This is what passes for "debate" here in "the world's greatest bastion of democracy."
The New York Times' idea of a debate on Marxism is without a Socialist
or Communist voice along with all the hype about the working class that
had become a "middle class"--- another
myth, a lie, constructed largely based on the lies propagandized and
then propagated by the New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/03/30/was-marx-right
And, who does the New York Times choose to "defend" Marxism? None other
than Doug Henwood who is an ardent advocate of Wall Street's Keynesian
economics hidden behind Marxist verbiage.
Henwood won't even tolerate dialog, let alone debate, on his own FaceBook page.
Marxists should be organizing roundtable discussions, forums and
debates--- real debate--- all over this country in every community.
Come on all you Marxists... let's bring our ideas out into the
proverbial "public square" in a way where everyone has an opportunity to
have their say.
"Was Marx Right?" Definitely.
Is Marxism for you?
Read for free what Marx had to say in his little pamphlet:
"Value, Price and Profit"
http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1865/value-price-profit/
When FDR's Secretary of Labor, Frances Perkins, was accused of
"implementing the 'Communist Manifesto,'" her response was, "I would
rather see these programs helping people than remain ideas hidden on
pages of a pamphlet."
Was Marx Right?
Read the "Communist Manifesto" for yourself:
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/ch01.htm
Real Marxist economists got it right while the New York Times was getting it all wrong.
You can read the views of Marxist economists like Edward Boorstein who
wrote, "What's Ahead?... the U.S. Economy" or "Super Profits and Crises"
by Victor Perlo. Both books are available real cheap on the Internet or
for free from your local socialist institution, the public library
through inter-library loan.
Let's become engaged in this debate: "Was Marx Right?"
The main reason capitalist ruling classes hate Marx so much, is not
because of his solid critique of the capitalist economy; but, because,
he understood that the working class was going to need very powerful
organizations and parties to challenge these capitalists for power---
and Marx saw revolutionary working class Communist parties becoming the
catalyst for doing this.
After decades of proclaiming Marxism
defeated, the New York Times now suggests, amid a crumbling capitalist
economy, that there is "Room for Debate"... as long as Marxists are not
included in this debate.
Doug Henwood is not a Marxist and he is so dishonest he doesn't say so.
Henwood admits that he is a Keynesian; none other then Franklin D. Roosevelt pointed out that John Maynard Keynes was a "kook."
When I challenged Henwood's assertion that Keynesian economics was
progressive and was a reactionary economic view held by Wall Street
economists, he blocked me from being able to comment on his posts.
Keynesian economists start from the premise that during times of
recession and depression the way to get the economy going is by putting
some unemployed people to work, but not all unemployed people--- just
enough so they get a little money to spend to get the economy going;
raise the Minimum Wage just a little bit--- but not too much; again,
just to get a few people spending in order to bolster the economy.
Keynesian economists view unemployment and poverty wages as an economic
lever used by government to keep all wages down so the Wall Street
crowd can reap super-profits.
Marxists start from the premise
that everyone needs a job at real living wages because workers without
jobs are going to be poor and workers paid poverty wages are going to be
poor. Putting people to work at socially useful jobs paying real living
wages creates a prosperous life for everyone--- especially, in the
first place, the workers whose labor creates all wealth.
Marxists assert there are actually two sources of wealth, and only two: Labor and Mother Nature.
Wall Street capitalists, imperialists, exploit labor and rape Mother
Nature in the process... a scheme which promotes war and poverty; no
wonder a Wall Street rag like the New York Times will not allow room for
a Marxist in their debate on "Was Marx Right?"
The only time the New York Times sees fit to publish the names of Marxists is in their obituary.