Hudis Falsely Represents MHI Position on Relationship of Philosophy to Organization

Marxist-Humanist Initiative (MHI) strongly objects to an essay by Peter Hudis called “Towards an Organizational History of Marxist-Humanism in the U.S. (1)” [1] for its gross misrepresentation of our members’ past statements and, by implication, MHI’s view of the relationship between philosophy and organization. Hudis’ essay claims that, in discussions surrounding the departure of half the membership of News and Letters Committees (N&LC) in 2008, some of us “argued that conceptual differences were not the basis of the split, or at least were not as important as N&LC’s deficiencies on an organizational level.” The fact is that none of us ever said or implied any such thing. Read more

April 6 Talk: “The Relevance of Marxist-Humanism Today”

The Relevance of Marxist-Humanism Today: A Raya Dunayevskaya Centenary Forum Read more

Appeal to Aid Kenyan Women and Children

Editor’s note: We received the following letter from a friend who is helping to establish the first-ever women’s hot-lines in Kenya and South Africa. Read more

Reply to Michel Husson on the character of the latest economic crisis

By Andrew Kliman.

In late December, Michel Husson, a Marxist economist, published a critique of my study of U.S. corporations’ profitability. His critique, “Les Coûts Historiques d’Andrew Kliman,” appears on the website of the Nouveau Parti Anticapitaliste. Read more

21st Century Capitalism: On Venezuela’s Nationalization of the Oil Industry

By Fernando Dachevsky, Grupo de Investigación de la Historia Económica Argentina (Argentine Economic History Research Group) – CEICS. Read more

Showdown at the HM Corral

By Andrew Kliman

On Duménil and Lévy’s Cherry Picking of the Data

At last month’s Historical Materialism conference, Duménil denied that they cherry picked the data.  I replied. Then we showed what the facts of the matter are.

In these pages and elsewhere, I’ve cited Gérard Duménil and Dominique Lévy’s cherry picking of the data as one reason why they contend that the rate of profit of U.S. corporations experienced an almost complete recovery since the early 1980s. This claim is crucial to their argument that the current economic crisis began as a financial crisis that was not itself rooted in a long-term fall in the rate of profit. Read more

Audio: “Roots of the Economic Crisis” @ Historical Materialism 2010 in NYC

On January 15th, Andrew Kliman gave a talk on the “Roots of the Economic Crisis: The Persistent Fall in Profitability & Debt Financing” at the 2010 Historical Materialism Conference at the CUNY Graduate Center in NYC. Kliman spoke on a panel with Fred Moseley and Simon Mohun entitled “Origins of the Current Crisis.” An audio recording of this panel is now available. Read more

1/15: Talk on the “Roots of the Economic Crisis” @ Historical Materialism 2010 in NYC

Please join us at the 2010 Historical Materialism Conference in NYC for a talk by Andrew Kliman on the “Roots of the Economic Crisis: The Persistent Fall in Profitability & Debt Financing.” Read more

1/15: Talk on the Roots of the Economic Crisis @ Historical Materialism 2010 in NYC

Please join us at the 2010 Historical Materialism Conference in NYC for a talk by Andrew Kliman on the “Roots of the Economic Crisis: The Persistent Fall in Profitability & Debt Financing.” Read more

Video: “Temporal Value Theory at a Moment of Capitalist Crisis”

The Marxist-Humanist Initiative sponsored and participated in several panels and events at the Rethinking Marxism conference in Amherst, MA, from November 5-8, 2009. Video from a series of sessions, Temporal Value Theory at a Moment of Capitalist Crisis, sponsored by the Marxist-Humanist Initiative and Critique of Political Economy at Rethinking Marxism is now available. Special thanks to Brendan Cooney for the video recordings. Read more