{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/62ebf112b5d0650018beb266/6a05e7cf68dc584edac862c5?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Marx and the America Question","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62ebf112b5d0650018beb266/1778771878028-34db2b0e-9f59-46ab-b1eb-17b157f105c6.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>With August H. Nimtz, professor at the University of Minnesota.</p><p><br></p><p>Part of the 'Marx Matters' series. August H. Nimtz looks at the influence of Marx's ideas in terms of how we can understand American capitalism today - and develop struggles there, here and globally for a socialist future.</p><p><br></p><p>August is professor of political science &amp; African American &amp; African studies at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of Marx &amp; Engels: Their Contribution to the Democratic Breakthrough ; The Ballot, the Streets—or Both: From Marx &amp; Engels to Lenin &amp; the October Revolution; Marx, Tocqueville, and Race in America: The 'Absolute Democracy' or 'Defiled Republic' &amp; Marxism vs. Liberalism, plus a number of related articles in edited volumes &amp; journals.</p><p><br></p><p>This continues the monthly 'Marx Matters' series, helping us understand the connections between Marx's ideas and the America Question - plus what they could mean for us today as we seek to transform the world.</p><p><br></p><p>Marx Matters is a series of in-person and online talks from prominent writers on Marxism exploring the relevance of Marx's work today. You can buy a ticket to help fund the whole series here: https://bit.ly/MarxMattersTickets</p>","author_name":"Arise Festival"}