Debating Electoral Strategy in the Comintern, 1920: The Bulgarian Situation
Reviewing the debates over electoral strategy at the Second Congress of the Comintern, Donald Parkinson reviews the strategies of the Bulgarian Communist Party and their …
Month: June 2019
Letter: Comments on “The Grey Tree of Post-Keynesianism and Monetarism”
Greetings, Djamil Lakhdar-Hamina’s article on Post-Keynesianism and MMT may be, I think, a tad too negative. While the criticism doesn’t go down the route of …
Considerations on the Basis of the Socio-Political, Economic and Cultural Development of the Turkic Peoples of Asia and Europe by Mirsaid Sultan Galiev
Translation and introduction by Örsan Şenalp and Asim Khairdean The below is an attempt to provide an English translation of one of the key texts of …
Communism & Republicanism
Welcome to Cosmopod. Comrades Donald, Rosa, Ian, & Parker sit down to discuss historical republicanism and its connection to the socialist movement.
Whose Democracy?: An Introduction to Oligarchy in the United States
The United States is a mockery of what democracy is supposed to be. J.R. Murray unpacks the reality of a corrupt system that is designed …
Why Define Fascism?: In Defence of Making Distinctions
Jacob Smith argues that if the left wishes to take fascism seriously we shouldn’t use the term lightly but with precision. Some weeks ago Natasha …
Latino Radicals and the Communist Party in the New Communist Movement: A Case Study of Two Oral Histories
Josh Morris discusses the experiences of Latino/Latina organizers in the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicanx de Aztlan and CPUSA, covering an often ignored aspect of US Communist …
Post-Insurrectionary Strategy
Jacob Richter weighs in on the Kautsky debate centering around revolutionary strategy, arguing for a balance of power approach. Earlier this year a series of …
The Grey Tree of Post-Keynesianism and Monetarism: The Classical Account, Inflation, and Unemployment
Djamil Lakhdar-Hamina takes a look at Keynesianism and Modern Monetary Theory and argues they are based on an idealistic notion of science. “I said, ‘This …
Letter: Comments on “Michael Harrington and his afterlives”
In your recent essay on Michael Harrington you have much of the story correct. You also have some significant errors. Since the bi lines says …