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Why Marx Was Right…Again

ydsblog — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 04:18:23 +0000

MICHAEL HIRSCH At a time when plutocracy goes beyond a description of the American upper class to a prescription proffered by hired-gun editorialists and corporate flacks, or when the barely centrist Barack Obama is named a DSA flunky or when the parlous international economic order can be safely described as Greek socialists bearing debts, it’s [...]

Beyond Good and Evil

Bhaskar Sunkara — Sat, 30 May 2009 20:39:06 +0000

BHASKAR SUNKARA Despite my unapologetic Marxism, I never have considered myself a sectarian. But last year when asked by a member of a small progressive group (is there any other kind?) at George Washington University, why since on some issues in terms of tactics at least, me and several YDS campus activists at GWU (we [...]

State Ownership Vs. Workers’ Ownership: A Marxist Viewpoint

Jason Schulman — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:29:48 +0000

What is the Marxist view of nationalisation? To summarise:

1.) Marxists view things in terms of historical development. The description “progressive” has no moral content for a Marxist. It does not mean “better” in any moral sense, or even, in this sense, necessarily meaning more efficient, it merely means more mature, the more developed form, and therefore closer to being replaced by the next higher form.

Every Man a King: Reconnecting Marx, Democracy and Humanism – Part II

Bhaskar Sunkara — Fri, 30 May 2008 17:15:40 +0000

This article is the second installment of a four-part series. Come back next week to read Part III. Enjoy! How “Free Enterprise” Enslaves the Individual An Overview of the Nature of the Capitalist Mode of Production In order to discuss what real socialism is we must first examine the injustice, exploitation and alienation that permeates [...]

Every Man a King: Reconnecting Marx, Democracy and Humanism – Part I

Bhaskar Sunkara — Fri, 23 May 2008 15:52:51 +0000

This article is the first installment of a four-part series. Come back next week to read Part II. Enjoy! i. An Introduction Winston Churchill’s famous diatribe, “The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries,” is firmly entrenched in the psyche of [...]