Marxism
latest news & developmentsReflecting on Karl Marx’s legacy in Africa on his 206th birthday
Western powers and multinational corporations continue to exploit Africa’s natural resources, exploit its labour, and perpetuate dependency through unequal trade relations and…
OPINION | Not all business owners are equal
Value is subjective. Things have no intrinsic value but to the degree that someone desires the
Covid-19 pandemic: An opportunity to press the reset button on capitalism?
Human greed has brought us to the brink of societal collapse. It is time for a student-led revolution to promote a transition to a new economic system
Are SA’s university professors a bunch of socialists?
A recent column by Ivo Vegter in the Daily Maverick posited that there is a ‘strong left-wing tendency in academia
Mozambique rivals sign peace deal
The leaders of Renamo and Frelimo hail the ‘new era’ ending clashes between the two since 2013
Class the DNA of society
‘Class, in other words, is much more than just one aspect of the social complex,’ writes one of our readers
Nothing fuzzy about complexity
Biological traits and social constructions play a part in our nuanced relations with each other
Black liberalism is an apology for capitalism
Despite McKaiser’s best attempts, he can’t shrug off the core elements of exploitative capitalism
A black liberal is not an oxymoron
The meaning of liberal is lost and, no, it doesn’t mean that you’ll be in Zille’s WhatsApp group
SA’s great expectations are justified
As change seems finally within reach, we must assess the political work that needs to be done
Letters to the editor: February 3 to 9 2017
Readers write in about Marxism and economics, and the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Historian who lit intellectual veld fires
Martin Legassick, expelled from the ANC, was acclaimed as one of the leading thinkers of the South African left.
Letters to the editor: July 3 to 9 2015
Readers write in about the climate, the ANC, and Marxism.
Marxists plot new course for Mzansi
The friction between different schools of socialist thinking has produced more light than heat for South Africa.
Marxism of a special type
His dissident views made him a renegade communist, but a new biography confirms Harold Wolpe as an influential radical voice.