Open Marxism 3: Emancipating Marx was released in 1995. The introduction to volume 3 is included below along with the full PDF. For a fuller overview of Open Marxism, see the introduction to volume 1 ...

On Oct. 21, Doug Allen, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Maine held the second installment of the Socialist and Marxist Studies Series this fall. In this lecture, Dr. Allen ...

LEADERS of the 75 Communist parties meeting in Moscow—and those conspicuously absent—often argue bitterly about what their faith, Marxism, means. More interesting is the question of what Marxism does.

CounterPunch recently republished two compelling articles about Herbert Marcuse. Charles Reitz’s study, “When Marxist Intellectuals Collaborated With the CIA,” (December 12, 2025); and Michael Yates ...

The young cigar maker in New York City attended a few socialist meetings in the 1870s. But he longed to hear “constructive” ideas about how to achieve a better life for himself and his fellow workers.

More than one hundred years after the socialist movement split into warring Marxist and anarchist factions, there are signs, at least on a small scale, that people calling themselves anarchists and ...

For nearly two centuries, Karl Marx’s ideas have had a significant impact on US politics and intellectual life. In turn, Marx’s close study of the US informed the development of his ideas about ...

Sharon Smith, author of Women and Socialism: Class, Race and Capital, explains the roots of the concept of intersectionality and how it can help advance Marxist theory. MANY ACTIVISTS who have heard ...

LET us begin with Marx and Engels. What was the role assigned to literature and art in the system of Dialectical Materialism? This role was much less cut-and-dried than is nowadays often supposed.

Hartman, Andrew. Karl Marx in America. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2025. ISBN: 9780226537481. Leipold, Bruno. Citizen Marx: Republicanism and the Formation ...