Karl Marx Archives - Solidarity (Ireland)

Marx, the ‘metabolic rift’ and capitalism’s assault on nature

By Chris Stewart and Keishia Taylor In recent years millions of young and working class people have engaged in protests against the climate and ecological crisis as devastating wildfires, heat waves, droughts, hurricanes and floods have increased in regularity and intensity around

Dec 8, 2022

Theory & History·Uncategorized

Class Struggle: How is change won?

By Grace Fors, Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in the United States) Today’s generation is growing up surrounded by crises. As they come of age, dead-end jobs, crushing debt, and climate destruction await them. After 18 months of isolation, the COVID-19 pandemic

Sep 1, 2021

Theory & History

History: 250 years since the birth of Robert Owen

By Tom Costello Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in England, Wales and Scotland) This month marks 250 years since the birth of a legendary utopian socialist. While today many of his ideas have been contorted into simple philanthropy, what is often overlooked

May 25, 2021

Theory & History

Engels, Marx & the “Irish Question”

A lesser known aspect of Marx and Engels’ work is their attention to events and processes in Ireland. This is reflected in Marx’s Capital, where he references the shirt factories in Derry and the effect their development had on the broader local

Nov 29, 2020

Theory & History

Keynes, the crisis of neoliberalism and why capitalism can’t be reformed

Covid-19 has turned the world upside down, making all that was considered impossible now seem possible. In the context of a new crisis for capitalism and the undermining of the neoliberal order globally, the ideas of the liberal economist John Maynard Keynes

May 19, 2020

Theory & History·What is Socialism?

Economic crash shows who the real wealth creators are

By Mike Murphy Plans by governments and central banks to deal with the economic consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic feature in the news virtually every day. While the initial news focus was very strongly on the healthcare system response to the crisis,

Apr 22, 2020

Covid-19 Pandemic·Theory & History

1930s Great Depression & global crisis today

“The shock to the global economy from COVID-19 has been both faster and more severe than… even the Great Depression.” That comment by economist Nouriel Roubini on 24th March indicates the growing possibility of global events entering an entirely new period. One

Mar 29, 2020

Theory & History

Kautsky and the Parliamentary Road to Socialism – A Reply to Eric Blanc

By Rob Rooke, member of Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in the US- article was originally published in its journal Socialist World) We are living through a dramatic period in U.S. history. While the Trump presidency has emboldened the right, we have

Aug 1, 2019

“We only want the earth” – The case for socialist change

Dean O’Donnell & Cillian Gillespie make the case for a democratic socialist society based on need, not profit What type of economic system allows the 26 richest people to have as much as the 3.8 billion poorest? Why is it that, despite

May 4, 2019

Karl Marx’s theory of class struggle: the working class & revolution

Two hundred years since Karl Marx was born and 170 years since his most famous work, The Communist Manifesto, was published, Eddie McCabe looks at Marx’s theory of class struggle and assesses its relevance for today. Without the labour power of

May 5, 2018

Karl Marx

Marx, the ‘metabolic rift’ and capitalism’s assault on nature

Class Struggle: How is change won?

History: 250 years since the birth of Robert Owen

Engels, Marx & the “Irish Question”

Keynes, the crisis of neoliberalism and why capitalism can’t be reformed

Economic crash shows who the real wealth creators are

1930s Great Depression & global crisis today

Kautsky and the Parliamentary Road to Socialism – A Reply to Eric Blanc

“We only want the earth” – The case for socialist change

Karl Marx’s theory of class struggle: the working class & revolution

Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity

Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden