The American Minervan

Tag: Marxism

  • Open Letter: Every Citizen is the Salvation of the Republic

    Open Letter: Every Citizen is the Salvation of the Republic

    The sharpest critics of American white supremacy fluently spoke the civic-republican language, whether we bring to mind David Walker critique of our once “slaveholding republic” that betrayed republican principles; Frederick Douglass’s speeches on “composite nationality” and the Roman-republican ideal of civic membership; Martin Delany’s neo-Roman republicanism; the Haitian Revolution’s liberty against domination; or even twentieth-century…

  • Threat to the Humanities, the Right’s Identity and the Limits of American Civilization

    Threat to the Humanities, the Right’s Identity and the Limits of American Civilization

    MODERN CRITICISMS OF THE HUMANITIES THREATEN REPUBLICAN TRADITION Americans often have ideas of how our society should be structured without really understanding the roots of the ideas that our thinking brings out. Political slogans and speeches are often in memorialized moments using the terminology every American citizen kind of understands without having to think too…

  • ‘Black Lives Matter is a Communist Movement’ — or so we hear! Trump and the Right’s Alarming Tactic

    ‘Black Lives Matter is a Communist Movement’ — or so we hear! Trump and the Right’s Alarming Tactic

    From Australia to the United States, we are hearing echoes of the statement ‘Black Lives Matter is a Communist Movement.’ This article dissects right-wing media portrayal of Liberals and Democrats as Communists. “This belief in a broad liberal conspiracy is standard in the highest echelons of the conservative establishment and right-wing media.” DAVID A. WALSH,…