The Unexpected Pope
Pope Francis, writes Marxist scholar Michael Löwy, demonstrated an uncharacteristic sympathy toward left-wing thought, even as his thinking owed far more to the non-Marxist “theology of the people” than liberation theology.
7 Articles by: Michael Löwy
Michael Löwy is emeritus research director at the National Center for Scientific Research.
Capitalist Progress Threatens Human Survival
Marxist scholar Michael Löwy, responding to Samuel Farber’s “In Defense of Progress” from the new issue of Jacobin, defends philosopher Walter Benjamin and argues that “progress,” as defined under capitalism, has come to threaten humanity’s very survival.
The Founder of Surrealism Helped Inspire a Revolution in Haiti
In 1945, the French revolutionary poet André Breton took a trip to Haiti. Breton was fascinated by Haiti’s culture and tradition of revolt — and his own talks helped trigger a popular uprising against the country’s dictator, Élie Lescot.
How Will Russia’s War on Ukraine End?
The war in Ukraine is now in its fourth month and there is no end in sight. In this wide-ranging discussion, Silvia Federici, Michael Löwy, and Étienne Balibar discuss the war and what it might take to bring it to an end.
Una gripezinha
Brasil es, junto a los Estados Unidos, el país más afectado por la pandemia del COVID-19. Y la política negacionista de Jair Bolsonaro respecto al virus está dando lugar a un genocidio.
Mariátegui’s Heroic Socialism
José Carlos Mariátegui was Latin America’s most original Marxist. And his work is strikingly relevant for confronting the continent’s right-wing backlash today.
The Young Benjamin
Walter Benjamin’s Marxism owed much to his early engagement with anarchism and surrealism.