Originally appeared in Global Discourse: A Developmental Journal of Research in Politics and International Relations, Vol. 1: Issue II: Special Issue Part 2: Examining the Contemporary Relevance of Marxism
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Persian Translation of Marx at the Margins
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Hassan Mortazavi’s translation of Kevin Anderson’s Marx at the Margins: Ethnicity, Nationalism and Non-Western Societies came off the press in January 2012 (Zherf Books, Tehran, Iran) This is the first published translation of the book, with French and Turkish editions underway.

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The Letters of Rosa Luxemburg – A New Book
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
March 5th, 2011 will mark 140 years since the birth of a figure who should be as well-known and celebrated as Che Guevara: her name is Rosa Luxemburg. To commemorate the occasion, and to inaugurate a decade-long project to properly restore the life and thought of this extraordinary woman, Verso Books presents The Letters of Rosa Luxemburg.
Edited by ANNELIES LASCHITZA, GEORG ADLER and PETER HUDIS
Translated by GEORGE SHRIVER
Upcoming Events
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The Return(s) of Socialist Humanism and the Need for an Alternative, Part I
Speaker: Barbara Epstein
Date: Saturday, February 18, 2012
Time: 2:00 – 4:00 PM
Venue: Community Room A, Westside Pavilion, Los AngelesSponsor: West Coast Marxist-Humanists, an affiliate of the International Marxist-Humanist Organizatio
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Exploding the Myths of Capitalism
First & Third Wednesdays, March & April
6:30-9.00 pm
@Chicago Public Library
Harold Washington Library Center
400 South State St. Chicago IL
Room 3N-6
Progressivechange in the United States is severely hampered owing both to the failure ofthe left to project an alternative to capitalism and to the myths projected bythe right regarding the nature of capitalism. On the other hand, Karl Marxprojected an alternative socioeconomic system that comes into view in hiswritings in significant part in and through exploding the myths aboutcapitalism. This series of five classes will explore the myths of capitalismthrough discussions of selected writings of Marx, and others.
Recent Comments
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January 15, 2012
Paulo Morel commented on Discussion Article: Is Newt Gingrich an “Invented” Imbecile? – by Paulo Morel “We must recognize that his [Gingrich’s] anti-taxation, anti-welfare, anti-union ideology appeals to millions of Americans who think it offers some sort of solution to the crisis.” writes Richar… -
January 04, 2012
Richard Abernethy commented on Discussion Article: Is Newt Gingrich an “Invented” Imbecile? – by Paulo Morel A reactionary, not an imbecile; a bourgeoisie, not a nomenklatura. Paulo Morel is rightly scornful of Newt Gingrich for calling the Palestinians an “invented people” so as to deny their right t… -
September 14, 2011
Karel Ludenhoff commented on Did Rosa Luxemburg Take Back Her Critique of the Russian Revolution? – A Debate among Peter Hudis, Jacqueline Rose, Chris Cutrone, and Others As to comments 12 and 13 in which 10 volumes of the Works of Rosa Luxemburg in the German edition are discussed: Although the "Gesammelte Werke" [Collected Works] is 5 volumes, the actual number of … -
August 31, 2011
J. Jesse Ramirez commented on Technology, Labor, and the Transcendence of Capital: Revisiting the Marcuse-Dunayevskaya Debate – by Kelly Green Despite the essay's depiction of him as a technological determinist, Marcuse would agree that technological development alone is not a sufficient condition for liberation. Like Dunayevskaya, Marcuse r… -
August 12, 2011
Abe Cabrera commented on Comments on ‘What more could we want of ourselves!’, Jacqueline Rose’s review of The Letters of Rosa Luxemburg – by Peter Hudis I really liked these reflections. Luxemburg's emphasis on the power of intellect is pleasantly unexpected compared to the typical caricatures that pass for Marxism in recent memory. I especially li…
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