Marx argues that people, caught up in the cogs of capitalist production, become alienated over time from the value they produce and from their own labour. This philosophy describes how the creative ...

In Volume 1 of Capital, Karl Marx ventures the opinion that “classical political economy stumbles approximately onto the true state of affairs, but without consciously formulating it. It is unable to ...

Alan Feigenbaum and Deepti Shenoy present a Q&A with retired matrimonial Judge Richard Dollinger where they examine parental alienation in custody disputes and highlight the challenges courts face in ...

Is remote work a good thing, or does it increase alienation and exploitation of workers? The argument against the employer-led benefits charge runs that remote (or hybrid) work leads to workers ...

Introduction: Why do we think "it's inevitable to be poor"? "It's inevitable that wages aren't rising because the economy is bad." "My life is difficult because I don't work hard enough." We hear ...

"Humans become human through labor." The 19th-century German thinker Karl Marx thought thoroughly about the meaning of "labor" within capitalism. What he discerned was the contradiction that while ...

[This article is part of a short series on Marxism and its relevance for left resistance in today’s challenging geopolitical and ecological climate, and for the continuing effort to win a better world ...

An alienation clause, also known as a due-on-sale clause, is a standard provision in most mortgage agreements. It requires the borrower to repay the full loan balance if the property is sold or ...