Considering ‘Life Activity’ as one of Marx’s most important concepts, contrasted with Hegel’s concept of labor, the author shows how to Marx it mediates the relationship between humanity and nature, and its connection to history of class struggles toward overcoming alienation and establishing new forms of freedom.
Questions raised by the actions and words of the workers in today’s militant labor insurgency demand a philosophical response. Marxist-Humanism in the U.S. began with taking seriously what workers have raised since the onset of automation in the coal mines: What kind of labor should a human being do?
Marxist-Humanist Bob McGuire looks through history to Marx’s relationship to labor and the Black movement for freedom and then to our day and the relationship of Marxist-Humanism to labor and the Black struggle for freedom in speaking to the question many are asking today: What is socialism?
Former miner Andy Philips speaks about the interest in Marxist-Humanism at his assisted living facility.
