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Michael Löwy 22 March 2022 Isabelle Garo and Alex Cukier interviews Michael Löwy about his way into Marxism and the challenges for Marx's thought in the world today. Originally From: https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/5306-michael-lowy-on-marx?fbclid=IwAR2CZaSSHBVYsFqvt8H5Ym4Fq2hO9liR4zXP0vm8zSVznwMUwDn1-6EiAYQ How did you first come across Marx’s thought? Let me start from the beginning. I was born in Brazil in 1938, in the city of São Paulo, the son of Jewish parents from Vienna who emigrated to Brazil in the 1930s. I discovered Marx at the age of fifteen, reading the Communist Manifesto that my brother had lent me. It was an immediate revelation, and I started looking for other writings by the same…