Join Red Mole at the hometown launch of Critical Marxism: Concepts, Context, Combat
Ian Parker’s new book from Resistance Books is 246 pages of Marxism written in Manchester, the cradle of industrial capitalism studied by Marx and Engels. Join us online to hear Ian Parker introduce his book and share your questions and comments.
This book introduces Marxism as it emerged in the nineteenth century, examines what happened when it was put into practice in the twentieth century, and shows how we can use it now in anti-capitalist struggle. It reviews the degeneration and distortion of Marxist politics, explores how we can put Marxist ideas to work, and reviews the contribution of revolutionaries. Ian shows how these ideas remain relevant to contemporary culture, technology, and politics, including the emergence of decolonial, ecological, and feminist critique, and how they redeem Marxism's promise to help us struggle for open communism.
Ian Parker is a revolutionary Marxist with Anti-Capitalist Resistance. His books include Revolutionary Keywords for a New Left (Zero Books, 2017), Socialisms: Revolutions Betrayed, Mislaid and Unmade (Resistance Books, 2020) and (with David Pavón-Cuéllar) Psychoanalysis and Revolution: Critical Psychology for Liberation Movements (1968 Press, 2021).
This will be an online meeting hosted on Zoom. Captioning will be provided. If speaking on the call, please turn on your camera to aid lipreaders.