David Black Archives - IMHO Journal

Kevin B. Anderson,
David Black,
Heather A. Brown,
Peter Hudis,
Jens Johansson,
Rocio Lopez,
Lilia D. Monzó,
Sushanta D. Roy,
Rehmah Sufi,
Bill Young

April 11, 2022 Length: 8226 words

Official Call for Convention: The War Against Ukraine, the Resurgent Right, and the Quest for a Humanist Alternative – Developing Our Response to a New Global Turning Point

Summary: Call to the 2022 Convention of the IMHO – Editors.

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David Black

October 21, 2021 Length: 1405 words

‘Another Language’ – How Walt Whitman’s Poetry Came to England

Summary: Walt Whitman’s poetry was first published outside the United States in 1850 by the most radical tendency of the English Chartist movement who embraced the ideas of Karl Marx – Editors

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David Black

May 19, 2021 Length: 979 words

Israel’s Murderous War on the Palestinians Exposes US ‘Normalization’ of the Middle East

Summary: Israel’s brutal war against Palestinians, including the pogroms in Israeli cities, in the context of US imperial machinations – Editors

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David Black

March 11, 2021 Length: 3258 words

Uses and Abuses of the Paris Commune: the Extraordinary Story of Adrien Lejeune, the Last Communard

Summary: On the 150th anniversary of the Paris Commune, David Black reviews Gavin Bowd’s book on Adrien Lejeune, the Last Communard – Editors.

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David Black,
Kieran Durkin,
Karel Ludenhoff,
Paul Mason,
Alessandra Spano

March 3, 2021 Length: 429 words

[Video] Raya Dunayevskaya’s Intersectional Marxism

Get to know Raya Dunayevskaya’s brand of intersectional Marxism at this book launch event sponsored by the IMHO. Recorded on February 17, 2021. Speakers: Paul Mason, Alessandra Spano, Karel Ludenhoff,…

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David Black

November 22, 2018 Length: 4143 words

Commemorating Helen Macfarlane (1818-60): Slavery, Abolitionism and the Roots of Scottish Marxism

Summary: A recent BBC television documentary, Slavery: Scotland’s Hidden Shame, calls to mind the writings of the Scottish Chartist, Helen Macfarlane – born 200 years ago. — Editors

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David Black

August 15, 2018 Length: 3689 words

Sixty Years of Raya Dunayevskaya’s Marxism and Freedom: Then and Now

Summary: On the book’s reception at the time of its publication by intellectuals like Alasdair MacIntyre and Paul Mattick, as well as labor activists like Harry McShane and Sheila Leslie; its impact o…

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David Black

May 23, 2018 Length: 1829 words

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

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David Black

May 13, 2018 Length: 2282 words

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…

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David Black

Articles From This Author

Official Call for Convention: The War Against Ukraine, the Resurgent Right, and the Quest for a Humanist Alternative – Developing Our Response to a New Global Turning Point

‘Another Language’ – How Walt Whitman’s Poetry Came to England

Israel’s Murderous War on the Palestinians Exposes US ‘Normalization’ of the Middle East

Uses and Abuses of the Paris Commune: the Extraordinary Story of Adrien Lejeune, the Last Communard

[Video] Raya Dunayevskaya’s Intersectional Marxism

Commemorating Helen Macfarlane (1818-60): Slavery, Abolitionism and the Roots of Scottish Marxism

Sixty Years of Raya Dunayevskaya’s Marxism and Freedom: Then and Now

On CLR James and Hegel’s Dialectic

An ‘Impulse Towards Freedom’: On Paul Mason’s call for a Marxist-Humanist Challenge to Capitalist Automation

Books written by this author

Raya Dunayevskaya’s Intersectional Marxism: Race, Class, Gender, and the Dialectics of Liberation

The Philosophical Roots of Anti-Capitalism: Essays on History, Culture, and Dialectical Thought

1839: The Chartist Insurrection

Helen Macfarlane: A Feminist, Revolutionary Journalist, and Philosopher in Mid-Nineteenth-Century England

Events from this author

[[London]] Paul Mason, Alessandra Spano, Karel Ludenhoff, and David Black on Raya Dunayevskaya’s Intersectional Marxism, with introductory remarks by Kieran Durkin

[London, UK] 60 Years of Raya Dunayevskaya’s ‘Marxism and Freedom’: On Class, Race and Automation

[London] Alternatives to Capitalism: Internationalism, Theory and Revolution