Full Marx Are Marxists iconoclasts? Statues and other icons can enforce power and domination but they can also help us challenge that power, writes the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School
Monday 09th Nov 2020 Full Marx What are the ‘base’ and ‘superstructure’ of society? Knowledge, ideas, culture, values and ethics cannot exist independently of the physical world; the MARX MEMORIAL LIBRARY explain Marx’s most simple but important assertion
Monday 26th Oct 2020 Full Marx Was William Morris a Marxist? Despite being called a utopian and even an anarchist, Morris’s writings and his participation in Britain’s first Marxist groups make it clear whose politics he followed, argues the MARX MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Monday 19th Oct 2020 FULL MARX What should we do about money? One of the biggest challenges in post-Brexit, post-Covid Britain will be to confront the domination of Britain’s economy by the City of London and by international finance capital, says the MARX MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Monday 28th Sep 2020 Where does money come from? Once it was a supposedly a physical thing, allegedly tied to an amount of gold — but money only really got into its stride when it was created out of nothing by nation states and financial institutions. What does that mean in a world with multiple currencies and distinct rich and poor nations, asks the MARX MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Monday 31st Aug 2020 What is money? Money is a a paper IOU note written by the bank which promises to pay the bearer the amount printed on the bill, right? Wrong, explains the MARX MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Sunday 09th Aug 2020 Full Marx Do Marxists believe in utopias? Idealistic visions of the future should not obstruct our understanding of social reality as it exists and our efforts to bring about change, says the MARX MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Sunday 26th Jul 2020 FULL MARX What is ‘Leninism’? Lenin’s thinking is based on practical revolutionary action linked to a strong theoretical understanding in the context of specific existing circumstances, explains the MARX MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Monday 13th Jul 2020 What did Marx mean by ‘abolish the wages system’? The exploitation inherent in the wage system was more obvious in Marx's time, but has essentially remained the same — and today it's far easier to imagine a world without wages entirely, where goods and services are free, explains the MARX MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Monday 29th Jun 2020 Full Marx What is ‘post-capitalism’? It’s an empty phrase used by people who wish to bypass the necessity of struggle, says the MARX MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Monday 15th Jun 2020 Can charity change the world? IN Marx’s day, solidarity, humanity, sharing amongst working people were not considered “charity.” Charity was something that those with money did.