Historical Materialism Journal
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Leading journal of critical Marxist theory and research. Based at University of London, published by Brill, appearing quarterly.
- - In honour of Fred Jameson, these articles have been temporarily unpaywalled: Radical Fantasy Author: Fredric Jameson
- Book launch: David McNally: Slavery and Capitalism. A New Marxist History
- Big news 📢: Historical Materialism is launching a sub journal: Historical Materialism: Workers & Capital Workers & Capital will publish open access academic articles focused on Marxist analyses of labour and work, broadly conceived. …sandcapital.historicalmaterialism.org
- New online: An Introduction to Guy Debord’s The Society of the Spectacle By Tom Bunyard
- HM is deeply grieved by the passing of Fredric Jameson. His work fundamentally reshaped our understanding of culture, politics and aesthetics, leaving behind an enduring legacy that has inspired generations of thinkers, activists and scholars.
- New online: Retotalising Capitalism: A Very Short Introduction to its History by Jairus Banaji
- Now available for pre-order: The Late Marx’s Revolutionary Roads: Colonialism, Gender, and Indigenous Communism by Kevin B. Anderson
- HM bottles and mugs limited edition available at HM London!!!
- MARINA VISHMIDT, 1976-2024. Rest in power comrade.
- The winner of the 2023 Isaac and Tamara Deutscher Memorial Prize is Heide Gerstenberger for her book published by the HM Book Series! Market and Violence The Functioning of Capitalism in History Author: Heide Gerstenberger brill.com/display/title/…
- 22nd Annual Historical Materialism London Conference: Call for Abstracts Resurgent Reaction: Marxist Strategies at the End of the Liberal Order 6-9 November 2025, SOAS, Russell Square, Central London Deadline for abstracts: Friday 16 May 2025
- Historical Materialism is soon launching a podcast! Run by @broseph_stalin and @lslothuus, we are interviewing authors of the most exciting pieces from each new issue of the journal, as well as discussing key issues in critical Marxist theory with a range of excellent guests.







