Communism, anti-German criticism and Israel
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Communism, anti-German criticism and Israel

Greek translation here Jens Misera: You are a member of the Viennese group “Café Critique”, a pool of anti-German communists. What is your definition of communism? Stephan Grigat: Communism is a concept which cannot be defined in terms of the established social sciences. Strictly speaking, communism is nothing more than the movement of materialistic criticism. … Continue reading

Will Barnes “The Working Class, World Capitalism and Crisis: A General Perspective”
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Will Barnes “The Working Class, World Capitalism and Crisis: A General Perspective”

The following remarks by Will Barnes constitute a more or less coherent reflection the larger part of which has been developed by the author over three years [when written in 2009]. Some aspects of what follows are eminently warranted, and easily justified; others would be far more difficult to convincingly defend. None of it is … Continue reading

Baltimore Riot. Baltimore Commune?
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Baltimore Riot. Baltimore Commune?

By Joshua Clover / 25 April 2016 taken from https://cominsitu.wordpress.com/2016/05/03/baltimore-riot-baltimore-commune/ A picture of a young person on a BMX bike, April 27, 2015, his arms filled with looted cereal boxes. The caption on the original Instagram snap is mostly redacted. What remains reads “Baltimore shit” and “hate yall.” The person who has reposted this picture on … Continue reading

Ernst Bloch: Commentary on “Theses on Feuerbach”  from “The Principle of Hope,”
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Ernst Bloch: Commentary on “Theses on Feuerbach” from “The Principle of Hope,”

source: Marxists.org Significant brevity is coherent, that is why it is the least quick to put itself into words. Thus the understanding must repeatedly prove itself anew in such propositions. This nowhere more freshly than in the terse collection of the most terse directions which are known as the Eleven Theses on Feuerbach. Marx wrote … Continue reading

Antagonism and Negative Critique: An Interview
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Antagonism and Negative Critique: An Interview

source: viewpointmag.com Viewpoint: Much of your work addresses the contribution of “Neue Marx-Lektüre,” the “new reading of Marx” which returned to the interpretation of Capital in the light of the philosophical challenge of the Frankfurt School, and the political challenge of the 1960s and 1970s student movement. Can you tell us about the political significance of … Continue reading