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The Coal Miners’ General Strike of 1949-50 and the Birth of Marxist-Humanism in the U.S.

From the Writings of Raya Dunayevskaya: Automation and the New Humanism

November 14, 2021

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?

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Essay: What is socialism? Socialism, labor, and the Black dimension

May 1, 2019

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?

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Learning from miners

June 30, 2017

Former miner Andy Philips speaks about the interest in Marxist-Humanism at his assisted living facility.

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Marxist-Humanist links

  • The Raya Dunayevskaya Collection
  • 2020-2021 Draft for Marxist-Humanist Perspectives
  • Praxis en América Latina
  • 2019-2020 Marxist Humanist Perspectives

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