The years since Karl Marx’s death have seen the emergence of movements, organizations and governments declaring themselves to be "Marxist." How can we make sense of this development? 
This short book is an attempt to untangle these "Marxisms," to establish criteria for evaluating claims to stand within the Marxist tradition, to examine the conflicting claims of Social Democracy, Stalinism, and the liberation movements of the Third World and to answer the question, "What is the real Marxist tradition?" 
Included in this new edition is Leon Trotsky’s brilliant defense of the politics and practice of Bolshevism, Stalinism and Bolshevism. Trotsky makes the case that the rise of Stalin--and Stalinism--was not the inevitable consequence of Leninism, but rather its negation.

What is the real Marxist tradition?

Politics & Social Sciences

Molyneux, John

Politics & Government

Bookmarks

The question of party organization has been a central concern of Marxists for more than a century.   In this book, John Molyneux examines the contributions made by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, Vladimir Lenin, Rosa Luxemburg, Leon Trotsky and Antonio Gramsci.   Molyneux takes as his central theme the concern of these revolutionaries with the relationship between the party and the working class.   Following from this, he explores such questions as the independence of the party, spontaneity and class consciousness, democracy and centralism, drawing out the implications of these debates for the revolutionary socialist party today.

Marxism and the Party

Bookmarks Publications

Arguments for Revolutionary Socialism

Marxism and the Party dispels the myths about "democratic centralism" and demonstrates that the kind of socialist party that Lenin built had nothing in common with the Stalinist despotism that replaced it.

Marxism and the Party (International Socialism)

Haymarket Books

The Dialectics of Art

To the question of "what is art?", it is often simply responded that art is whatever is produced by the artist. For John Molyneux, this clearly circular answer is deeply unsatisfying. In a tour de force spanning renaissance Italy and the Dutch Republic to contemporary leading figures, The Dialectics of Art instead approaches its subject matter as a distinct field of creative human labour that emerges alongside and in opposition to the alienation and commodification brought about by capitalism. The pieces and individuals Molyneux examines -- from Michelangelo's Slaves to Rembrandts Jewish Bride to the vast drip paintings of Jackson Pollock - are presented as embodying the social contradictions of their times, giving art an inherently political relevance. In its relationship of creative and dialectical tension to prevailing social relationships and norms, such art points beyond the existing order of things, hinting at a potential future society not based on alienated labour in which creative production becomes the property and practice of all.

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

To the question of &lquo;what is art?&rquo;, it is often simply responded that art is whatever is produced by the artist. For John Molyneux, this clearly circular answer is deeply unsatisfying. In a tour de force spanning renaissance Italy and the Dutch Republic to contemporary leading figures, The Dialectics of Art instead approaches its subject matter as a distinct field of creative human labour that emerges alongside and in opposition to the alienation and commodification brought about by capitalism. The pieces and individuals Molyneux examines -- from Michelangelo's Slaves to Rembrandts Jewish Bride to the vast drip paintings of Jackson Pollock - are presented as embodying the social contradictions of their times, giving art an inherently political relevance. In its relationship of creative and dialectical tension to prevailing social relationships and norms, such art points beyond the existing order of things, hinting at a potential future society not based on alienated labour in which creative production becomes the property and practice of all.

In Lenin for Today, John Molyneux rejects the conventional view that Lenin had a manipulative or dictatorial attitude to working people and thus paved the way for Stalinism. Instead, as global capitalism staggers from crisis to crisis and careers headlong towards climate catastrophe, he presents a sustained argument that Lenin's main ideas - on international workers' revolution, on opposing imperialism and war, on overthrowing the state, on the need for party organisation and the fight against all forms of oppression - remain valid and relevant today.

Lenin For Today

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A Better You in Later Life

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Exercise & Fitness

Moly Publishing

Do you want more from your body's overall fitness? If you are comfortable on a longish walk and want to increase your health and well-being, my 8-week exercise course is for you. Using fitness tests and a little exercise-based knowledge, An Even Better You in Later Life will show you how to exercise your way out of the Doctor's waiting room.

An Even Better You in Later Life: Dealing with underlying health issues of the over 65's (A Better You)

Moly Pulishing

Who Says Age Should Slow You Down?

Parenting & Relationships

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Books by Molyneux, John

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What is the real Marxist tradition?

Marxism and the Party

Arguments for Revolutionary Socialism

Marxism and the Party (International Socialism)

The Dialectics of Art

The Dialectics of Art

Lenin For Today

A Better You in Later Life

An Even Better You in Later Life: Dealing with underlying health issues of the over 65's (A Better You)

Who Says Age Should Slow You Down?