In 1965 Louis Althusser opened his famous paean For Marx with a withering reflection on French theoretical culture at the time. He bemoaned the fact that ‘we have spent the best part of our time in agitation when we would have been better employed in the defence of our right and duty to know’.[i] The [...]
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Marxism, Abstraction and Transcending Capitalism
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Inside Modern Movement: the anatomy of the continuity Revolutionary Communist Party
Posted in anti-capitalism, political commentary, tagged capitalism, claire fox, environemntalist, frank furedi, institute of ideas, modern movement, rcp on August 4, 2010 | 10 Comments »
The following post is composed of reflections and recollections based on my experience inside the short lived campaigning group, Modern Movement, now defunct since 2009. I try to avoid drawing on the immense ammunition my involvement in this group has provided for possible character assassination or ridicule and try to stay at the level of [...]
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