The state consists of all the institutions that the ruling class uses to coerce the other classes in society. This includes the institutions of “legitimate” violence, such as the police, military, courts, and jails, as well as the institutions of…
Dialectical Materialism is the Marxist philosophical framework. Put another way, it’s the method we use to analyze the world. Marxism doesn’t provide a set of dogmas that teach us how to act in all situations. But it does provide us…
In Marxism, a person’s class is defined by their relationship to the Means of Production (the stuff that’s used to make stuff, such as tools, machinery, and raw materials.) While classes can be broken down into finer categories, it’s common…
“The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.” – Marx and Engels, The Communist Manifesto The ideas of class and class struggle are intimately tied up with Marxism because Marxists see economic relations as both…
Marxism, aka Scientific Socialism, is a field of study first developed by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in the 19th Century, which continues to develop to this day. Before Karl Marx, all attempts at socialism had been utopian. That is…
There are two big mysteries in the anime industry. One: Why do many animators in Japan earn just $2 an hour, when animators are constantly in high demand? And two: How do over 500 separate anime studios manage to survive…
Every year, the Economic Intelligence Unit releases the Democracy Index. This index claims to rank countries by how democratic they are. But how credible is it? The first thing we notice when we look into it, is that the Democracy…
The Dictatorship of the Proletariat (DotP) is one of the fundamental concepts in Marxism. It doesn’t describe the dictatorship of a single person or a small group, but rather the dictatorship of a whole class over the rest of society….
“Emphasis on public participation by Cubans is focused not only on periodic voting but also on continuous participation in governing.” MarkH. Kruger (2007) Community Based Crime Control in Cuba Countries like the US and UK treat crime as if it’s…
On March 25th, several newspapers released reports detailing a sting of MPs that was orchestrated by the campaign group Led by Donkeys. Led by Donkeys set up a fake South Korean company which approached a number of MPs including former…