Marxists to the fore [View all]

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It wasn't too long ago that Francis Fukuyama was declaiming "the end of history."

Communism and Marxism had been conclusively defeated. It is now clearly emerging how easily history can so upset the applecart of complacent thinking.

Only a few years since that iconic statement was pronounced global capitalism is in deep crisis, there are mass demonstrations on the streets and corporate bosses are reeling on the back foot.

Marxism is again at the centre of intellectual discussion. New editions of Marx's texts have returned to our bookstores accompanied by new introductions, biographies and interpretations of his thinking.

Not long ago few academics who valued their status and their funding would be willing to admit to being Marxists. Now they seem to be queueing up to do so.