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| Marxism and Religion |
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| By Alan Woods | |
| Friday, 11 January 2008 | |
| Alan Woods talks to the ULU Marxist Society in London on the topic of 'Marxism and Religion'. Alan explains the materialist conception of the world, integral to the theory of Marxism, and contrasts it to the idealist perspective that gives rise to religion. Alan explains the nature of religion as a means of consoling the oppressed with a life after death, the tendency of the church to break down along class lines, as well as the trade union credentials of God. Listen to part 1 and part 2. |
Classic Quotes
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"Since it is not for us to create a plan for the future that will hold for all time, all the more surely, what we contemporaries have to do is the uncompromising critical evaluation of all that exists, uncompromising in the sense that our criticism fears neither its own results nor the conflict with the powers that be." - Karl Marx, Letter to Arnold Ruge, September 1843 |
