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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.  
'''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>


== Staff ==
== Staff ==
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* Thomas Riggins: Chief Editorial Counselor, retired philosophy teacher, and 1960s-era activist and writer
* Thomas Riggins: Chief Editorial Counselor, retired philosophy teacher, and 1960s-era activist and writer
* [[Carlos Garrido|Carlos L. Garrido]]: [[Republic of Cuba|Cuban]] philosophy graduate student focused on [[Marxism]], [[Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel|Hegel]], and early 19th century US socialism  
* [[Carlos Garrido|Carlos L. Garrido]]: [[Republic of Cuba|Cuban]] philosophy graduate student focused on [[Marxism]], [[Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel|Hegel]], and early 19th century US socialism  
* [[Eddie Liger Smith|Edward (Eddie) L. Smith]]: US political scientist and [[Anti-imperialism|anti-imperialist]]
* [[Eddie Liger Smith|Edward (Eddie) L. Smith]]: US political scientist.
* Alex Zambito
* Alex Zambito
* Mitchell K. Jones
* Mitchell K. Jones
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Revision as of 00:02, 16 August 2023

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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 fails to be anti-imperialist.[2]

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.[4] In 2022, the video sharing platform TikTok banned Midwestern Marx's second account,[5][6] and it has banned five more accounts since then.[4]

Content

Midwestern Marx covers many different topics. They have discussed how the CIA was involved in promoting the Frankfurt School's Critical Theory ideology.[7]

Links

References