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
- 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). "Untitled Twitter Thread" 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.