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Every Man a King: Reconnecting Marx, Democracy and Humanism - Part III

By Bhaskar Sunkara • Jun 11th, 2008 • Category: Theory

This article is the third installment of a four-part series. Come back next week to read Part IV. Enjoy!
The Alienation of Labor and the Humanism of Marx

In his early writings Karl Marx spends an enormous amount of time examining the effects of capitalism on the individual. Throughout his 1844 Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts in […]



Every Man a King: Reconnecting Marx, Democracy and Humanism - Part II

By Bhaskar Sunkara • May 30th, 2008 • Category: Theory

This article is the second installment of a four-part series. Come back next week to read Part III. Enjoy!

How “Free Enterprise” Enslaves the Individual

An Overview of the Nature of the Capitalist Mode of Production

In order to discuss what real socialism is we must first examine the injustice, exploitation and alienation that permeates throughout […]



Every Man a King: Reconnecting Marx, Democracy and Humanism - Part I

By Bhaskar Sunkara • May 23rd, 2008 • Category: Theory

This article is the first installment of a four-part series. Come back next week to read Part II. Enjoy!
i. An Introduction

Winston Churchill’s famous diatribe, “The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries,” is firmly entrenched in the psyche of the […]



Pakistan - Historical Roots of the Current Political Crisis

By Bhaskar Sunkara • Mar 10th, 2008 • Category: International Issues

The following article is a brief examination of the political situation in Pakistan, its historic roots, the need for a progressive party of the people in Pakistan and the way that US aid should be redirected to help the fortunes of the multitudes of Pakistanis toiling in systemic poverty.After almost a decade of uninterrupted rule, […]



A Blessing in Disguise

By Bhaskar Sunkara • Dec 10th, 2007 • Category: International Issues

Why this short-term defeat could help consolidate the gains of the Bolivarian Revolution
Hugo Chavez’s supporters in Venezeula, mostly the poor who had been forced to the fringes of society for generations in the oil rich country, and his allies in the United States […]