Tag: Linear theories

  • Western Marxism: The Unwholesome Temptation

    Western Marxism: The Unwholesome Temptation

    Image credit: Left Voice. The history of Marxism has a parallel history of counter-Marxism — intellectual currents that posture as the true Marxism. Even before Marxism came into being as a coherent ideology, Marx and Engels devoted an often-neglected section of their 1848 Communist Manifesto to debunking the existing contenders for true socialism. As the […]

  • Why Can’t I Question Capitalism without Being Called a “Socialist”?

    “The essence of capitalism is to turn nature into commodities and commodities into capital.” (Michael Parenti) For as long as I’ve been writing, giving public talks, and all that, I have offered informed critiques of capitalism. For as long as I’ve been offering informed critiques of capitalism, I get replies like this: “I suppose you […]

  • The Latest NYT’s Hit Piece on China Is from Thomas Friedman

    Thanks to Thomas Friedman’s relentless service as a mouthpiece for US empire and capital, he’s permitted to continuously churn out his pseudo-thought piece every week. — Belen Fernandez, The Imperial Messenger: Thomas Friedman at Work Thomas Friedman, a self-professed “liberal,” is the New York Times most widely read columnist and its most influential flak for […]

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