The Wez 
As the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia in 1776 is upon us, it seems like a good time for socialists to assess this momentous event. Marx, in contrast to his writing on the American Civil War, has little to say about the conflict other than that he saw it as progressive … Read more
Government by the Few for the Few (A Marxian perspective of the role of Government and the state within capitalism) (Written during the last general election in the UK). Manifestos have been published, promises have been made and intentions made opaque by the vagueness that always accompanies the usual mixture of hope, cynicism and downright … Read more
One of the abiding curses of polemical discussion in this country is its didactic nature. This essay proposes that a dialectical approach can be much more productive: One of the many reasons for the misinterpretation of Marx’s writings has its origins in the misunderstanding of his method. His mode of investigation was entirely dialectical. To … Read more
