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TrotskistMarx
24th April 2012, 04:51
Wellred Books is pleased to announce the publication of a new magazine concentrating on Marxist theory.

Published by the team behind the Marxist.com website, this magazine - called In Defence Of Marxism - will be published four times a year. It is hoped that this will supplement the work being done both by the websites and the Socialist Appeal paper.

As the introduction on page two of the first edition puts it: ‘Our task is to provide a Marxist analysis of events in Britain and internationally. In future issues we will take up not only current issues but those relating to history, philosophy, economics, science and culture. Our task is also to answer the dominant ideas of the bourgeois and the reformists and cut through the distortions about the ideas of Marxism... We hope that this will stimulate our readers, especially those new to Marxism, to further study the classic works of these great revolutionaries (Marx, Engels, Lenin and Trotsky) for themselves.’

The first issue includes major articles on The National Question and Scotland, The Marxist theory of crisis and The last stand of the Levellers.

Of course, Socialist Appeal will continue to publish material on Marxist theory, economics, history and other in-depth analysis of the world situation. However, the publication of this new magazine will provide a worthy addition to the resources of Marxism.

Here is the link about this: http://www.marxist.com/in-defence-of-marxism-magazine-1.htm

Blanquist
24th April 2012, 08:03
Why do they bother? I don't understand parties that print newspapers and journals in 2012.

Their websites traffic is terrible, even though they have such a great domain name.

They will always be failures.

Q
24th April 2012, 18:00
Will there be an EPUB or MOBI subscription available? The SPEW's Socialism Today (http://socialismtoday.org/), effectively the monthly theoretical magazine of the CWI, only publishes articles when the new issue is out (so, always with a month delay). I've asked them if an electronic subscription is possible as I rather want to receive publications on my Kindle, but this doesn't seem to be considered yet.

Kassad
25th April 2012, 22:01
In Defense of Marxism puts out a lot of good articles online. Though I can't say I agree with a lot of their politics, it's nice to see a group operate a solid press.

Blanquist, that's one of the stupidest things I've heard today. You realize that a lot of working class people and people living in poverty don't have access to the internet, right? Revolutionary literature in print is some of the only radical things some people have access to. That's why I give away literature at homeless shelters and food kitchens. Your statement is just incredibly elitist.

The Hong Se Sun
26th April 2012, 14:55
I have some of those people in my area, guess at least now Ill expect them to try and sell me this dribble. Marxist.com has some real shit. I read one article that was advocating NFL players as working class because the owners make more money. Also "we need a Labor party" gets old and annoying at the meetings where leftist come together