CM Pinarayi Vijayan regrets Mammootty’s controversy during his Wayanad visit, apologizing for any CPI(M) involvement in social media criticism.

And so, with the legacy of Biodun Jeyifo, we are able to deploy the fundamental importance of radical scholarship for the understanding of Nigeria’s postcolonial predicament. With the late Biodun ...

Marxist scholar, political analyst, historian and author Michael Parenti has died at the age of 92. He was an outspoken critic of capitalism, imperialism and class inequities, whose intellectual works ...

Pause and listen. Destructive criticism attacks one's character - ignore and dismiss it calmly. While, constructive feedback targets actions for growth. Give yourself some time to listen and process ...

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 ...

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

In a twist that would make Karl Marx smile and Adam Smith spin in his grave, President Trump’s recent economic moves have accidentally created the very socialist system his supporters claim to despise ...

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.

Andrea Long Chu and the crisis in criticism. Andrea Long Chu and the politics of critical life. The first time you publish a review, once the temporary excitement of the byline wears off, you are ...

“You’re such a slob.” “You shouldn't be eating that." “Are you dumb?” “Can you stop laughing so loud—it's embarrassing.” "Why would you ever wear something like that?" Abuse Can Be Subtle Most people ...

The philosopher Karl Popper devoted considerable attention to Karl Marx in Volume 2 of The Open Society and Its Enemies, originally published in 1945, and in this week’s column, I’d like to consider ...

For Gillian Rose, the work of philosophy was to confront the myths and blind spots that sustain capitalism and dignify injustice. The result was a Marxism hostile to political dogmas of all kinds.