Paul 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 and left communist traditions.
Paul Mattick | |
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| Born | March 13, 1904 |
| Died | February 7, 1981 (aged 76) |
| Occupation(s) | Council Communist theoretician and social revolutionary, Toolmaker |
| Years active | 1918– 1980 |
| Known for | Left communist anti-Bolshevism, developing Karl Marx's and Henryk Grossman's theory of capitalism for contemporary economics |
| Partner(s) | Frieda Mattick, Ilse Hamm Mattick |
Throughout his life, Mattick continually criticised Bolshevism, Vladimir Lenin and Leninist 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".
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