Retells the history of the radical left during the twentieth century through the words and deeds of Paul Mattick.
An adolescent during the German revolutions that followed World War I, Paul Mattick was also a recent émigré to the United States during the 1930s Great Depression, when the unemployed groups in which he participated were among the most dynamic manifestations of social unrest. Three biographical themes receive special attention -- the self-taught nature of left-wing activity, Mattick’s experiences with publishing, and the nexus of men, politics, and friendship. Mattick found a wide audience during the 1960s because of his emphasis on the economy’s dysfunctional aspects and his advocacy of workplace councils—a popularity mirrored in the cyclical nature of the global economy.
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A rattling good read - highly
A rattling good read - highly recomended
Never knew what he looked
Never knew what he looked like before. He looks a bit like David Lynch
Steven. wrote: Never knew
Steven.
You haven't seen him with a beard. A young African American Johnson-Forest member (John Allen) thought he looked like Marx when they used to meet in the back of a Chicago bar for a Das Kapital readng group. He and his comrades couldn't remember Mattick's name, so they referred to him as "Karl Marx."
I started reading the book a while back, after fnbrill steered me to it, and so far it's really, really good.
Steven. wrote: Never knew
Steven.
For anyone who doesn't know what David Lynch looks like, Craftwork did this on FB:
Hieronymous wrote: Steven.
Hieronymous
Interesting. You know who else looks like Marx? Escobar in season 2 of Narcos:
"I do not any longer take
Another review of this book
Another review of this book here:
https://libcom.org/blog/revolutionary-contribution-paul-mattick-15092020
And this covers some of the same ground:
https://libcom.org/library/paul-mattick-council-communism-claudio-pozzoli
Hieronymous wrote: Steven…
Shit, I have to eat my words. I was talking with Paul Mattick Jr., who corrected me by saying "Paul never grew a beard, which he associated with the upper class." Then I realized that by that time, John Allen was suffering from dementia and phasing into and out of coherence and was probably referring to the ol' "Moor" himself.
Further on Mattick Sr, see …
Further on Mattick Sr, at the top of 'The Young Mattick -- Early writings 1924-1934', see 'PREFACE -- A PERSONAL REFLECTION by Marie', at:
https://endnotes.org.uk/dossiers/the-young-mattick