Basil R Pollitt
Biographic Data
| ID | 5579990 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Basil R Pollitt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Basil R |
| FAMILY NAME | Pollitt |
| SIGNATURE | POLLITT B R |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1966 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
On the Question of Increasing Productivity; Harry Magdoff Responds; Economic Surplus and Class Struggle
Dear Harry: At the Socialist Scholar's Conference you attacked the concept of "productivity." As I remember, you had previously done so in an MR article. I read your position as saying that because productivity cannot be measured in many cases (or is it all cases?) the concept lacks reality.This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this ar…
The Struggle for South Africa; Humphrey Glass Replies; War and Soviet Development Strategy; Sweezy Replies
How should an American socialist make a general assessment of the situation in Southern Africa? The Marxist methodology based on the materialist dialectic tells us that one should begin with an analysis of the internal development of those African peoples engaged in struggle. It is its basic premise that all social phenomena are determined by their intrinsic contradictions. It follows, therefore, that only a concrete analysis of the contradiction…
Shocked by the April Issue; Disturbed by the April Issue; Dullards, That's All; Negroes in the Henry Wallace Campaign
Our April issue—eontaining the part of Fidel Castro's speech at the close of the Tricontinental Conference which attacked Adolfo Gilly, Gilly's answer, and an editorial giving our own position on the issues involved—evoked an unusually heavy mail, most of it critical. We publish below three of the more interesting letters, reserving the right to reply in a later issue. —The EditorsThis article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, wher…
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Shocked by the April Issue; Disturbed by the April Issue; Dullards, That's All; Negroes in the Henry Wallace Campaign
Our April issue—eontaining the part of Fidel Castro's speech at the close of the Tricontinental Conference which attacked Adolfo Gilly, Gilly's answer, and an editorial giving our own position on the issues involved—evoked an unusually heavy mail, most of it critical. We publish below three of the more interesting letters, reserving the right to reply in a later issue. —The EditorsThis article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, wher…
The Struggle for South Africa; Humphrey Glass Replies; War and Soviet Development Strategy; Sweezy Replies
How should an American socialist make a general assessment of the situation in Southern Africa? The Marxist methodology based on the materialist dialectic tells us that one should begin with an analysis of the internal development of those African peoples engaged in struggle. It is its basic premise that all social phenomena are determined by their intrinsic contradictions. It follows, therefore, that only a concrete analysis of the contradiction…
On the Question of Increasing Productivity; Harry Magdoff Responds; Economic Surplus and Class Struggle
Dear Harry: At the Socialist Scholar's Conference you attacked the concept of "productivity." As I remember, you had previously done so in an MR article. I read your position as saying that because productivity cannot be measured in many cases (or is it all cases?) the concept lacks reality.This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this ar…
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