Democratising and globalising Marxism. Marxism and democracy : liberal, vanguard or direct? -- Marxism after Polanyi -- Transnationalising Gramscian Marxism -- Marxism and left politics. Notes on critique -- Marxism and feminism : 'unhappy marriage' or creative partnership? -- Marx and the eco-logic of fossil capitalism -- crises of Marxism in Africa and possibilities for the future. Retrospect : seven theses about Africa's Marxist regimes -- Socialism and southern Africa -- Uneven and combined Marxism within South Africa's urban social movements -- Critical reflections on the crisis and limits of ANC 'Marxism'.