#Marx

Josh Jackson

JoshuaYJackson

Here’s the thing about some on the ‘left’(?) pushing against reading Marx & Lenin: the work of Marxism Leninism is not some dated philosophers scheme but a reflection of the

danido9

danido99

Was Karl Marx Jewish? A threadtl;dr at the end I often see people claiming that Karl Marx was Jewish and it seems to be a very popular idea people have

T. Greer

Scholars_Stage

Recently read Berlin's biography of Karl Marx. What struck me: how extraordinary a character Engels was. Engels was smart--at least your average professor smart. But his entire influence on the

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hermit_hwarang

I did not read Marx and Lenin before I read more contemporary writers and my grasp of what those writers were really saying was limited by my ignorance. You don’t

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thecoleslaws

Yes Bakunin was anti-semitic (it is not central to his works as is often claimed) but his worst outburst came from Marx and Engles ecpliticly calling for imperialism against Slavs

Aren R. LeBrun

proustmalone

I can’t BELIEVE Karl Marx said:“Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and

Rev. Dr. Glenn Packiam

gpackiam

Two people can arrive at the same conclusion via different paths. Don’t assume that because you recognize the destination, you know the route... It’s a logical fallacy to say, “A

Black Socialists in America

BlackSocialists

Here is a thread of highlight quotes on “Marxists” from Huey P. Newton’s 1974 “Intercommunalism” text (which you can read in full here, courtesy of @viewpointmag: https://www.viewpointmag.com/2018/06/11/intercommunalism-1974/).

Joe Dwyer

JoeEDwyer

#OtD 11 Jan 1883 Jenny Marx Longuet died aged just 38. Jenny Marx was another defender of the Irish cause…“The English have no scruples […] when it is a question

Aisha Ahmad

aishaismad

my black and brown comrades: all you have to do is read marx and lenin to see why the people telling you not to read marx and lenin are wrong

GOPPouncer

Mellecon

I’ve been saying for years that BLM movement was steeped in Marxism, and was called a racist conspiracy theorist. Glad to know they finally admitted. Marxism doesn’t care about black

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hmyaoi1

Why I think marxist humanism sucks (a thread):I think in general the secret logic of humanism as althusser says is the difference between inhuman/human (this logic was used to justify

Chardine Taylor Stone

ChardineTaylor

The argument about reading Marx is not really about books. It's about left-leaning people scared of being called Marxists because that has become a shameful thing to be in the

GlumBird

GlumBird

Marx spent the last years of his life studying indigenous cultures. He set aside writing Capital to do so, which is why Engels had to finish the last two volumes.

Robin Monotti

robinmonotti

"The first capitalist nation was Italy. The close of the feudal Middle Ages & the opening of the modern capitalist era are marked by a colossal figure: an Italian, Dante,

Red Diamond: Destroyer of Color-Revolutions

RedDiamondMP

People throw around Marx's "we will make no excuses for the terror" quote because it sounds cool but don't actually engage with what it means: A thread Marx acknowledges that

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