Paul Mattick

Paul Mattick
BornMarch 13, 1904
DiedFebruary 7, 1981(1981-02-07) (aged 76)
Occupation(s)Council Communist theoretician and social revolutionary, Toolmaker
Years active1918– 1980
Known forLeft communist anti-Bolshevism, developing Karl Marx's and Henryk Grossman's theory of capitalism for contemporary economics
Partner(s)Frieda Mattick, Ilse Hamm Mattick

Paul Mattick Sr. (March 13, 1904 – February 7, 1981) was a German-American Marxist political writer and social revolutionary, whose thought can be placed within the council communist[1] and left communist traditions.

Throughout his life, Mattick continually criticised Bolshevism,[2] Vladimir Lenin[3] and Leninist organisational methods,[4][5] 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".[6][7]

  1. ^ Mattick, Paul. "Council Communism".
  2. ^ Mattick, Paul. "Anti-Bolshevist Communism in Germany".
  3. ^ Mattick, Paul. "The Lenin legend".
  4. ^ Mattick, Paul. "The Masses & The Vanguard".
  5. ^ Mattick, Paul. "Luxemburg versus Lenin".
  6. ^ Mattick, Paul (2007) [1978]. Anti-Bolshevik Communism. Wales: The Merlin Press. pp. Introduction, XI. ISBN 978-0-85036-223-7.
  7. ^ Mattick, Paul. "Introduction to Anti-Bolshevik Communism" – via Marxist Internet Archive.

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