The Chinese Revolution of 1949
For Marxists, the Chinese Revolution was the second greatest event in human history, second only to the Bolshevik Revolution of…
Marxism and the State
The question of the State in capitalist society is of key importance for Marxists. We do not see it as…
Churchill: a modern myth
A man’s reputation is like his shadow: it is often much bigger than the man himself. Such is the case…
Ambedkarism and the aborted slogan of a Dalit party
The dalits, the “untouchables”, of India are not one homogenous bloc. Within them a bourgeois layer has risen and aspires…
Indian independence (part 3) – Role of the Communist Party of India during Partition
In the 1940s the Communist Party of India (CPI) was a prisoner of the policies imposed by Stalin on the…
Indian independence (Part 2) – The crime of partition
Today marks the 60th anniversary of Indian independence from British rule. In reality, the partition of India in 1947 cut…
Indian Independence (Part 1) – Marx and Indian history
In this first article Jamil Iqbal outlines a Marxist analysis of how British imperialism, by introducing capitalist methods, broke down…
What is dialectical materialism?
Do we need a philosophy? Scientific socialism or Marxism is composed of three component parts: Dialectical Materialism, Historical Materialism and…
Marxism and Religion
What Marxists want The aim of Marxists is to fight for the socialist transformation of society on a national and…
Indian and Islamic philosophy
Alan Woods has written an extra chapter to his book on the History of Philosophy dealing with the historical development of Indian…