James Crossley traces the links between Christopher Hill’s Marxist analysis of the English Revolution, the importance of the Bible in promoting revolutionary thought, and the student revolts... Continue reading
Martin Brown considers what a Marxist approach can tell us about our education system. Like everything else in a class-divided society, education is a battleground. In present... Continue reading
Esther Leslie traces Marx’s analysis of clothing and fashion under capitalism. There are rhythms in capitalism, which those critics more or less proximate to the Marxist tradition... Continue reading
Martin Cloake discusses issues around media manipulation and self-censorship, ownership, and the questions for a progressive cultural policy on the media to address. On the morning after... Continue reading
Helena Sheehan reviews the life and work of Christopher Caudwell. Christopher Caudwell Culture as Politics: Selected Writings of Christopher Caudwell Edited by David Margolies, Pluto, London, 2018.... Continue reading
Richard King teases out the links between Marxism, Buddhism and socialism. The Dalai Lama and Marxism Dhammic Socialism according to Buddhist principles holds that Nature created beings... Continue reading
Jack Newsinger reviews the documentary film The Acting Class, by Deirdre O’Neill and Mike Wayne, which gives voice to the struggles of actors of working-class origin as... Continue reading
Keith Flett considers the various references to the role beer played in the lives of Marx and Engels. There have been many and varied attempts over the... Continue reading
Tom Walker discusses how corporate profiteers are capturing a vital social resource – information about ourselves. How can we de-commodify our everyday lives and even our resistance?... Continue reading
Professor John Storey outlines Marx and Engels’ theoretical contributions to cultural theory. Although Karl Marx did not have a fully developed theory of culture, it is possible... Continue reading