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Thomas Riggins is a retired philosophy and humanities teacher (NYU, The New School of Social Research, among others) who received a PhD in philosophy from the CUNY Graduate Center (1983). He has been active in the civil rights and peace movements since the 1960s when he was chairman of the Young People's Socialist League at Florida State University and also worked for CORE in voter registration in north Florida (Leon County). He has written for many online publications such as People's World and Political Affairs where he was an associate editor. Thomas is currently a Chief Editorial Counselor at Midwestern Marx and an editor for the Journal of American Socialist Studies. He also served on the board of the Bertrand Russell Society and was president of the Corliss Lamont chapter in New York City of the American Humanist Association.

Thomas Riggins' 
Reading the Classical Texts of Marxism provides commentary and social, scientific, and philosophical contextualization to classical texts in the Marxist canon such as Friedrich Engels' Anti-Dühring and V. I. Lenin's Materialism and Empirio-Criticism, State and Revolution, and Left-Wing Communism: An Infantile Disorder. For the beginner to readings in the Marxist tradition, this book will help break down and explain with a plethora of rich and contextual examples even the most complex of philosophical, scientific, and economic concepts in Marxism. The seasoned reader in the Marxist tradition will find that this text provides the contextualization and critiques necessary to sustain the theoretical relevance of Marxism into the 21st century.

As more and more people are looking for alternatives to the existing order, Thomas Riggins' 
Reading the Classical Texts of Marxism provides a lucid and necessary account of the Marxist ideas which have haunted capitalism for the last nearly two centuries.

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Latest Articles

Letter To American Workers. By: V. I. Lenin
Mein Kampf: Hitler’s Love Letter to Western Imperialism. By: Joe Emersberger
The Political Power of Love. By: Yanis Iqbal
Marxism and the Battle for God. By: Thomas Riggins
The Wide Role Brazil’s Military Has Played in the Destruction of the Amazon. By: Pedro Marin
Maxwell Sentenced to 20 Years for Conspiring with Jeffrey Epstein. By: Sam Husseini
Slavoj Žižek, an apologist of Capitalism disguised as "Marxist philosopher". By: Nikos Mottas
Imperialism and Profilicity. By: Carlos L. Garrido
The Second International’s Conflicted Legacy. By: Mike Taber
Commodity as a Counter-Emancipatory Force. By: Yanis Iqbal
Book Review: The Weather Makers: How Man is Changing the Climate and What it Means for Life on Earth-Tim Flannery. Reviewed By: Thomas Riggins (3/7)
A Lemming Leading the Lemmings: Slavoj Zizek and the Terminal Collapse of the Anti-War Left. By: Jonathan Cook

Dr. Riggins' Book Series

Click HERE to see our series by Dr. Thomas Riggins on Friedrich Engels' text Anti-Dühring: Herr Eugen Dühring's Revolution in Science
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Click HERE to see our series by Dr. Thomas Riggins on Lenin's text Left-Wing Communism: An Infantile Disorder, HERE for the series on State and Revolution, and HERE for the series on Materialism and Empirio-Criticism.
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Click HERE to see our series by Dr. Thomas Riggins on Philip Short's Mao: A Life
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Click HERE to read Dr. Riggins' six-part series where Thomas Piketty's text Capital in the 21st Century is placed under a Marxist lens - what will he find?
Click HERE to read Dr. Riggins' series where he analyzes and critiques Bertrand Russell's writings on Marxism. 
Click HERE to read Dr. Riggins series on David W. Moore's book, The Opinion Makers: An Insider Exposes the Truth Behind Polls and HERE to read his series on Tim Flannery's The Weather Makers
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Socialism on the Ballot

Socialism on the Ballot is a show hosted by Midwestern Marx's editor Calla Winchell where socialist and communist candidates from around the US are interviewed about their campaigns, the struggles plaguing their communities, and the connection these have with the problems faced by the working masses around the country. Its aim is to promote and give voice to socialist candidates running for office outside of the Democratic Party. You can see the whole playlist HERE, or click on a recent episode below to watch. 


Pioneers of American Socialism

Pioneers of American Socialism is a podcast documentary series headed by Midwestern Marx editor and historian Mitchell K. Jones in which various 19th century US socialist communities are explored. Click HERE to watch the whole playlist or click on the thumbnails below to watch the corresponding episode. 


Midwestern Marx Youth League

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Latest Articles

The trial of Jair Bolsonaro. By: Dan Sullivan
Historical Figures and Their Statues. By: Nolan Long
Latin American Socialism and Film. By: Dan Sullivan
Indigenous Education as a Means to Reconciliation in Canada. By: Nolan Long


American Socialism Travels

American Socialism Travels is a project started by our Editorial Board member Mitchell K Jones which urges writers to visit, photograph, and write about sites relevant to the rich history of American socialism and communism. From the standpoint of a personal narrative of the trip, articles should include a historical and theoretical analysis of the location and a contextualization of it to our present struggles as American Marxists. Click HERE to read the travel entries. 

About Us​

Originally organized in the Midwestern United States, we noticed  through our participation in our communities that there is a clear divide between the Socialists in the US and the working class.  Among a variety of factors for such a phenomenon, we consider the abandoned conception of the working class as the revolutionary agent to be one of the central ones. 


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​​We stand opposed to this and consider the working class to be the heart of where our revolutionary struggle must be built from. A detailed description of our principles can be seen HERE.
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Patron's helping us fund this project will receive a reserved seat in our bi-monthly book club, access to our discord server, and a free copy of our Annual print Journal of American Socialist Studies when it releases.

All of our online content will remain free. The Patreon is a way for readers and viewers to support our work and help us with the funding of this revolutionary project.

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