SWP 'expulsions' for discussing rape - not for the first time! For the Socialist Workers’ Party, rape is now a big issue. Under very different circumstances – when…
Anthropology: Reclaiming the dragon (what was primitive communism?) - Lionel Sims Article arguing that class society and patriarchy only arose ten to twenty thousand years ago. For…
A Review of Jared Diamond's 'The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?'
Engels was Right: Early Human Kinship was Matrilineal The earliest human institution was not the nuclear family. The latest research now indicates that it…
Primitive communism, barbarism and the origins of class society - Lionel Sims Lionel Sims on primitive communism, in particular examining the claims of Frederick Engels.
Hunter-gatherers and the mythology of the market - John Gowdy Marx claimed that "the vitality of primitive communities was incomparably greater than that of …
How hunter-gatherers maintained their egalitarian ways - Peter Gray Dr Peter Gray outlines his theories attempting to explain why and how hunter-gatherer societies were…
The origins of hunter-gatherer egalitarianism - Christopher Boehm Christopher Boehm's theory on how rebellions against alpha-male despotism created hunter-gatherer…
Egalitarian Societies - James Woodburn Humans lived as hunter-gatherers for 90% of human history. This classic article describes the radical egalitarianism of such societies.
Solidarity and sex - Chris Knight The first human revolution was led by women, argues Chris Knight of the Radical Anthropology Group in this article with which we do not agree but…
Sex and the human revolution - Chris Knight Chris Knight of the Radical Anthropology Group looks at the transition from ape to human and quantity into quality, plus the importance of…
Stonehenge and the Neolithic Counter-revolution - Lionel Sims Lionel Sims says that Stonehenge can only be understood properly in the context of the defeat of…
