In Defence of Marxism

Catalogue

#47 - Autumn 2024

  • Editorial: The struggle for world revolution
  • How the Communist International Was Built
  • War and revolution: Austria 1914-18
  • US imperialism's invasion of Soviet Russia
  • El Lissitsky's Red Wedge
  • Socialism in one country: How Stalin abandoned Marxism

The necessity of art – new issue of "In Defence of Marxism" magazine out now!

Issue 46 of In Defence of Marxism, the quarterly theoretical journal of the Revolutionary Communist International is now available for purchase! Click here to get your copy. This issue deals with the very important question of the relationship of culture, and art in particular, to the struggle for socialist revolution and human freedom.

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#46 - Summer 2024

  • Editorial: Is art necessary?
  • A muse of fire: Art, society and revolution
  • Prometheus Bound: A prism of the Greek Enlightenment
  • A renewed interest in poetry: What does it signify?
  • Trotsky: Culture and Socialism

#45 - Spring 2024

  • Why we need a communist international
  • 50 years since the Ethiopian Revolution
  • Frantz Fanon’s Wretched of the Earth: A Marxist critique
  • French imperialism in Cameroon
  • Lenin’s ‘Draft Theses on the Colonial Question’

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In Defence of Marxism – out now in French!

We are proud to announce that the world’s foremost magazine for original Marxist theoretical content, In Defence of Marxism - América Socialista, is now available in French! It joins regular English, Spanish, Indonesian, Portuguese, Swedish and Chinese translations, and will soon be joined by an Italian translation. The enlarged audience of communist workers and youth that will thus have access to these ideas will find in this magazine a powerful weapon.

Lenin: 100 years on – new issue of "In Defence of Marxism" magazine out now!

Issue 44 of In Defence of Marxism magazine, the quarterly theoretical journal of the International Marxist Tendency, is available to buy now! To commemorate the centenary of the death of one of history’s greatest communists, this issue focuses on the life and work of Lenin.

In Defence of Marxism magazine: more communist theory coming in 2024 – subscribe today!

2023 has been an outstanding year for In Defence of Marxism magazine: the quarterly theoretical journal of the International Marxist Tendency. This festive season is the perfect time to buy yourself, fellow comrades, friends and relatives a subscription to the finest source of Marxist theory and analysis in print!

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References

#44 - Winter 2023

  • Lenin: 100 years on
  • How Lenin studied Hegel
  • Lenin against 'Oblomovism'
  • Lenin's last struggle
  • Trotsky's struggle to rejuvenate the Bolshevik party
  • Lenin: 'New Tasks and New Forces'

Alienation and society – Alan Woods’ editorial for IDoM 41: out now!

Issue 41 of In Defence of Marxism magazine is available to buy now! Alan Woods’ editorial (published here) explores the alienation of human beings under class society, a theme that connects all the articles in this edition. These include a piece on the origins of women’s oppression; the impact and implications of artificial intelligence under capitalism; the reactionary nature of Malthusianism and its modern guises, such as the notion of so-called overpopulation; and a letter, from one of our editors, commenting on the profound insights of James Joyce’s Dubliners

Capitalism’s blood-soaked ascent – new ‘In Defence of Marxism’ out now!

The International Marxist Tendency is proud to present the Winter 2023 edition of the In Defence of Marxism theoretical journal. The feature article in this issue takes on the Spanish Conquest of the Americas, which far from a 'meeting of cultures', was a brutal and bloody affair resulting in the extermination of millions of indigenous peoples. We publish the editorial by editor-in-chief Alan Woods below.

In defence of reason: new magazine out TOMORROW! Order now!

The latest issue of In Defence of Marxism (#39), the theoretical journal of the IMT, is launching tomorrow, featuring four articles around the theme of the Enlightenment and the struggle for rational thought. Order your copy today!

The struggle for rational thought: IDoM 39 editorial – pre-order today!

The latest issue of our theoretical journal, In Defence of Marxism, is available for pre-order! The four articles contained in this fantastic new edition defend the ideas of the Enlightenment, and rational thought: debunking the pseudo-Marxist Frankfurt School, discussing the implications of new images of the cosmos from the James Webb telescope, exploring the life and ideas of Spinoza, and reviewing James Joyce’s classic novel Ulysses. We publish here Alan Woods’ editorial (written in September), which describes the total irrationality of capitalism in its present state of senile decay.

Alan Woods: For revolutionary optimism! – new ‘In Defence of Marxism’ out now!

The International Marxist Tendency is delighted to announce the Summer 2022 edition of the In Defence of Marxism theoretical journal! This latest issue features two in-depth examinations of topics which all Marxists would be well served to study and understand: the American Civil War, which Marx himself commented upon, and Marxism, Money and Inflation, the relevancy of which is plain for all to see. We publish the editorial by editor-in-chief Alan Woods below.

New In Defence of Marxism magazine makes waves around the world

In July 2021 the International Marxist Tendency (IMT) relaunched its theoretical magazine, In Defence of Marxism. The revamped publication has been an extraordinary success, with thousands of copies being sold each issue, in more and more countries across the globe.

War and Peace: editorial for IDoM magazine issue 37 – available now!

We publish the editorial from the latest issue of the International Marxist Tendency’s theoretical journal, In Defence of Marxism, available to buy now! Alan Woods introduces the contents of the magazine, including a piece of his own dealing with the oft-heard question: ‘why hasn’t there been a revolution?’ Additionally, the issue contains a pair of articles by Trotsky on the role of revolutionary leadership; a polemic against subjective idealism in science journalism; and a review of a new book on Lenin’s time in London.