there are entire countries of marxists, china and cuba. in the us, there is a growing trend but marxists are disfavored from grants. parenti was one, hes old now. losurdo was one and he had trouble getting published even by verso. if you doubt the culture of the monied institutions in the us are anticommunist i dont know what to tell you. there are also many black academic marxists around such as august nimtz.

the stuff that gets play in the us is compatible left slop, liberal, or fascist lenses. ppl are selected for positions because they believe the correct things.