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- Titan sub vs. refugee trawler: how much is a human life worth? https://www.marxist.com/titan-sub-vs-refugee-trawler-how-much-is-a-human-life-worth.htm 21 comments
- China: class struggle about to enter a new, more volatile chapter http://www.marxist.com/china-class-struggle-about-to-enter-a-new-more-volatile-chapter.htm 49 comments china
- China: economic downturn augurs epoch of instability and struggle http://www.marxist.com/china-economic-downturn-augurs-epoch-of-instability-and-struggle.htm 3 comments china
- China: Xi Jinping accumulates unprecedented power as deep crisis looms http://www.marxist.com/china-xi-jinping-accumulates-unprecedented-power-as-deep-crisis-looms.htm 24 comments china
- China: The Henan Bank Run and the Mass’ Struggle against Tyranny and Crisis https://www.marxist.com/china-the-henan-bank-run-and-the-mass-struggle-against-tyranny-and-crisis.htm 5 comments china
- Lie Flat in China: seething discontent amongst the youth bursting to the surface https://www.marxist.com/china-lie-flat.htm 18 comments china
- China: outrage as woman with 8 children found in chains https://www.marxist.com/china-outrage-as-woman-with-8-children-found-in-chains.htm 5 comments china
- Kazakhstan: president calls in foreign troops to smash protest movement https://www.marxist.com/kazakhstan-president-calls-in-foreign-troops-to-smash-protest-movement.htm 6 comments worldnews
- Russia: widespread fraud robs CPRF of electoral gains https://www.marxist.com/russia-widespread-fraud-robs-cprf-of-electoral-gains.htm 2 comments worldevents
- Capitalism’s heat wave wreaks havoc in North America https://www.marxist.com/capitalism-s-heat-wave-wreaks-havoc-in-north-america.htm 255 comments environment
- Lie Flat in China: seething discontent amongst the youth bursting to the surface https://www.marxist.com/china-lie-flat.htm 11 comments economy
- Haiti on the brink of insurrection http://www.marxist.com/haiti-on-the-brink-of-insurrection.htm 22 comments worldnews
- Brazil: nature, its destruction, and capitalism https://www.marxist.com/brazil-nature-its-destruction-and-capitalism.htm 4 comments nature
- Trump, Merkel, and the death of the Western alliance https://www.marxist.com/trump-merkel-and-the-death-of-the-western-alliance.htm 7 comments politics
- Youth protests across France: “Neither the banker, nor the racist!” http://www.marxist.com/youth-protests-across-france-neither-the-banker-nor-the-racist.htm 51 comments europe
- A Marxist student is shot dead in Balochistan http://www.marxist.com/a-marxist-student-is-shot-dead-in-balochistan.htm 32 comments pakistan
- Sixty-two billionaires own half the world: The latest in a series of annual reports from Oxfam, detailing the level of economic inequality in our world, is a striking example of Marx’s prediction that capitalism concentrates wealth in fewer and fewer hands. http://www.marxist.com/sixty-two-billionaires-own-half-the-world.htm 98 comments economy
- Danger: World Slump Ahead - The International Monetary Fund has been forced, not only to repeatedly downgrade its growth forecasts, but to now predict a fall in World GDP in dollar terms, the first since 2009. This is a reflection of the crisis-ridden world we are in. http://www.marxist.com/danger-world-slump-ahead.htm 4 comments economy
- For the first time since the break-up of Yugoslavia, the workers and poor of Macedonia, following the examples set in Bosnia, are uniting across national divisions in mass protests against the government. The terrorist attacks have not divided, but strengthened and united the movement. http://www.marxist.com/macedonia-mass-protests-against-government.htm 7 comments europe
- Self-harm, suicide and capitalist alienation http://www.marxist.com/self-harm-suicide-and-capitalist-alienation.htm 27 comments philosophy
- Mainstream media have presented Boris Nemtsov as an anti-Putin “liberal” oppositionist. In reality he was part of the oligarchy that began to emerge after the collapse of the Soviet Union, but had fallen out of grace with the main clique that took over. http://www.marxist.com/russia-nemtsov-a-symbol-of-the-right.htm 5 comments europe
- Ominous signs for the world economy as Chinese slowdown gathers pace http://www.marxist.com/ominous-signs-for-the-world-economy-as-chinese-slowdown-gathers-pace.htm 5 comments economy
- Successful two hour general strike in Norway: 1.5 million workers went on strike yesterday in the biggest political strike in Norwegian history. http://www.marxist.com/general-strike-in-norway.htm 7 comments europe
- "Now a majority in former East Germany votes for the left and harks back to what was positive about the planned economy. After rejecting Stalinism, they have now had a taste of capitalism, and the conclusion drawn is that socialism is better than capitalism." http://www.marxist.com/fall-berlin-wall-20-years-later.htm 10 comments europe
- Italy: Million strong workers’ demonstration in Rome marks the end of Renzi’s honeymoon http://www.marxist.com/italy-million-strong-workers-demonstration-in-rome-marks-the-end-of-renzis-honeymoon.htm 11 comments europe
- Italy: Red Festival 2014! Modena - July 3-6 http://www.marxist.com/italy-red-festival-2014-modena-july-3-6.htm 11 comments italy
- Relativity Theory http://www.marxist.com/science-old/relativitytheory.html 15 comments philosophy
- Marx, Keynes, Hayek and the Crisis of Capitalism - Part one | In Defence of Marxism http://www.marxist.com/marx-keynes-hayek-and-the-crisis-of-capitalism-part-one.htm 3 comments politics
- How the Greeks vote (pdf) http://www.marxist.com/pdf/greek_17_june_vote_analysis.pdf 18 comments europe
- Why we are Marxists http://www.marxist.com/why-we-are-marxists.htm 23 comments politics
- Greece: "the government, big capital and its international agents are asking us to sacrifice our lives to guarantee the interest payments to the capitalists" http://www.marxist.com/greece-not-sacrifice-lives-pay-interest-to-lenders.htm 12 comments worldnews
- Hundreds of thousands of Mexicans defend union. "In spite of government, media campaign, workers were not intimidated. An elderly man raised his fist and smiled. When the last arrived, rally had already finished, but the Zocalo was still packed." http://www.marxist.com/mexico-october-15-electrifying-mobilization-to-defend-sme.htm 4 comments worldnews
- Honduras: Hundreds of heavily armed agents of coup regime attacked the 5,000 people outside Brazilian embassy. Army has cut off electricity and water supply to many areas. http://www.marxist.com/honduras-regime-repression-insurrection.htm 5 comments worldnews
- Japan now has 2nd largest communist party in G8; only the Russian Communist Party bigger. 42-year-old worker from Tokyo-based transport company: "Companies are only interested in their profits and protecting their management. They do not care about their staff. They see us as disposable." http://www.marxist.com/left-turn-in-japan.htm 291 comments worldnews
- Glory is near.. My dear comrades.. http://www.marxist.com/computer-industry-capitalism-free-software240907.htm 16 comments linux
- Madagascar: Soldiers ignore orders to shoot protestors. Prepare to defend people. http://www.marxist.com/madagascar-troops-defy-orders.htm 149 comments worldnews
- Venezuela: "All those companies where the employers exploit the workers, or where it has become indebted and cannot pay its workers, well, they have to be recovered, nationalised, taken over". http://www.marxist.com/chavez-orders-investigation-killing-trade-unionists.htm 3 comments worldnews
- Colombia: Half a million people on strike in the nation that kills more union members than the rest of the world combined. http://www.marxist.com/colobmian-workers-and-peasants-mobilize-one-day-general-strike.htm 83 comments worldnews
- Capitalism has failed. Period http://www.marxist.com/capitalism-has-failed-period.htm 2 comments reddit.com
- Free Software the answer? http://www.marxist.com/computer-industry-capitalism-free-software240907.htm 20 comments programming