Marxism – Page 29 – People's World

“Why Marx Was Right”: lively challenge to 10 myths

December 16, 2011 By Frederick Barr

Eagleton's bright, witty book marches forward into the usual stumbling blocks erected over the decades in the environment of popular ideology and topples them.

Edward Elkind, lifelong peace activist, dies

December 1, 2011 By Special to People’s World

Edward H. Elkind, 81, a Marxist activist and teacher who also worked as a computer programmer and advocated such causes as D.C. home rule, rent control, public housing and public health clinics, died Oct. 8.

Capitalism and unemployment

October 17, 2011 By Art Perlo

Mass unemployment has been a feature of capitalism since it emerged as the dominant social system in 17th century England and spread throughout the world.

Red School Bus tour makes final stop for summer in Texas

August 4, 2011 By Jordan Farrar

Many Marxists, communists, radical labor activists and political activists were proud to call the great state of Texas their home.

Celebration marks 32nd anniversary of Nicaragua’s Sandinista revolution

July 20, 2011 By Luis Rivas

Thirty-two years ago, a Marxist-led national liberation movement forever changed the history and political dynamics of Nicaragua.