{"id":31806,"date":"2026-06-12T12:43:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T10:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schoolofcommunism.com\/talk\/progress-decline-and-the-marxist-view-of-history\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T12:30:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T10:30:51","slug":"progress-decline-and-the-marxist-view-of-history","status":"publish","type":"talk","link":"https:\/\/schoolofcommunism.com\/es\/talk\/progress-decline-and-the-marxist-view-of-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Progreso, Declive y la Visi\u00f3n Marxista de la Historia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00bfEs la historia solo una serie de eventos que se desarrollan al azar y sin ley? \u00bfEs una l\u00ednea recta de desarrollo y progreso, con la democracia liberal capitalista como punto final? \u00bfO es algo completamente diferente?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Una comprensi\u00f3n cient\u00edfica de la historia es una herramienta insustituible para todo comunista. En esta charla, Josh Holroyd expondr\u00e1 los principios fundamentales del materialismo hist\u00f3rico, que considera la historia como un proceso dial\u00e9ctico, impulsado no por las ideas de los \u2018grandes hombres\u2019, sino por el desarrollo de las fuerzas productivas y la lucha de clases.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En lugar de una l\u00ednea recta o un ciclo interminable, la historia se mueve a trav\u00e9s de la contradicci\u00f3n. A los per\u00edodos de progreso les siguen la decadencia, y nuevas formas superiores de sociedad nacen finalmente de las antiguas, que han agotado su papel progresista.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Comprender esta lucha de lo nuevo contra lo viejo, y nuestro propio papel en ella, es una tarea esencial para los comunistas de hoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lista de lecturas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/marxist.com\/socialism-or-barbarism-issue-52-of-in-defence-of-marxism-magazine-out-now.htm\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/marxist.com\/socialism-or-barbarism-issue-52-of-in-defence-of-marxism-magazine-out-now.htm\">\u2018Editorial del n\u00famero 52 de \u2019En Defensa del Marxismo\u201c \u2013 \u201dSocialismo o Barbarie\"<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/marxist.com\/communist-manifesto-chapter-1.htm\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/marxist.com\/communist-manifesto-chapter-1.htm\">Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels \u2013 \u201cEl Manifiesto Comunista\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/archive\/marx\/works\/1859\/critique-pol-economy\/preface.htm\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/archive\/marx\/works\/1859\/critique-pol-economy\/preface.htm\">Karl Marx \u2013 \u201cContribuci\u00f3n a la cr\u00edtica de la econom\u00eda pol\u00edtica\u201d (Pr\u00f3logo)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/marxist.com\/civilization-barbarism-history170702.htm\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/marxist.com\/civilization-barbarism-history170702.htm\">Alan Woods \u2013 \u201cLa civilizaci\u00f3n, la barbarie y la visi\u00f3n marxista de la historia\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is history just a series of events unfolding randomly and lawlessly? Is it a straight line of development and progress &#8211; with liberal capitalist democracy as the endpoint? Or is it something else entirely?&nbsp; A scientific understanding of history is an irreplaceable tool for every communist. In this talk, Josh Holroyd will set out the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1924,"featured_media":31857,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31806","talk","type-talk","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2026-day-2-afternoon-session"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Progress, Decline, and the Marxist View of History - World School of Communism<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/schoolofcommunism.com\/es\/talk\/progress-decline-and-the-marxist-view-of-history\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Progress, Decline, and the Marxist View of History - World School of Communism\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Is history just a series of events unfolding randomly and lawlessly? 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