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A CASE FOR UBS: A former soldier down on his luck forced into homelessness / Pic: Allan Warren/CC
Full Marx / 21 June 2026
21 June 2026

Calls for a Universal Basic Income are a red herring, argues the Full Marx editorial team — socialists should fight for Universal Basic Services

Demonstrators take part in a rally in London, on the last day of Extinction Rebellion's four days of action that they have called
Full Marx / 25 May 2026
25 May 2026

Marx and Engels incorporated in their writings a critique of the way that capitalism destroys the environment but it is only in the last half century that environmental concerns have become an integral part of the fight for socialism, writes the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School

Rana Plaza disaster
Full Marx / 15 February 2026
15 February 2026

As capitalism lurches from crisis to crisis, more and more workers are ‘superexploited’ – they receive less than the minimum deemed ‘socially necessary’ to support themselves and produce the next generation of workers, writes the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School

Activists celebrate ‘buy nothing day,’ protesting agains
Full Marx / 11 August 2024
11 August 2024
Most currently popular arguments for degrowth describe a real problem without recognising its true cause – capitalism’s insatiable need to accumulate, argues the MARX MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Full Marx / 29 July 2024
29 July 2024
Most phenomena have an explanation, writes the MARX MEMORIAL LIBRARY, but occasionally ‘anomalous’ events have led to new scientific understanding
Features / 8 July 2024
8 July 2024
The fight to defend public services is as important as the struggle over wages, but presents different challenges to workplace organising — especially with regards to bourgeois propaganda and conditioning, writes the MARX MEMORIAL LIBRARY
A farmer spreading fertiliser on a field in North Yorkshire,
Full Marx / 27 May 2024
27 May 2024
Marx and Engels’ concern with soil provides a focus for understanding the relationship between capitalism and the environment, argues the MARX MEMORIAL LIBRARY
MAKING A POINT: People outside Bristol Crown Court after Jak
Full Marx / 6 May 2024
6 May 2024
Statues and other icons can enforce power and domination but they can also help us challenge that power, writes the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School
Full Marx / 22 April 2024
22 April 2024
The increased efficiency of any aspect of capitalism will not automatically lead to its collapse and transformation — avoiding the dangers and realising the potential of AI will involve struggle, argues the MARX MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Features / 18 March 2024
18 March 2024
Dependency theory reveals the ‘hidden skeleton’ underpinning capitalism today, writes the MARX MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Full Marx / 1 March 2024
1 March 2024
For many Labour Party members, deciding whether to leave or stay will turn on the quality and politics of their local councillors and MP, writes the MARX MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Art on display at the Art the Arms Fair art exhibition, set
FULL MARX / 18 February 2024
18 February 2024
The arms industry is at the heart of capitalism today; we need to confront both, argues the MARX MEMORIAL LIBRARY