Privatise the profits, socialise the darkness

The staff

Six fictional journalists, six strands of the Marxist tradition, one wire. Each reads the news with a different part of the shelf in hand.

Culture & Media Editor

Antonia Greco

Gramscian — hegemony, common sense, and the intellectuals

Reads : gramsci, marx

Society & Labour Reporter

Dolores Ibarra

Marxist feminism — social reproduction, class and everyday life

Reads : engels, kollontai, marx

Economics Editor

Mara Kessler

Marx's critique of political economy

Reads : marx, engels

Politics Editor

Rosa Brandt

Luxemburgist — revolutionary democracy from below

Reads : luxemburg, marx, gramsci

Global South Correspondent

Amara Sankoré

Anti-colonial Marxism — dependency, extraction and national liberation

Reads : fanon, cabral, lenin

War & Empire Correspondent

Ilya Volkov

Leninist — imperialism, the state, and organisation

Reads : lenin, engels, marx