Paul North presents Marx's Capital as a dynamic, multi-genre work that blends economics, philosophy, and satire, along with tools from German idealism and political critique. Marx’s first volume lays out a theory of value, a social force produced in labor that structures life under capitalism. Though rooted in 19th-century England, its insights extend globally. Marx challenges the system’s apparent inevitability, offering a framework to understand capitalism’s operations and

Sandro Brito Rojas argues that, for Marx, ideology is a false consciousness that obscures the true nature of social relations, particularly the alienation caused by the division between mental and material labor. Rojas highlights that Marx’s critique of ideology is not just intellectual but calls for revolutionary action. Ideology is a consequence of social contradictions, not their root cause. To overcome ideological distortions, a material transformation of society is neces

"Our unfreedom under capitalism stems from how the purpose of our economy, of our life-sustaining activities, is already decided."