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|contents=Free expression is not a central tenet of Marxism. However, Marx’s early writings display a distaste for censorship. In 1842 he wrote that “the real, radical cure for the censorship would be its abolition” (Marx 1842). Though he strays from this topic in his later writing, he never repudiated his earlier opinions (Heinze 2018). Heinze argues that the idea that Marxism is inherently anti-free-speech is a misconception (regardless of how some specific Marxist regimes have operated). Marx rejected some rights - property rights - because they served the interests of the wealthy and powerful. But free speech is different because it does not serve an underlying interest that Marx opposed.
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Free expression is not a central tenet of Marxism. However, Marx’s early writings display a distaste for censorship. He once wrote that “the real, radical cure for the censorship would be its abolition” (Marx [[Probable year:: 1842]]) . Though he strays from this topic in his later writing, he never repudiates his earlier opinions (Heinze [[Probable year:: 2018]]) . Heinze argues that the idea that Marxism is inherently anti-free-speech is a misconception (regardless of how some specific Marxist regimes have operated). Marx rejected some rights - property rights - because they served the interests of the wealthy and powerful. But free speech is different because it does not serve an underlying interest that Marx opposed.
 
Marx [[Probable year:: 1842]]:  ​https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/[[Probable year:: 1842]]/ 02/10.htm


Heinze [[Probable year:: 2018]]:  ​http://humanityjournal.org/blog/karl-marxs-theory-of-free-speech-part-1/#_ftn5
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Marx 1842: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1842/02/10.htm


Heinze 2018: http://humanityjournal.org/blog/karl-marxs-theory-of-free-speech-part-1/#_ftn5
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Latest revision as of 05:03, 8 May 2023

Freedom of Expression

What have religious and philosophical traditions contributed to our understanding of this right?

Marxism

Free expression is not a central tenet of Marxism. However, Marx’s early writings display a distaste for censorship. In 1842 he wrote that “the real, radical cure for the censorship would be its abolition” (Marx 1842). Though he strays from this topic in his later writing, he never repudiated his earlier opinions (Heinze 2018). Heinze argues that the idea that Marxism is inherently anti-free-speech is a misconception (regardless of how some specific Marxist regimes have operated). Marx rejected some rights - property rights - because they served the interests of the wealthy and powerful. But free speech is different because it does not serve an underlying interest that Marx opposed.

References:

Marx 1842: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1842/02/10.htm

Heinze 2018: http://humanityjournal.org/blog/karl-marxs-theory-of-free-speech-part-1/#_ftn5



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