Karl Marx
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In his witty but wise study of death, Terry Eagleton is sceptical of the idea that being close to death offers ‘access to some secret knowledge’. But last words do reveal something
More David Attenborough and less Karl Marx would be good for the left
Left-wing parties lack unity on environmental policy as the interests of humans are put ahead of the interests of nature
Italian philosophers rebel over plan to drop Marx from school curriculum
Meloni government accused of attempt to impose ‘right-wing hegemony’
Unchained melody: Nocturnal declamping is part of the soundtrack to city life
Eavesdropping can bring you into a world of fascinating speakers and conversations
Growing up a communist in Troubles-era Belfast: We were treated more like ‘comrades’ than children
Poet Sinéad Morrissey’s elegiac memoir describes growing up in Troubles-era Belfast with communist parents
Ten years of Leaving Cert politics and society: ‘Taking turns rowing the lifeboat’
The subject gives students an opportunity to be active participants in discussion and start developing their citizenship
David McWilliams: Sinn Féin’s class-war language is more British than Irish
Voters wary as Mary Lou McDonald’s party beats all-or-nothing, Marxist drum on housing
Lord of the Flies: Adolescence writer Jack Thorne’s experiment in free-range parenting
Speaking of strange islands, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s less famous brother Charles has a documentary on Prime Video
Mary Maher memorial event told of splendid journalist and feminist
Celebration of wonderful life on her favourite date of the year – International Workers’ Day
Patrick Freyne: The Kardashians are back, and they’ve been reading their Lenin
We return to Kardashia and find it subtly changed. It’s now even better
Patrick Freyne: Gordon Ramsay’s wetsuit seems snug as he tells 12 people to jump off a cliff
Future Food Stars sees the chef and his immaculate quiff grilling would-be entrepreneurs
Feeling drained? Perhaps you need a shorter working week
Working less could benefit society, the environment and even the economy
‘Believing his penis to be haunted, he streamlined his factories and made a billion’
Patrick Freyne: I get why people want to be a bit rich: poverty sucks. But why Rich-List rich?
Paris Disagreement – Frank McNally on the fall of the Paris Commune, 150 years ago this week
An Irishman’s Diary
Irish economic planners will need to navigate a new international landscape
We face the prospect of developing a strategy that accounts for the EU’s ambition to affirm itself and Biden’s desire for multilateralism
‘People say it must be hard to parody Cummings and Gove. And I say yes’
Father Ted creator Arthur Mathews on his new spoof of Boris Johnson’s former adviser
George MacKay: ‘My influences? Conor McGregor and wallabies’
After his turn in 1917, the actor is tackling the role of iconic Australian outlaw Ned Kelly
Cork ‘rejects politics of hate from far-right groups’, rally hears
Organisers of a rival rally in the city express their opposition to new law on hate speech
Goodbye to all that creative destruction
In 16 years of columns on business, the only constant has been disruptive innovation
London Calling 40 years on: How The Clash rewrote the rule book
The Clash filleted rock, politics and history with swagger and biting social commentary
Mark Cagney breezes through the storm on his return to radio
Erstwhile TV host brings a light touch to Newstalk stint as Lorenzo and Brexit rage on
The Irish Times view on the Irish left: Politics of division
Paul Murphy’s exit from Socialist Party/Solidarity latest in line of undermining splits
Of dogs and dogma – Frank McNally on Orwell, Marx and history repeating itself
Marx repeated something his friend Friedrich Engels had just written about Hegel
Fintan O’Toole: Botched departure from EU should not lead to botched exit from UK
If a united Ireland is on the horizon a decent departure from the UK must be planned
Aisling Bea, Smartwatch cheating, College rent-hikes
News, views and opinions from Student Hub contributors and Irish Times writers
‘I wrote a part for my husband. By the time filming was over, so was our marriage’
British writer Emma Forrest on her marriage break up and making her directorial debut with her film Untogether, which stars her ex husband
Vladimir Putin: ‘He who doesn’t take risks, never drinks champagne’
Russian leader talks about China, the Skripal poisoning and ‘Donald’ in wide-ranging interview
Clear Bright Future review: Paul Mason redraws Marx for the 21st century
We should give Utopia a shot as humanity’s best shot at survival, Mason argues
Paul Mason: The manifesto of a Marxist snowflake
Resist the ‘mass folk religion of fatalism’, says the former Newsnight economics editor
Fintan O’Toole: The Irish political system is destroying the middle-class lifestyle it depends on
Political middle-ground depends on middle-class way of life that is ever further out of reach
Anti-Semitism today: ‘Zionist’ is often a euphemism for ‘Jew’
Deborah Lipstadt: Anti-Semitism is still with us but not taken seriously in politics
Fintan O'Toole: Today Britain discovers it cannot escape history
Why does today’s vote in the House of Commons feel so anticlimactic? Because it is based on a fantasy of how history works
Cocktails: Stirring Irish tales inspire clever creations
Mixologists around the country are channelling characters from local lore and literature into stand-out cocktail menus
David McWilliams: France's unrest shows the limits of economics
It is hard to see, from a purely economic perspective, where French anger comes from
Xi Jinping’s power play leads from dusty caves to China supremacy
The Chinese president channels early struggles into ascent to leadership
Alarm as workers seek a bigger slice of economic pie
Trump’s economic advisers see reds under every bed, a sign power elites are worried
John Connors: ‘Acting ... killed my depression on the spot’
The Love/Hate actor on creativity, anti-Traveller bias, and being too outspoken
Fintan O’Toole: Brexit Plan B is mash-up of ‘Dad’s Army’ and ‘Mad Max’
Contingency plan was to scare Brussels but really only echoes with ‘Don’t panic!’
The Irish Times view on Karl Marx: The communist manifested
Today’s Marxists have to prove that they can win power and use it in a way that is widely beneficial
China’s Xi hails Karl Marx’s ‘brilliant light of truth’
President says philosopher’s theory still holds true on 200th anniversary
The Young Karl Marx: Birth of a working-class superhero
Review: A cerebral bromance between the charismatic Marx and the rakish Engels
Karl Marx’s insights retain their clout and relevance
Two centuries later, the ‘father of communism’ should not be judged on disciples’ excesses
Karl Marx at 200: What did he get right?
Unthinkable: ‘Freedom was Marx’s central concern,’ says philosopher Peter Singer
Manifesto review: 13 characters 12 too many for Cate Blanchett
Let’s never speak again of her turns as a tattooed English punk and a bearded hobo
Direct democracy threatens way we are governed
Politics: There are actually a number of dark futures to which our system can succumb
Chinese communists must be wary of religion, party newspaper warns
Superstition breeds corruption, the People’s Daily says
Estonia’s digital summit proves much is still lost in translation
Tallinn’s DigitExpo treats heads of EU governments to display of artificial intelligence
Grand old feminist potboiler from the murky streets of London
The Limehouse Golem review: Wonderful cast make themselves at home in the streets of 1880s London
West Cork Chamber Music Festival gets the Hollywood treatment
Composer Hanns Eisler wrote the `Hollywood Songbook' while in enforced exile from Germany
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Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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