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But given its goal of attracting investment from some of the world's most powerful billionaires and capitalists, one thing is clear: Canada is being put up for sale. With even more corporate tax breaks and handouts on the horizon, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCommunist Revolution\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e asks: in whose interest will this investment actually be, and who will be forced to foot the bill?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis issue also takes a critical look at discussions around Canada becoming an \"associate member\" of the European Union, the most concrete step yet in Carney’s strategy to counter U.S. dominance through an alliance of \"middle powers.\" But in a world marked by intensifying struggle between the great imperialist powers, can the so-called “middle powers” truly band together to resist subordination?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlso in this issue:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBC elections: Two leaders nobody wants\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe oil barons and everybody else: A tale of two Albertas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDrones, delusions, and defeat in Ukraine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e...and much more!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Communist Revolution","offers":[{"title":"Print","offer_id":67619562848445,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Digital (PDF)","offer_id":67619562881213,"sku":null,"price":3.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/2183\/7649\/files\/CREN29-1.jpg?v=1790949976"},{"product_id":"in-defence-of-marxism-issue-55","title":"In Defence of Marxism Issue 55","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn Defence of Marxism Issue 55: The Origins of Marxism\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIt is 180 years since Marx and Engels wrote The German Ideology; the first work where they properly develop the ideas now known to the world as ‘Marxism’. To celebrate this milestone we are publishing a special issue of the IDOM dedicated to the origins of Marxism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe editorial starts with an exploration of ‘what makes Marxism scientific?’ Rather than simply asserting that it accords with the ‘scientific method’, it takes us on a journey to explain the development of the scientific method itself, through the course of human history. As such, it places Marxism in its proper context of the culmination of thousands of years of scientific discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe lead article by Josh Holroyd and Jérôme Metellus explains the history of ‘How Marx became a Marxist’. It traces the key events and struggles in his youth, as well as the key thinkers that inspired him, all shaped his outlook to arrive at the powerful philosophy and method that we now know as Marxism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eSimilarly, we have an article by Adam Booth on the origins of Marxist economics, that deals with the history of economic science, the method of Marxism, and the essential laws of capitalism that Marx uncovered. It is an excellent and accessible introduction to a topic that some comrades find daunting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe cultural article by Julien Arseneau takes up Nikolai Chernyshevsky and his novel ‘What is to be Done?’ He explores the history of the revolutionary intelligentsia in nineteenth-century Russia, and how, for a time, different political ideas and debates were expressed through literature. 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