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In 2022, the video sharing platform | In 2020, after the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]-connected company [[Oracle Corporation|Oracle]] bought TikTok, it banned Midwestern Marx's account that had 375,000 followers.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=Carlos L Garrido|newspaper=[[Monthly Review]]|title=The U.S. censors Dissenting Voices: On the attacks against the Midwestern Marx Institute|date=2023-06-02|url=https://mronline.org/2023/06/02/the-u-s-censors-dissenting-voices/|retrieved=2023-06-01}}</ref> In 2022, the video sharing platform TikTok banned Midwestern Marx's second account,<ref>{{News citation|journalist=Eddie Smith|date=2022-03-03|title=Tik Tok BANNED us. Freedom of Speech under Capitalism.|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJdSIYipEzs}}</ref><ref>@MarxMidwest on Twitter: [https://twitter.com/MarxMidwest/status/1499396557258559489?s=20&t=LlZCFJG08LMvPuRnQDtclg "Tik tok banned our second account today. They are completely silencing us. Not letting us have any kind of voice on their platform. Creating a neoliberal echo chamber."] ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20220303215000/https://twitter.com/MarxMidwest/status/1499396557258559489 (Archived)]''</ref> and it has banned five more accounts since then.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
== Content == | == Content == | ||
Midwestern Marx covers many different topics. They have discussed how the | Midwestern Marx covers many different topics. They have discussed how the CIA was involved in promoting the [[Frankfurt School]]'s Critical Theory ideology.<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=[[Midwestern Marx]]|title=The Frankfurt School and the CIA - Interview W/ Gabriel Rockhill|url=https://youtu.be/_FztGkdoO0I}}</ref> | ||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
Revision as of 21:15, 2 June 2023
Midwestern Marx is a US-based socialist educational online publishing house. Their content includes online articles, book series, academic journals[1] (ISSN 2769-1055), and online videos.
Staff
The staff consists of 6 members of the editorial board, 20 writers, and 3 Spanish-English translators. Additionally, there are 10 writers for the Youth League.
Editorial board
- Thomas Riggins: Chief Editorial Counselor, retired philosophy teacher, and 1960s-era activist and writer
- Carlos L. Garrido: Cuban philosophy graduate student focused on Marxism, Hegel, and early 19th century US socialism
- Edward (Eddie) L. Smith: US political scientist and anti-imperialist
- Alex Zambito
- Mitchell K. Jones
- Calla Winchell
Library works
Censorship
In 2020, after the CIA-connected company Oracle bought TikTok, it banned Midwestern Marx's account that had 375,000 followers.[3] In 2022, the video sharing platform TikTok banned Midwestern Marx's second account,[4][5] and it has banned five more accounts since then.[3]
Content
Midwestern Marx covers many different topics. They have discussed how the CIA was involved in promoting the Frankfurt School's Critical Theory ideology.[6]
Links
- YouTube
- LinkTree (Their curated list of links)
- @EddieLigerSmith on TikTok (censored)
References
- ↑ Journal of American Socialist Studies (JASS)
- ↑ Library - Midwestern Marx
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Carlos L Garrido (2023-06-02). "The U.S. censors Dissenting Voices: On the attacks against the Midwestern Marx Institute" Monthly Review. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
- ↑ Eddie Smith (2022-03-03). "Tik Tok BANNED us. Freedom of Speech under Capitalism."
- ↑ @MarxMidwest on Twitter: "Tik tok banned our second account today. They are completely silencing us. Not letting us have any kind of voice on their platform. Creating a neoliberal echo chamber." (Archived)
- ↑ "The Frankfurt School and the CIA - Interview W/ Gabriel Rockhill". Midwestern Marx.