Historical Materialism | Research in Critical Marxist Theory

Historical Materialism Rio 2026 – Provisional Programme Now Available!

The conference brings together debates on Marxist theory, labour, imperialism, neofascism, feminisms, social reproduction, platform capitalism, artificial intelligence, dependency, ecological crisis, culture, art, education, the state and social struggles. The plenaries focus on Marxist Theory Today on Tuesday, Imperialisms and Neofascisms on Wednesday, and Social Struggles in Latin America and the World on Thursday.

Iran: To Suture the Stateless Subject

Carlo Ginzburg, Marcos and Adolfo Gilly

The Contemporary Political Economy of Venezuelan Oil in Historical Perspective

Journals

Jul 2026 | journal

VOLUME 33, ISSUE 3, 2025

Dec 2025 | journal

VOLUME 33, ISSUE 2, 2025

Sep 2025 | journal

VOLUME 33, ISSUE 1, 2025

Events

21st Jul 2026 9:00 | event

Historical Materialism Rio 2026 – Provisional Programme Now Available!

5th Nov 2026 10:00 | event

Twenty-third Annual Conference

2nd Jul 2026 12:00 | event

Historical Materialism Barcelona

Books

Aug 2026 | book-series

History of The Austrian Council Movement 1918–24

Aug 2026 | book-series

Capitalism, Crisis and Democracy. Theory and Conflict in Portugal’s Dawn of Decline

Aug 2026 | book-series

Class Struggle and Democratisation in Central America. Historical Trajectories and Legacies

Networks

Podcast

Broadcasts

Historical Materialism
A podcast on critical Marxist theory

Episode 9: Racecraft

How does racialisation shape the labour process? How is race formed in the transition from slavery to wage labour? What is the role of racecraft in wage labour exploitation?

Episode 8

Palestine

Episode 7

Marxism and Health

Episode 6

Insurgent Universality

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