The New York Marxist School

When people attempt to resolve the problems that plague everyday life and even threaten survival on this planet, from poverty, disease, discrimination and alienation to war, economic crisis and environmental devastation, they come face to face with difficult questions: Can society be changed significantly for the better? What kind of changes would be needed? and, Who could bring about such changes?

Questions like these motivated Karl Marx and Fredrick Engels to develop a method for studying the dynamics of change in societies. The Brecht Forum's flagship project--The New York Marxist School--uses Marx's uniquely valuable contributions, along with others within and outside of the Marxist tradition, to study conditions today and possibilities for transcending capitalism and building an emancipatory society.