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Thomas Riggins, PhD CUNY, is a retired university lecturer in philosophy and ancient history and the former book review editor for Political Affairs magazine.
(8 comments) SHARE Saturday, December 8, 2012 Lenin on Marxism and Bourgeois Democracy
Socialists should work within the institutions of bourgeois democracy until they can be replaced by higher forms of democracy.
(2 comments) SHARE Wednesday, September 11, 2013 John Gray, David Hawkes, and the Myth of Progress
Is progress a myth? John Gray thinks it is; David Hawkes believes there may be anti-progress(!). Scientific progress seems to be well established; the problem is with moral progress.
(3 comments) SHARE Sunday, May 17, 2015 Sin, Socialism, and Sacrilege
Reply to a Wall Street Journal op-ed supporting so-called religious peoples rights to discriminate against gay people.
(6 comments) SHARE Saturday, November 2, 2013 Marxism is Real Naturalism
A response to Galen Strawson's London Review article confusing the materialist view of reality with panpsychism.
(3 comments) SHARE Tuesday, April 1, 2014 Lenin on the Paris Commune (1871)
Review of Chapter III Section 1 of State and Revolution.
The examination of socialism has been buried under the propaganda of the bourgeois state and its media organs Even a cursory examination of Marx and Engels' works shows how prescient they were, and how so many of their predictions regarding the oligarchic nature of capital have been borne out. Series: The State and Revolution (12 Articles, 11637 views)
SHARE Saturday, May 31, 2014 Review: V. J. McGill on Russell's Critique of Marxism
This is a review and reevaluation V. J. McGill's critique of Bertrand Russell's anti-Marxist views as well as his general approach to political philosophy.
(2 comments) SHARE Thursday, August 22, 2013 Marx and the Muslim Brothers
Critique of "Marx's Lesson for the Muslim Brothers",
NYT op-ed by Sheri Berman.
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, February 7, 2017 Trumpism and the Working Class
An attempt to understand Trumpism from the point of view of Georgi Dimitrov.
(3 comments) SHARE Sunday, November 18, 2012 Extreme Weather: The Maya and Us
Discusses extreme weather conditons of today in comparison to the conditions leading to the collapse of the Maya cilvilization.
(2 comments) SHARE Thursday, August 1, 2013 Marxism, the Taliban, and Plato
Review of Simon Blackburn's article "Taliban and Plato" in the TLS 7-19-2013.
(5 comments) SHARE Thursday, September 26, 2013 De Blasio and the Sandinistas
De Blasio can be proud of the fact that he supported the Sandinistas and the people of Nicaragua while Joe Lhota's team, the Republicans and Reagan supported the fascist Contras.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, February 5, 2014 Bum Rap for the Rapa Nui
New research on Easter Island calls into question the theory of self induced cultural collapse.
(3 comments) SHARE Wednesday, June 12, 2013 European Social Contract Betrayed
This article discusses the political betayal by the European social democratic parties.
(2 comments) SHARE Friday, March 27, 2009 Obama's Afghan Struggle
Critique of Fouad Ajami's misrepresentations of the Iraq War in the Wall Street Journal.
(2 comments) SHARE Friday, March 2, 2007 Will the US Attack Iran?
Evidence suggests that the Bush administration is about to attack Iran based on manipulated intelligence.