Znet vs. Socialist Worker: Debating Marxism

by Scott Johnson

Wed, Jul 10, 2002 11:22AM

The relevance of Marxism today.

In this Internet discussion, Michael Albert of ZNet and Alan Maass of Socialist Worker debate the relevance of Marxism in the 21st century. The exchange, which appears on both SW Online and ZNet, will consist of an initial essay by Albert and Maass, and then a series of ongoing replies--so be sure to check back every couple weeks for the latest installment in the discussion.
http://socialistworker.org/Featured/MarxDebate.shtml
In this Internet discussion, Michael Albert of ZNet and Alan Maass of Socialist Worker debate the relevance of Marxism in the 21st century. The exchange, which appears on both SW Online and ZNet, will consist of an initial essay by Albert and Maass, and then a series of ongoing replies--so be sure to check back every couple weeks for the latest installment in the discussion.
http://socialistworker.org/Featured/MarxDebate.shtml
http://www.zmag.org/debateiso.htm

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§Cool,

by Che

Wed, Jul 10, 2002 11:58AM

It gets Smashy's seal of approval. It is a must read then.

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§is this a joke?

by shoni

Thu, Jul 11, 2002 3:56PM

what relevence? marxism has proven itself to be a colossal failure. aging hippies will one day fade away and all this nonsense will be over.

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§Hippies aren't Marxists.

by Che

Thu, Jul 11, 2002 4:22PM

Shows how stupid the rightwing is.

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§works for me

by works for me

Thu, Jul 11, 2002 5:07PM

Che-- I recommend you reading the debates.

While both authors oversimplify individuality into two or three arbitrarily defined classes (ignoring the overlapping [multi-dimensional] bell curves of attributes, relationships, and responsibilities that describe the uniqueness of each individual within a company), there are some interesting critiques of Marxism and the related socialist/anarchist ideology.

Neither writer's politics are right-wing.

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