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The Christian right, the Republican Party and Donald Trump

Posted on 10th January 2020 by International Socialism

Donald Trump was elected to the United States presidency in 2016 by the votes of the Christian right. Some 81 percent of evangelical Christians, who made up a third of the total electorate, voted for him. Not only did a… Continue Reading →

Article Donald Trump, Religion, the far right, The United States, United States

Atheism, secularism and religious freedom: Debates within the German left

Posted on 4th April 2016 by Camilla

Debates in Germany in recent years around the wearing of the hijab, Islamic religious instruction in schools, circumcision and claims of a “Salafist” threat continue to demonstrate the importance for Marxists to be clear on the question of religious freedom.1… Continue Reading →

Article Islamophobia, Religion

Religion and revolution in the Middle Ages

Posted on 6th July 2015 by Camilla

In International Socialism 141 Roland Boer gives a fascinating account of how Luther Blissett’s novel Q is “a stunning reclamation of the revolutionary Christian tradition for a whole generation of anti-capitalist activists”.1 The novel concerns the period of the radical… Continue Reading →

Article Middle Ages, Religion, Revolution

“All things are in common”: theology and politics in Luther Blissett’s Q

Posted on 9th January 2014 by ISJ

In regard to what was to be understood by “the Gospel”, [Thomas] Münzer asserts: “It is an article of our creed, and one which we wish to realise, that all things are in common [omnia sunt communia], and should be… Continue Reading →

Analysis Religion

Robert Wedderburn: race, religion and revolution

Posted on 11th October 2011 by ISJ

I am a West Indian, a lover of liberty, and would dishonour human nature if I did not shew myself a friend to the liberty of others.1 The story of Robert Wedderburn (1762-1835/6) is rightly becoming better known. As a… Continue Reading →

Analysis Race, Religion, Revolution

The full story: on Marxism and religion

Posted on 25th June 2009 by ISJ

“Religion is the main cause of wars and conflicts through history.” How often do we hear that old idealist argument used in our day of renewed global conflict? In an earlier issue of this journal John Molyneux wrote a useful… Continue Reading →

Analysis Religion

More than opium: Marxism and religion

Posted on 24th June 2008 by ISJ

About 20 years ago I spoke on “Marxism and religion” at the Socialist Workers Party Easter Rally in Skegness. I began, roughly, with the words, “Today, in Britain, religion—fortunately—is not a major political issue.” Unfortunately, this is no longer the… Continue Reading →

Analysis Religion
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