Prometheus

On January 14th, Citizen Marx, the first book to offer a comprehensive exploration of Marx’s relationship to republicanism was released in Britain.  In this audio recording from the event, Bruno Leipold and Barnaby Raine discuss the book, Marxism and republicanism and the political relevance of a liberatory Marxism at this moment. While it was often neglected by the 20th century left, the republic...

Episode 5 with Prometheus Editors Imogen Woods and Ed Potts, Jack a union organiser and former Deliveroo rider in Leeds and Ed an Industrial Workers of Great Britain (IWGB) volunteer and socialist involved in organising drivers and riders in Sheffield. Welcome to the fifth episode in an irregular podcast from Prometheus , a journal focused on the discussion of ideas and the debates from across our...

Episode 4 with Alexander Gallus and Parker McQueeney of the Marxist Unity Slate and Cosmonaut magazine. Welcome to the fourth episode of our podcast, the fourth in an irregular podcast from Prometheus , a new journal focused on the discussion of ideas and the debates from across our movement and society to collectively find a way forward. In this episode members of Prometheus’ Editorial Board sat...

Episode 3 with Lucy Parker and Efraim Carlebach of The Platypus Affiliated Society in London. Welcome to the third episode of our podcast, the first in an irregular podcast from Prometheus , a new journal focused on the discussion of ideas and the debates from across our movement and society to collectively find a way forward. In this episode members of Prometheus' Editorial Board sat down with Pl...

What sort of an organisation is the Labour Party? Its dominance of the left in Britain for over a century has produced no shortage of activists who are members, without being very enthusiastic about their membership. Various descriptions have been formulated but while all have an element of truth, none quite tell the whole story. Is Labour, as the membership cards would have it, a “democratic soci...

Welcome to the second episode of our new podcast, an irregular podcast from the irregular Marxists of Prometheus, a new journal focused on finding a way forward for the Left through open debate, re-examining our traditions and histories and confronting capitalism as it exists today. This episode was recorded two weeks ago with two comrades who are at the coal face of organising during the Covid-19...

Episode 1 with Ben Lewis author of Karl Kautsky on Democracy and Republicanism Welcome to the first episode of our new podcast, the first in an irregular podcast from Prometheus, a new journal focused on the discussion of ideas and the debates from across our movement and society to collectively find a way forward. In this episode members of Prometheus' Editorial Board sat down with Ben Lewis to d...