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Date: 4 May 2019 20:33 +0300
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Subject: Happy birthday, Marx! 🎂☭
A reading list on the future of Marxism through the eyes of David Harvey,
Mike Davis, Sartre, and community organizers.
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Marx(ism) at 201 🎉
In honor of Karl Marx’s birthday (May 5th, 1818), we have delved into our
archive to bring you a variety of essays that tackle his legacy. From
Marshall Steinbaum’s argument that Marxism can coexist alongside capitalism,
to Sartre’s unique strain of existential Marxism, the writers in today’s
reading list pull Marxism in drastically different directions and ask whether
he is more philosopher, economist, or historian.
But this week not only marks Marx’s birthday. Fittingly, he shares the season
with May Day, the historic celebration of the workers of the world, and so we
couldn’t resist including our new essay that ponders the future of the labor
movement. Penned by a trio of community organizers and scholars, the piece
argues that we must make “the future of workers, not the future of work, our
central concern”—a statement that Marx would surely agree with.
Why the Labor Movement Has Failed—And How to Fix It
Traditional worker organizing has failed on every level. But new approaches
are finding success, pointing the way to a more just future.
The Book on Marx That Arendt Never Finished by Geoffrey Wildanger
“Marx’s version of human nature is a problem, Arendt argues, because it
subordinates political questions to economic forces.”
Marx’s New Deal by Marshall Steinbaum
“The ideology of capitalism can be discredited while stopping short of the
violence that would inevitably follow from overthrowing capitalism itself.”
Marxism Without Progress by Bruce Robbins
“The allegiance to philosophy entails a de-radicalizing of Marx: the duty to
interpret is once again placed above or before the duty to change.”
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The Philosophy of Our Time by Ronald Aronson
“Jean-Paul Sartre’s existential Marxism offers a radical philosophical
foundation for today’s revitalized critiques of capitalism.”
The Last Man to Know Everything by Troy Vetesse
“Marxism must scan the future from the simultaneous perspectives of Shenzhen,
L.A., and Lagos if it wants to figure out how heterodox social categories
might fit together in a single resistance to capitalism.” —Mike Davis
What Slavery Tells Us About Marx by Stephanie Smallwood
“Marx’s failure to subject slavery to historical analysis led him away from
an obvious conclusion: that slave-trading gave birth to the capitalist mode
of production.”
Capitalism and the Urban Struggle an interview with David Harvey
“Who has the right to struggle over what kind of city we want to make?
Because the question of what kind of city we want to make defines the
question of what kind of people we want to be.”
I Am Karl Marx a poem by Jen Levitt
They say Capitalism is tyranny! Down with the bourgeoisie!
They are correct so I yell at them to rise up
in my best German accent
Kitsch and Class Conflict in Avant-Garde Poetry by Daniel Tiffany
“Like the general public, vanguard poetry today displays a growing sense of
alarm at class divisions, yet largely ignores in its own practice a number of
symptoms of class conflict.”
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