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• Erik Olin Wright

  Erik Olin Wright (1947–2019) – “The Left has lost one of its most brilliant intellectuals”

  24 January 2019, by CHIBBER Vivek

  Erik Olin Wright was radicalized in the 1960s and remained a Marxist because his moral compass simply wouldn’t allow him to drift away. With his death, the Left has lost one of its most brilliant intellectuals.
  Erik Olin Wright in May 2011. Rosa Luxemburg-Stiftung / Flickr
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• Erik Olin Wright

  Socialist vision: Remembering Erik Olin Wright

  23 January 2019, by SZETELA Adam

  Wright will be remembered as an iconic thinker who embodied the socialist vision that he worked so hard to bring forth.
  Erik Olin Wright (Aliona Lyasheva, Wikimedia Commons)
  Erik Olin Wright, a University of Wisconsin–Madison sociologist and former president of the American Sociological (…)

• Erik Olin Wright

  Erik Olin Wright 1947-2019 – The person, the friend

  23 January 2019, by BRIGHOUSE Harry

  I’m sorry to report that Erik Olin Wright has died. He was diagnosed with an acute form of leukemia last spring, and, after various interventions, has been in decline for the past few weeks. He spent his last weeks mainly in the hospital, surrounded by his family, and plentiful visits from (…)