Paul Mattick
Paul Mattick Sr. (13 March 1904 – 7 February 1981) was a Marxist political writer and social revolutionary, whose thought can be placed within the council communist and left communist traditions.
Throughout his life he continually criticised Bolshevism, Lenin and Leninist Marxism and organisational methods, describing their political legacy as:
- "...serving as a mere ideology to justify the rise of modified capitalist (state-capitalist) systems, which were ... controlled by way of an authoritarian state."
Read more about Paul Mattick: Early Life, In The USA, World War II and After, Later Life
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