May 2009 - Marxist-Humanist Initiative

Sunday, October 6, from 1 to 3 pm EDT

“The Ground on Which Marx Stood when Turning to Reality and Practice”: Andrew Kliman will lead the discussion on Raya Dunayevskaya’s unique and challenging view that Marx began to develop his Marxism before he was a Marxist, when he was working out the dialectic of the transformation of reality. This was the ground on which he stood when he later turned to the real world and to practice.

To attend, send MHI a request to attend by Oct. 1; state briefly why you’re interested in MHI and your location.

online version:

Resisting Trumpist Reaction
(and Left Accommodation)

Now also available as a pamphlet for $5. Order here. Now also available as a video series.

Our Perspectives thesis includes:

• Trumpism in Power, Aided by the Soft-on-Trump Left, Threatens Life and Liberty
• The Resistance: A Permanent State of Revolt Against Trumpism
• Economic Mythology of Left-Populist Alternatives to Neoliberalism
• Combatting “Post-Truth Politics,” in Practice and in Theory
• Combatting White Nationalism: Lessons from Marx
• Individual Responsibility for the Collective Development of Marxist-Humanism

“Raya Dunayevskaya: Biography of an Idea”

MHI is happy to distribute this documentary film by Alex Fletcher. It explores many major concepts of the philosopher, activist, and feminist Raya Dunayevskaya, who developed Marxist-Humanism over much of the last century, up until her death in 1987. The 79-minute film contains rare video clips of her speeches and offers glimpses of material in her archives, as well as featuring interviews of 3 MHI members who belonged to Dunayevskaya’s organization during her lifetime.

Film now available here. Review and trailer here.

Month: May 2009

Reply to Chicago Political Workshop, Chris Cutrone, and Principia Dialectica

Unrelenting Decline in US Home Prices

About New York

Nitzan and Bichler on “critical discourse” and anti-“economism”

The Concreteness of Marxist-Humanism

Cherry Picking Peaks and Troughs

Left Forum 2009: Politics of the Contemporary Student Left

April Unemployment & Employment Stats: “less disastrous than before”

Fictitious Capital and the New-Fangled Schemes of Public Credit

How (Not) to Respond to the Economic Crisis

Brief Comments on the Relationship between Marxism and the Hegelian Dialectic

Audio: “Building Solidarity with Iraq’s Civil Resistance” at the 2009 Left Forum