Marxism

Samir Amin: A Vital Challenge to Dispossession

September 3, 2018 UNAC Editor Africa, Marxism

Samir Amin (1931-2018) was one of the world’s greatest radical thinkers – a “creative Marxist” who went from Communist activism in Nasser’s Egypt, to advising African socialist leaders like Julius Nyerere to being a leading figure in the World Social Forum. by Nick Dearden, A segment of a Retrospective on Samir Amin Published on Pambazuka News, August 23, 2018 Samir[…]

There is a Structural Crisis of Capitalism

May 11, 2018 UNAC Editor Capitalism

by Jipson John and Jitheesh P.M., originally posted on Black Agenda Report, May 09 “Capitalism has become an “obsolete social system.” A Marxist thinker of profound originality and theoretical innovation, Samir Amin continues to intellectually equip us to comprehend, analyse and critique the “obsolete” nature of present-day capitalism, the unequal North-South divide between countries, the continued operation of imperialism, the[…]

How capitalism uses gender oppression to rule

November 8, 2017 UNAC Editor Paths to Emancipation

Following is the text of a talk delivered by the author on Nov. 4 at the “The Solution is Socialism” educational conference in Connecticut. The conference was hosted by the Youth for Socialist Action chapter at Central Connecticut State University, where the sessions were held. Reprinted from Socialist Action. Usually, when I begin a talk about Marxism and feminism, I[…]