Francis is the poster pope for progressives. But canonising a genocidal missionary like JunÃpero Serra epitomises the Catholic history problem, writes George Monbiot.
Following the 96th anniversary of this world-shaking event, Eugene Puryear describes the historical significance of the Russian revolution and shows that more people are looking to an alternative as global capitalism continues to decline
Sartre once remarked that the attempt to construct a philosophy that goes beyond Marxism simply recreates a pre-Marxist view that is no longer relevant to current understanding
We need nuclear power. But the government has plumped for outdated technology at the worst price imaginable, writes George Monbiot.
The undermining of the middle classes, who are continually being pushed down into the working class, represents, at the same time, a weakening of the ruling class, who are finding it increasingly difficult to find a social basis for their programme - an international programme of austerity
Using Karl Marx's early works, Elijah Pryor asks if there is an alternative to the Capitalism vs Communism debate?
Rightwing politicians and their press use talk of patriotism to disguise where their true loyalty lies: the wealthy elite, writes George Monbiot.
Eric Toussaint and Daniel Munevar put forward the case for abolishing third world debt
Thomas Riggins explores Lenin's take on the theory of knowledge of dialectical materialism and of empirio-criticism
All people receive new information through a kind of perceptual grid consisting of their background, education and prejudices, which modifies their capability to absorb new information