this unique text.

In Defense of Historical Materialism: New Magazine Out Now!

Alan Woods’ editorial on historical materialism from the Winter 2021 issue of the In Defence of Marxism, the theoretical journal of the IMT.

Book Launch—The History of Philosophy: A Marxist Perspective

Join us online on Sunday, September 26 for the book launch of The History of Philosophy: A Marxist Perspective with Alan Woods. This book will be a vital handbook for revolutionaries fighting to overthrow capitalism […]

Introduction to “The History of Philosophy: A Marxist Perspective” by Alan Woods

We publish an excerpt from the introduction to Alan Woods’s latest book, explaining why revolutionary Marxists should study the history of philosophy, and the enormous debt that Marxism owes to earlier thinkers.

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In Defence of Marxism Magazine Relaunched: Arm Yourself with Revolutionary Theory!

The International Marxist Tendency proudly presents the relaunched In Defence of Marxism theoretical journal! The magazine will become available from July 16, but you can subscribe today!