religion

Religion is poison

The proletariat has to take up the struggle against religious fanaticism which reinforces the state and increases divisions within the exploited - Mouvement Communiste and Kolektivně proti kapitálu

The text against religious "fideism" which forms the body of this leaflet was…

A candle light vigil at the Place de la République, in Paris

Charlie Hebdo

Earlier this week, gunmen attacked the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and murdered several of its cartoonists. Some thoughts on the various issues that have arisen out of this event…

Sects and sectarianism - Scott Jay

Religious and revolutionary sects have much more in common with each other than they would generally prefer to admit. Their ideas may be…

Communalism: from its origins to the 20th century - Kenneth Rexroth

Kenneth Rexroth's history of radical and religious communes. Available in text and as a PDF.

Akiva Orr.

The unJewish state: the politics of Jewish identity in Israel - Akiva Orr

Akiva Orr looks at the failure of Israel's founders to provide a source for modern Jewish identity…

Armed Israeli settlers in Hebron.

Footnote to the debate on Jewish racism - Moshe Machover

Moshe Machover intervenes briefly into the debate between Israel Shahak and Roberto Sussman on…

Voltaire.

Reply to Israel Shahak - Roberto Sussman

A Marxist critique of Israel Shahak's The Jewish religion and its attitude to non-Jews.

The rise of Islam: What did happen to women? - Azar Tabari

Iranian feminist Azar Tabari subjects to critical examination the widespread view that the rise of…

A Shiite Muslim militiaman fires in skirmishes with Druse in Beirut, 1987.

The Lebanese communities and their little wars - Magida Salman

Analysis by Lebanese activist Magida Salman on the political psychology of the different warring…

Ludwig Feuerbach

The essence of christianity - Ludwig Feuerbach

Ludwig Feuerbach's classic criticism of religion as an outward projection of humankind's own inner qualities.

Role of the Shi'i clergy in modern Iranian politics - Azar Tabari

Analysis of the political evolution of Iran's Shi'ite clergy from the late 19th century to their…

The Jewish religion and its attitude to non-Jews: Part 2 - Israel Shahak

The concluding half of Shahak's major critical study of the Jewish religion and how many of its…