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On CLR James and Hegel’s Dialectic
Summary: Based on a talk to the ‘No Peace in the Park: Psychedelic Bolshevik Day School‘, 17 June 2017, Norfolk Heritage Park, Sheffield – slightly expanded in light of discussion — Editors
University of Contradictions: Campus Workers’ Strike at UCSC
Summary: A student writes on the university’s inextricable links to capitalism in relation to the mass strike at University of California, Santa Cruz by campus workers; includes some workers’ voices. Photo credit: Erika Mahoney — Editors
Trump and Netanyahu Seek Imperial Realignment of Middle East via Brute Force, Massacring Palestinians and Threatening War on Iran
Summary: Links termination of Iran nuclear agreement to May 14 massacre in Palestine and threat of war in the region; first appeared in New Politics Online (May 21) — Editors
50,000 Workers Strike Across the University of California: Report and Speech from UC-Santa Barbara
Summary: Report on the University of California, Santa Barbara segment of the University of California campus workers strike and the text and video of a speech by a member of the Campus Marxist-Humanists at a strike rally at UCSB — Editors
Joel Kovel, 1936-2018, Ecosocialist and Psychoanalytic Marxist, But Socialist Humanist Above All
Summary: In memoriam article examining the late Joel Kovel in relation to Marx and Freud, Marx and ecology, and Marxist-Humanism — Editors
An ‘Impulse Towards Freedom’: On Paul Mason’s call for a Marxist-Humanist Challenge to Capitalist Automation
Summary: Paul Mason’s essay in the New Statesman for the Marx bicentenary is a ringing endorsement of Raya Dunayevskaya’s interpretation of Marx’s humanism, which raises timely questions for radicals on automation, roboticisation and articial intelligence – Editors
Why Marx Is More Relevant Than Ever in the Age of Automation
Summary: We are linking to this article from the major British weekly New Statesman of May 7, 2018, on the timeliness of Raya Dunayevskaya’s Marxist-Humanism in relation to the legacies of Frieda Kahlo and Leon Trotsky. Written by a renowned television journalist, author, and social commentator on automated capitalism and globalization, we think it will interest many of our readers — Editors
Karl Marx at 200: Why the Workers’ Way of Knowing Still Matters
Summary: Connects Marx to ongoing struggles for liberation, especially around gender and the Global South — Editors
IMHO May Day Speech, Los Angeles
Summary: Invited antiwar speech by representative of the International Marxist-Humanist Organization at May Day rally sponsored by Union del Barrio, following a march by several hundred from MacArthur Park to City Hall. Image portrays part of Coalition for Peace, Revolution, and Social Justice Coalition contingent; other images are of this march and the earlier union-led one with 2000 participants — Editors
May Day Statement: For a Humanist Alternative to Capitalism
Summary: We need the complete uprooting of capital and class, but also of oppressions based upon race, gender, and sexual identity, while also projecting a viable alternative to capitalism. Image: Haymarket Memorial near Chicago — Editors
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Pashtun Tahafuz Movement Rising Across Pakistan
Summary: The increasingly popular non-violent Pashtun Tahafuz (Protection) Movement (PTM), with young leaders from the northwest, is sweeping the country to demand justice in the face of state and military violence in the FATA, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Balochistan regions, including ‘War on Terror” operations, extrajudicial killings, and disappearances. Image is of Veteran Women’s Action Forum activists at the PTM rally in Lahore. Photo credit: Tabinda M. Khan — Editors
A Revolutionary Betrayed: Review of the Play, ‘Eleanor Marx: the Jewess of Jews Walk’
Summary: A review of the new play, “Eleanor Marx: the Jewess of Jews Walk,” which has just opened in London — Editors
Imperial Theatrics in Syria: Where Is Justice for Syrians?
Summary: Utter cynicism of US-British-French missile attack on Syria, as murderous Assad regime and its allies continue to suppress the revolution. Originally published by Coalition for Peace, Revolution, and Social Justice — Editors
Gender and Capital 150 Years Later
Summary: Discusses how Marx challenges the dualism of productive and reproductive labor and argues that Marx is amenable to a feminist interpretation. Originally appeared in Logos: A Journal of Modern Society & Culture 17:1 (Winter 2018) — Editors
Massacre of Peaceful Gaza Demonstrators: An Israeli Crime Against Humanity
Summary: Unprecedented character of Gaza massacre of March 30 shows utter depravity of Israeli government, but will not be able to break will of the Palestinian people. First appeared in New Politics Online http://newpol.org/content/massacre-peaceful-gaza-demonstrators-israeli-crime-against-humanity –Editors