RECENT ARTICLES IN THE INTERNATIONAL MARXIST-HUMANIST WEBZINE (July 2025)


Reflections on the No Kings Demonstration in Los Angeles by Tim Casement
Large rally included radical elements, even as local authorities tried to contain it.

Trump’s Surprise Attack on Iran Deepens US Imperial Entanglements by Kevin B. Anderson
Trump’s reckless attack on Iran constitutes new stage of US imperial aggression and of support for Israel’s genocidal Gaza war.

The Trump-Putin Axis and Its Impact on Global Politics by Peter Hudis
On the ramifications in world politics introduced by Trump’s new-found alliance with Putin’s Russia at the expense of Ukraine.

Iran: A Proposal for Dialogue Among the Leftwing Forces by Hassan Motazavi
The situation facing Iran and the left after the US bombing.

Los Angeles Protests 6/19 by Jackson Aquino
Reflections on the community defense taking place in Los Angeles by a young Marxist-Humanist.

The Struggle Against a Police State in Los Angeles by Rocío Lopez
Firsthand report of the police repression and resistance from below as ICE raids continue across Los Angeles.

To Whom the Bells Toll? By Kaveh Boveiri
Israel’s attacks on Iran as a turning point that casts doubt on the dominant occidental and colonizing capitalist hegemony.

Oppose Apartheid Israel’s Attack on Iran! By Kevin B. Anderson
We need to oppose Israel’s attack in a clear anti-imperialist manner but without giving political support to the Iranian regime.

Trump Meets Intense Resistance as He Lawlessly Sends National Guard to LA in Anti-Immigrant Crackdown by Rocío Lopez
LA’s grassroots resistance to Trump and ICE has only grown in the face of increasing repression.

Continued Ramifications of the Trump-Putin Axis for Ukraine and the World by Tim Casement
Response to our Statement, “The Trump-Putin Axis and Its Impact on Global Politics.”

On the Race Riots in Northern Ireland by Seamus Connolly
Migrant communities come under attack, fueled by social media and growing anti-immigrant sentiment.

Trump Has Declared All-Out War on the People with His Incursion into LA by Dan Beltaigne
Trump has declared all-out war on all but his rich crony friends, but his path to absolute power is not assured.

Reviews of “The Late Marx’s Revolutionary Roads” by Sean K. Isaacs, Ciáran O’rourke & Charles Reitz
Three recent reviews of Kevin B. Anderson’s latest book.

On the Road to Fascism: Global Realignment and US Repression by Rocío Lopez
Warns of rising fascism under Trump, linking U.S. repression and imperialism to global instability and resistance in Los Angeles.

Turkey: Peace is Not Just the Silence of Guns by M. Tas
This analyses the significance of the PKK decision to end its 40-year armed insurgency against the Turkish government.

Fascism and the Crisis of Capitalism, Then and Now by Karel Ludenhoff
Examines the writings on fascism of Johannes Agnoli and Raya Dunayevskaya, in light of current capitalist crisis.

Swedish Dock Workers on Strike by Jens Johansson
Dock workers went on strike, not for wages but for recognition and conditions of work.

Do Not Lead the People Towards Paper Flowers, but Toward Real Roses by Lalan Kishor Singh
This is a translation of a flyer distributed in India for a nationwide strike of trade unions.

The Clash of Behemoths: Peter Hudis and the Reckoning with Empire by Peter McLaren
Response to our Statement by Peter Hudis.

Trump 2.0: Rebirth of Reaction by Lyndon Porter
On Trump’s second presidency and the growing opposition to his authoritarian policies and attacks on marginalized communities.

Growing Resistance to Trumpism in Rural Wisconsin by Dan Beltaigne
Demonstrations have emerged in defiance of Musk’s alleged voter bribery scheme and the Democratic Party’s failure to resist Trump.

The International Marxist-Humanist Organization invites you to a public meeting on:

[Chicago] Reading Group on “The Late Marx’s Revolutionary Roads”

This series of four open discussions on Kevin B. Anderson’s new book The Late Marx’s Revolutionary Roads: Colonialism, Gender, and Indigenous Communism will explore how Marx’s largely neglected writings from 1868 to 1883 on non-Western and precapitalist societies speak to ongoing debates over the relation of class, race, and gender, multilinear paths of social development, and an ecologically sustainable alternative to capitalism.

The reading group will consist of four discussions; the book is available from Verso Books.


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Monday, July 7, 6:30 pm [Central time]:
Gender and the Resistance to Patriarchy

Reading: chapter 2: “Temporalities and Geographies of Gender, Kinship, and Women’s Empowerment”



Monday July 28, 6:30 pm [Central time]:
Unilinear Stages of Development or Revolutionary Forces as Reason?

Reading: chapter 3, “Multilinear Concepts of Historical and Social Development” and chapter 4, “Colonialism and Resistance”



Monday, August 18, 6:30 pm [Central time]:
The Late Marx’s Vision of Communism

Reading: chapter 5, “New Concepts of Revolutionary Change and of Alternatives to Capitalism”


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[Los Angeles] The Paris Commune and the Seeds of Revolutionary Change Today

Sunday July 20, 2025
5:00-7:00 PM, Los Angeles Time

[In first few minutes we’ll hear brief reports/analysis of current issues like the struggle against ICE, new developments in Trumpist fascism, etc.]

Marx’s “Civil War in France,” his epochal essay on the Paris Commune of 1871, showed how the takeover of the entire city by radically democratic, anti-state, and anti-capitalist revolutionaries was paving the way for the true liberation of humanity as never seen before, and seldom since. What can we take from Marx’s writings on the Commune for today, especially for our struggles against genocidal imperialism (Palestine, Ukraine), imperialist war (Iran), and anti-immigrant and anti-trans crackdowns (USA), as well as the labor struggles all around us? How can we see all this globally? Is a real alternative to capitalism possible? What steps can we take, both theoretically and practically, to define and to enhance that goal? How can we see all this globally?

Speakers:Jackson Aquino
Judy Zhang

Suggested readings:Excerpts from Marx, Civil War in France https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1871/civil-war-france/ch05.htm
Ch. 6 of Dunayevskaya, Marxism and Freedom https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vK9txskDht67NLtquDD5yhNClkxyKuT5/view
Jackson Aquino, “On Solidarity Protests for Palestine,” https://imhojournal.org/articles/on-solidarity-protests-for-palestine/
Jackson Aquino is a writer on critical and urban theory; has been active in the student labor struggles at UC, the Palestine encampments, and the recent anti-ICE mobilizations
Judy Zhang is a critical philosopher writing on Marx’s humanist, anti-colonial dialectics and its differences with Kant and the liberal Enlightenment

Remotely on Zoom

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RECENT PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST (with reviews posted on our Publications pages)

The Late Marx's Revolutionary Roads: Colonialism, Gender, and Indigenous Communism by Kevin B. Anderson (Verso).

A Political Sociology of Twenty-First Century Revolutions and Resistances by Kevin B. Anderson (Routledge).

Raya Dunayevskaya's Intersectional Marxism: Race, Class, Gender, and the Dialectics of Liberation edited by Kevin B. Anderson, Kieran Durkin & Heather A. Brown (Palgrave Macmillan).

A Precious Residue: Poems that ponder efforts to spark a working class socialism in the 1970s and after by Sam Friedman (International Marxist-Humanist).

Critique of the Gotha Program (Revised Translation & New Introduction) by Karl Marx, Peter Hudis (Introduction), Peter Linebaugh (Foreword), translated by Kevin B. Anderson & Karel Ludenhoff (PM Press).

A Revolutionary Subject: Pedagogy of Women of Color and Indigeneity by Lilia D. Monzó (Peter Lang Inc.).

Dialectics of Revolution: Hegel, Marxism, and its Critics Through a Lens of Race, Class, Gender, and Colonialism by Kevin B. Anderson (Daraja Press).


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