Capitalism and Marxism

Corporate magazine describes and bemoans the ‘end of capitalism’

An April 5th article from the aptly-named pro-capitalist magazine website, Fortune.com, carried the title: “‘We may be looking at the end ...
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Lenin: Thinker, fighter

V.I. Lenin was born on this day, April 22, in 1870. Struggle-La Lucha presents this brief biography written by Vince ...
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Marxism and insurrection: In defense of the LA rebellion

Sam Marcy, a leading Marxist thinker and fighter of the second half of the 20th century, died 25 years ago ...
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The meteoric rise and collapse of FTX

The large cryptocurrency exchange FTX went out of business on November 11. Many have likened this phenomenon to the collapse ...
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Why Marx was right about capitalism needing to have periodic crises

The National Business Review reported a comment by New Zealand's then National Party government Minister of Finance, Bill English, on ...
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Throwing door open for oppressed people: Bolshevik Revolution changed the world forever

One-hundred-and-five years ago, on Nov. 7, 1917, workers and peasants overthrew the capitalist government in Russia. The world hasn't been ...
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Life expectancy and human development in the 21st century

Life expectancy is one of the best measures of human development. In hunter-gather societies, on average, about 57-67% of children made ...
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Raise the minimum wage (and give Marx a prize)!

The typical winner of the Nobel Prize in economics is a 67-year-old man, born in the United States, who is ...
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The relative decline of U.S. imperialism

The swift collapse of Afghanistan puppet government when U.S. troops withdrew from the war with the Taliban and left the ...
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Capitalism: has the leopard changed its spots?

“Let me be clear: capitalism without competition isn’t capitalism. It’s exploitation.”, U.S. President Biden tweeted when signing an executive order ...
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