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Friedrich Engels was born 200 years ago today. We remember his engagement with the Irish question – and why he came to believe that, for workers in England to gain their freedom, "the lever must be applied in Ireland."
Today, workers in over 30 countries are taking industrial action against Amazon. Jeff Bezos’ exploitative practices are global — but so is the struggle against them.
Eric Hobsbawm chronicled how socialist breakthroughs in the Global South had deep impacts on the thinking of Marxists in the West.
In this week's A World to Win, Grace speaks to Marxist historian Vijay Prashad about India's mass strikes, the rise of the far right, and the persistence of imperial power in the global economy.
In the mid 20th century, Algeria's bid for independence from France sent reverberations around the emergent Third World – but today, its role in the formation of the post-colonial system is often forgotten.
50 years ago, the publication of an English translation of 'Selections from the Prison Notebooks' catapulted Antonio Gramsci onto the world stage – and gave Marxism its most influential post-war intellectual.
Nearing the end of WWII, armed forces stationed in Egypt established their own parliament to demand a socialist transformation of Britain's economy. On VE Day, we republish an article from a 'Minister' of the Cairo Forces Parliament.
The spread of Covid-19 across the world was facilitated by a globalised economy rigged in favour of big corporations – and the long-term consequences are likely to fall most severely on those it exploits: the countries of the Global South.
Silicon Valley’s innovations are not going to save the world — despite what its prophets predict.
James Connolly was born on this day in 1868. The outstanding Marxist of Ireland's history, we remember his contributions to revolutionary socialism and anti-colonialism.
Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell makes the case for a left-wing alternative to neoliberal globalisation and reactionary nationalism.
Last week's International Social Forum was a landmark for Labour – showing that the party was serious about working with forces from the Global South to correct economic injustices.
Soldiers during the Second World War were determined they would not return to the same Britain they left. So they set up their own parliament.
Janet Mendelsohn's photographs of Balsall Heath, Birmingham, showed a new multicultural country coming into being. How do they look fifty years later?
Boris Johnson's Brexit deal tears up protections for working people and opens the door for US-style deregulation. Labour should bury it, before it buries us.
Establishment commentators are calling for Labour to abandon transformational politics at the moment we can least afford it, argues Zarah Sultana.