Tag Archives: marxism

The View from the Left: A Day on Wall Street

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Mike

My longtime friend David Walters shared a few thoughts with me regarding his recent visit to New York in the midst of the burgeoning Occupy Wall Street movement.  He kindly agreed to share his impressions with others through this website. … Continue reading →

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Love and the Dialectic

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Mike

Herein lies the dialectic: The unity and struggle of opposites; I am nobody’s property, But my heart belongs to you. Written for Thomai, July 6, 2008

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On Building the Polemic

Posted on May 1, 2009 by Mike

You don’t have to be a Marxist to appreciate the fact that few people have ever been so skilled at building polemic arguments as V.I. Lenin.  Consider this passage from his 1915 work New Data on the Laws Governing the … Continue reading →

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The story of Chang Hsueh-liang (Zhang Xueliang)

Posted on August 16, 2007 by Mike

Originally posted 16 Aug 2007 on greeklish.org Last week, I was doing a bit of tidying in my home library and I came across a big stack of copies of The Economist  from late 2001 and 2002.  I had a … Continue reading →

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