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What follows is a slightly revised version of a talk given in Amherst, MA. on January 25, 2020 sponsored by the organization Tom Paine Friends, in honor of what would have been Tom Paine’s 283rd birthday. Robert Meeropol is the founder and retired Executive Director of the Rosenberg Fund for Children. MY FAVORITE QUOTE FROM TOM PAINE is, *“The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion. [Read More]

The following is an edited transcript of an interview with Wayne Price conducted on September 14th, 2019. Wayne Price is a former member of the International Socialists and the author of The Abolition of the State: Anarchist & Marxist Perspectives, Anarchism & Socialism: Reformism or Revolution? and Value of Radical Theory: An Anarchist Introduction to Marx’s Critique of Political Economy. Spencer Leonard: Let’s begin at the beginning. How were you first politicized? [Read More]

Presented at a Platypus Affiliated Society public forum panel discussion with Norman Markowitz (CPUSA) and Bertell Ollman at Columbia University on February 22, 2020. “We should not fear the 20th century, for this worldwide revolution which we see all around us is part of the original American Revolution.” * * “I am delighted to come and visit. Behind the fact of [Fidel] Castro coming to this hotel, [Nikita] Khrushchev coming to Castro, there is another great traveler in the world, and that is the travel of a world revolution, a world in turmoil. [Read More]

Chris Cutrone Platypus Review 124 | March 2020 THE CURRENT POLITICAL POLARIZATION in the U.S. is not Democrat vs. Republican or the minorities of race, gender and sexuality against straight white men: It is between the politics of free stuff vs. the politics of jobs — demands for more free stuff vs. demands for more jobs.1 “Democratic socialist” candidate for Democratic Party nomination for President Bernie Sanders has responded to charges that he is actually a communist with the assertion that the U. [Read More]