Editors' Blog
John Gray, David Hawkes and the Myth of Progress by Thomas Riggins
John Gray is a British social philosopher who, in the words of David Hawkes, puts forward an "uncompromising challenge to the myth of progress." Hawkes (an English professor at Arizona State) has recently published an essay, "Backwards into the future" in the TLS (8-30-2013) which is a sympathetic presentation of...
Morning Star Article on Egypt
One-sided Coverage Obscures Real Issues
Marx and the Muslim Brothers by Thomas Riggins
How should one respond to the claim, made by Sheri Berman a political science professor at Barnard College, that Islamists such as the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt are "Marx's contemporary successors"? [Oped- New York Times 8-10-13: "Marx's Lesson for the Muslim Brothers"]
Marxism, the Taliban and Plato by Thomas Riggins
Recently Simon Blackburn, the well known British philosopher, reviewed "Knowing Right from Wrong," the new book by Kieran Setiya, in the TLS ["Taliban and Plato" TLS July 19, 2013].
For Whom the Cock Crows by Thomas Riggins
Thomas Riggins
Realizing the Promises of Liberalism
Realizing the Promises of Liberalism
Lessions and Conclusions from Lenin's "Left-Wing" Communism an Infantile Disorder by Thomas Riggins
In the last chapter, the tenth, of his 1920 book "Left-Wing" Communism an Infantile Disorder" Lenin looks back over the previous nine chapters and then draws several conclusions about the then current state of the world struggle for socialism and also predicts some future developments.
Lenin on "Left-Wing" Communism in Great Britain by Thomas Riggins
There was no Communist Party in Great Britain when Lenin wrote "Left-Wing" Communism an Infantile Disorder [LWC] (the Communist Party of Great Britain was founded a few months later at the end of July 1920).
Selected articles from chinadailyusa.com on China and Africa
Gary Hicks -- Selected articles from chinadailyusa.com on China and AfricaGrowth pathhttp://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/weekly/2012-12/14/content_16016405.htmChina-led initiatives help Africahttp://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/weekly/2012-12/14/content_16016142.htmAfrica moves away from Western growth modelhttp://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/weekly/2012-12/14/content_16016407.htmChina aid 'much less complicated'http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/weekly/2012-12/14/content_16016404.htmAfrica needs to adapt to changehttp://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/weekly/2012-12/14/content_16016408.htmTake care on road to developmenthttp://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/weekly/2012-12/14/content_16016406.htmA partnership that sets the right examplehttp://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/weekly/2012-12/14/content_16016412.htm
