Version imprimableIn his many books, starting with Prisoners of the American Dream (1986) and City of Quartz (1990), he could take full command of an intricate narrative with copious threads. A towering figure on the U.S. Left, he audaciously went into new areas with Ecology of Fear (1991) and Late Victorian Holocausts (2001) to display a magisterial conceptual grasp. The result was a deepening of his understanding of Marxism, recently on display in Old Gods, New Enigmas (2020).
Mike was distinctive in having had an activist background in both the Communist Party (USA [1] and the International Marxist Group (Britain [2]). Remaining a stalwart of revolutionary Marxist politics who blazed with rage against oppression until the end, he seemed to be a different breed entirely from most radical academics.
Against the Current was honored to have Mike as a member of its advisory board and to publish at least 15 pieces by him. We express our condolences to his family and friends; in a forthcoming issue of the journal we will pay further tribute and discuss his contributions to Marxist culture.
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