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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. The organization erroneously pushes patriotic socialism, and thus supports american imperialism.^[2]^[3]

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.
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.^[5] In 2022, the video sharing platform TikTok banned Midwestern Marx's second account,^[6]^[7] and it has banned five more accounts since then.^[5]

Content

Midwestern Marx covers many different topics. They have discussed how the CIA was involved in promoting the Frankfurt School's Critical Theory ideology.^[8]

Links

YouTube
Instagram
Twitter
LinkTree (Their curated list of links)
@EddieLigerSmith on TikTok (censored)

References

↑ Journal of American Socialist Studies (JASS)
↑ “Put simply, the United States, as every country, is not a product of genocide and slavery, nor is it a product of freedom and liberty, it is a product of class antagonisms and struggle, in this regard it is not exceptional.”

Kayla Popuchet (2021-5-12). "In Defense of U.S. Proletarian Patriotism: A comradely response to Danny Haiphong’s “Marxist” Polemic on Patriotic Socialism." Midwestern Marx.
↑ Roderic Day (2023-06-06). Twitter.
↑ Library - Midwestern Marx
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 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.

[1] Journal of American Socialist Studies (JASS)

[2] “Put simply, the United States, as every country, is not a product of genocide and slavery, nor is it a product of freedom and liberty, it is a product of class antagonisms and struggle, in this regard it is not exceptional.”

Kayla Popuchet (2021-5-12). "In Defense of U.S. Proletarian Patriotism: A comradely response to Danny Haiphong’s “Marxist” Polemic on Patriotic Socialism." Midwestern Marx.

[3] Roderic Day (2023-06-06). Twitter.

[4] Library - Midwestern Marx

[:0-5] 5.0 ^5.1 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.

[6] Eddie Smith (2022-03-03). "Tik Tok BANNED us. Freedom of Speech under Capitalism."

[7] @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)

[8] "The Frankfurt School and the CIA - Interview W/ Gabriel Rockhill". Midwestern Marx.

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-'''Midwestern Marx''' is a [[United States of America|US]]-based [[Socialism|socialist]] educational online publishing house. Their content includes online articles, book series, academic journals<ref>''[https://www.midwesternmarx.com/journalofamericansocialiststudies.html Journal of American Socialist Studies (JASS)]''</ref> (ISSN 2769-1055), and online videos. The organization erroneously pushes [[patriotic socialism]], and thus fails to be [[Anti-imperialism|anti-imperialist]].<ref>{{Web citation|author=Kayla Popuchet|newspaper=Midwestern Marx|title=In Defense of U.S. Proletarian Patriotism: A comradely response to Danny Haiphong’s “Marxist” Polemic on Patriotic Socialism.|date=2021-5-12|url=https://www.midwesternmarx.com/articles/in-defense-of-us-proletarian-patriotism-a-comradely-response-to-danny-haiphongs-marxist-polemic-on-patriotic-socialism-by-kayla-popuchet|quote=Put simply, the United States, as every country, is not a product of genocide and slavery, nor is it a product of freedom and liberty, it is a product of class antagonisms and struggle, in this regard it is not exceptional.}}</ref>
+'''Midwestern Marx''' is a [[United States of America|US]]-based [[Socialism|socialist]] educational online publishing house. Their content includes online articles, book series, academic journals<ref>''[https://www.midwesternmarx.com/journalofamericansocialiststudies.html Journal of American Socialist Studies (JASS)]''</ref> (ISSN 2769-1055), and online videos. The organization erroneously pushes [[patriotic socialism]], and thus supports american [[imperialism]].<ref>{{Web citation|author=Kayla Popuchet|newspaper=Midwestern Marx|title=In Defense of U.S. Proletarian Patriotism: A comradely response to Danny Haiphong’s “Marxist” Polemic on Patriotic Socialism.|date=2021-5-12|url=https://www.midwesternmarx.com/articles/in-defense-of-us-proletarian-patriotism-a-comradely-response-to-danny-haiphongs-marxist-polemic-on-patriotic-socialism-by-kayla-popuchet|quote=Put simply, the United States, as every country, is not a product of genocide and slavery, nor is it a product of freedom and liberty, it is a product of class antagonisms and struggle, in this regard it is not exceptional.}}</ref><ref>{{Web citation|author=Roderic Day|newspaper=Twitter|date=2023-06-06|url=https://twitter.com/RodericDay/status/1666063389733298176}}</ref>
 == Staff ==