Socialist Appeal
The British section of the International Marxist Tendency
David Attenborough’s latest documentary tells the story of climate change. But the programme and its presenter point the finger at the wrong culprit: ‘humanity’, rather than the bosses. To save the planet, we need system change.
Modern Monetary Theory has become in vogue on the left, as a supposed answer to the austerity agenda pursued by big business politicians. But the limits of a new book by a leading MMT proponent show why we need the ideas of Marxism.
The Tories have threatened to criminalise climate protests, in the wake of a recent blockade of the Murdoch press by Extinction Rebellion. To fight back, the climate movement must link up with organised workers and struggle for socialism.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was born 250 years ago on 27 August 1770 in the German city of Stuttgart. A towering genius with an encyclopaedic mind, Hegel revolutionised every field that he dedicated himself to. The impact of Hegel’s ideas cannot be underestimated. As Marxists, we owe him a tremendous debt.
Our recent critique has drawn the ire of ‘left-wing’ journalist Paul Mason, who said that our “mouldering” organisation needs to abandon its outdated worldview. Mason’s post-modernism, however, is no substitute for the science of Marxism.