By Michael Roberts Today is the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Paris Commune. The Commune (Council) was formed as result of what should be
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By John Pickard 1921 was an auspicious year, full of important political events, both nationally and internationally. It is fitting that serious socialists mark the
By Greg Oxley, member of PCF, Paris The Paris Commune of 1871 was one of the greatest and most inspiring episodes in the history of
Darwin, The Descent of Man and evolution
By John Pickard It is 150 years this year since Darwin published his book The Descent of Man. He developed the main outline of his
‘All good things must come to an end’ By Michael Roberts During the year of the Covid, output, investment and employment in nearly all the
Engels’ view on human evolution. A triumph of dialectical materialism
By John Pickard First published in the Militant International Review, June 1984 Engels’ pamphlet, The Part Played by Labour in the Transition from Ape to Man, written
By Michael Roberts Last week I gave a lecture in the seminar series on Marxist political economy organised by the Department of Development Studies at
By Michael Roberts In the Oxford Handbook of Karl Marx, Thomas Rotta and Rodrigo Teixeira have a chapter called the commodification of knowledge and information. In
by Ed Doveton This article was originally written in November 2016, prior to the Momentum coup carried out by its private owner, John Lansman. It
What if there is a strike of Capital? By Mick Brooks (Ealing Southall CLP, personal capacity) First published by the Labour Representation Committee, at: l-r-c.org.uk/ John