Catholicism is my 'Why.' Marxism is my 'How' — An interview on Faith and Socialism with Southern Catholic Worker

You can access an abbreviated transcript of this conversation here:

[Transcript] Catholicism is my 'Why.' Marxism is my 'How' — An interview on Faith and Socialism with Southern Catholic Worker

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This is a conversation with Alex, also known as Southern Catholic Worker, a prominent online advocate for Catholic-inspired Marxism. I’ve followed Alex for a while, and can confidently say he’s the only Catholic Marxist I’ve met. As this is an uncommon ideology, I wanted to hear how his unique synthesis of faith and politics came to be.

Among other things, we discussed:

• Reconciling faith and Marxism’s anti-religious history,

• The Catholic Worker Movement, of which Alex is a member,

• How the teachings of Jesus Christ were warped to support an anti-immigrant, anti-poor, pro-imperialist conservative politics,

• How much J.D. Vance sucks (a lot),

• The legacy of Pope Francis and what the first American Pope means for social justice, and

• Overcoming the church’s social conservatism.

This was a thought-provoking conversation, and by far one of the most educational I’ve had since starting JoeWrote. Many thanks to Alex for sharing his unique perspective with me. I learned a lot from him, and I’m sure you will too.

I’ll publish an abbreviated transcript of this conversation shortly. Subscribe so you don’t miss it. Enjoy!

In Solidarity — Joe

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Links:

• Check out The Catholic Worker Movement

• Follow Alex on Twitter

• Follow Alex on Instagram