Abstract
This essay considers the nature of attacks on academic Marxism in North America, still the center of capitalist power worldwide. Its main aim is to reflect on what is at stake in the surge of anti-Marxism associated with the right, specifically relating to the academy. While the far left poses little threat to the core of liberal capitalist power in the state and economy (and if anything is helping “do work” for the centre against the far right), the far right has made Marxism, especially academic Marxism, a core target and framing for its battle against liberal power and the left. What potential political implications might there be for the Marxist left of ongoing attacks and of further threats in formation in North America?
Recommended Citation
Latham, Robert E.
(2024)
"Academic Marxism in the Crosshairs: What is at Stake in the U.S.?,"
Class, Race and Corporate Power: Vol. 12:
Iss.
1, Article 5.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/classracecorporatepower/vol12/iss1/5