WHAT IS
MARXIST-HUMANISM TODAY?
SUNDAY, JUNE 2, 2013
4:30-6:30 PM
REMINDER
Initiating the discussion:
Mansoor M., Iranian cultural worker
Melissa S., Chicana feminist
Dyne Suh, progressive legal observer
Kevin Anderson, author of “Marx at the Margins”
This meeting will discuss and answer questions about the
2013 “Statement of Principles” of the International Marxist-Humanist
Organization (IMHO) http://www.internationalmarxisthumanist.org/about arrived
at after a year of discussion.
It begins: “The IMHO aims to develop and project a
viable vision of an alternative to capitalism—a new, human society— that can
give direction to today’s freedom struggles. The IMHO is based on the unique
philosophic contributions that have guided Marxist-Humanism since it was
founded in the 1950s by Raya Dunayevskaya. We do so by working out a unity
of theory and practice, worker and intellectual, and philosophy and
organization. An alternative to capitalism means ending production for value,
creating a humanist mode of production, establishing a new non-state form of
governance, and building freely associated human relations…. We must theorize
such an alternative now.”
It also states: “We opposed imperialism,
colonialism and neo-colonialism in the U.S. 's wars and its militarist
outreach to every corner of the globe…. We oppose reactionary forms of
anti-imperialism, whether in the form of religious fundamentalism, narrow
nationalism, or military-populism.”
Also: “We strive to foster the firmest unity among the
forces of revolution and opposition to the established order: Rank-and-file
workers; Blacks, Latino/as and other oppressed minorities and indigenous
peoples; women; Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender people; and Youth.”
Sponsored by the West Coast Chapter, International
Marxist-Humanist Organization
More information: arise@internationalmarxisthumanist.org
Besides the new Statement
of Principles, link above, which is the topic of the meeting, other new
material on the IMHO site includes a compilation of articles about May Day in
LA, Seattle , Denver ,
and the UK ,
as well as an article on the legacy of Margaret Thatcher.
**END**
Cold Hands &
Quarter Moon, ‘Stagnant’ at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLjxeHvvhJQ
(live, at the Belle View pub, Bangor , north Wales );
and at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkP_Mi5ideo
(new remix, and new video, 2012)
'Cheerful Sin' – a song by Victor
Rikowski: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIbX5aKUjO8
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