My main argument is that blaming “greedy capitalists” for the present crisis is completely misguided, misleading, and counterproductive… And we will continue to deflect attention from the inhumanity of capital itself so long as focus on such epiphenomenonal factors as greedy capitalists instead of the structural contradictions of the global capitalist system.
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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.
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Thursday, March 4, 2010
The U.S. Marxist-Humanists, the London Corresponding Committee and representatives from Africa, Canada, India, and The Netherlands announce the formation of the International Marxist-Humanist Organization.
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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
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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… -
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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… -
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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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