In praise of Marx

The Chronicle of Higher Education

There is a sense in which the whole of Marx’s writing boils down to several embarrassing questions: Why is it that the capitalist West has accumulated more resources than human history has ever witnessed, yet appears powerless to overcome poverty, starvation, exploitation, and inequality? What are the mechanisms [...]

An anarchist defense of Karl Marx

Black Sun Gazette

Karl Marx has received a bum rap. Some see him as the godfather of the modern revolutionary movement while others see him as the architect of Stalin’s gulags. I’m in the former camp rather than the latter. This is not to say his he is infallible, his texts are sacred, [...]

So Karl Marx was right after all

Bostonians tar and feather John Malcolm, Customs officer, 1774

Mark Steel in The Independent (UK)

The sudden change is disconcerting. For years I might suggest society would be improved if we sacked these vastly overpaid bankers, and the response would be some variety of “Here he goes again”.

Now if you say the same [...]