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I'm Literally a Communist: Marx at 200
The World Transformed
After the global financial crisis of 2008 almost precipitated the collapse of the world economy, more and more people have turned to the ideas of Karl Marx to help them understand the failures of capitalism and provide a vision for a different kind of society. In 2018, as even Teen Vogue are publishing articles about Marx, we ask what it means to be a communist today. Is it possible to separate the idea of communism from gulags and secret police? Two hundred years after his birth, are Marx’s ideas still relevant and can they help us to overcome the crises englufing our planet?
Press coverage
Write-ups and recordings
Speakers
Vijay Prashad
Indian historian and Marxist who is Director of the Tricontential Institute and Editor of LeftWord Books
Tithi Bhattacharya
Professor of South Asian history and Director of Global Studies at Purdue university, Indiana
Aaron Bastani
Journalist
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Novara Media
Co-founder and senior editor at Novara Media, journalist and author of ‘Fully Automated Luxury Communism’
Lynne Segal
Academic and feminist writer, Lynne’s most recent book is Radical Happiness: Moment’s of Collective Joy
