The machines are rising—but not in the way you think. In this episode of Marxists at the Movies, we dive into the first three Terminator films, exposing how they reflect Cold War paranoia, capitalist fear of automation, and the contradictions of labor in a techno-dystopia. We unpack Skynet as a metaphor for the military-industrial complex, Sarah Connor’s evolution as revolutionary labor, and the hidden class war in James Cameron’s future nightmare. From factory floors to doomsday bunkers, this is science fiction soaked in class struggle.Follow us into the past to understand the future—and why the system is always trying to erase resistance before it’s born.#MarxistsAtTheMovies #Terminator #SciFiAnalysis #MarxistPodcast #ClassStruggle #Automation #LaborTheory #Skynet #CapitalismKills #FeministFilm #ArnoldSchwarzenegger #FilmCriticism #CommunistCinema