Ferdinand Lassalle: A 25-year Memorial by Karl Kautsky
Translation and introduction by Tom Anderson. Today Lassalle is one of the most marginalized and vilified of the classic German social-democrats. His most essential works …
Month: August 2020
From Trade-Union Consciousness to Socialist Consciousness with Chris Townsend
Three of our writers are joined by veteran union organizer Chris Townsend for a podcast discussion on labor organizing across history and in the present …
Cosmonaut Press presents ‘The Historic Accomplishment of Karl Marx’ by Karl Kautsky
Cosmonaut Magazine is delighted to announce the publication of Cosmonaut Press’s inaugural book, The Historic Accomplishment of Karl Marx by Karl Kautsky, translated and with …
Che Guevara and the Economics of Socialist Transition
Christian, Donald, and Rudy sit down for a podcast discussion on Che Guevara’s program for a socialist transition using Helen Yaffe’s book Che Guevara: The …
Lenin’s Boys: A Short History of Soviet Hungary
Doug Enaa Greene on the Hungarian Soviet Republic and its tragic defeat. It is 1919 and Russia is in the midst of a ruthless civil …
Capitalism in the Web of Life: A Discussion
Join us for the second installment in Cosmonaut’s critically acclaimed ecology podcast series to discuss Jason Moore’s “Capitalism in the Web of Life”. Niko, Matthew …
Workers and Writers: The Communist Novel in Britain
The history of the British communist novel is ultimately the story of the political degeneration of the Communist Party of Great Britain. By Lawrence Parker. Reading: …
Revolutionary Discipline and Sobriety
Cliff Connolly argues for a culture of sobriety within our organizations, drawing from the example of Austrian Socialism. Reading: Cliff Connolly. “The revolution demands concentration, increase …
Unmasking Social Construction with Djamil Lakhdar
Donald and Rudy are joined by Djamil Lakhdar to discuss Ian Hacking’s book The Social Construction of What?. Written during the “science wars”, Hacking intervenes …
The Materialism of Warm-Stream Marxism: Ernst Bloch on Ibn Sina
Daniel Tutt writes on German Marxist Ernst Bloch’s engagement with the Islamic scholar Ibn Sina and its potential for revitalizing materialist philosophy. The Marxist philosopher …
Protests, Guerillas and Revolution in Iran with Yassamine Mather
Donald and Lydia interview Yassamine Mather, former Fedayeen (minority) guerrilla fighter, chair of the Hands off the People of Iran coalition and editor of Critique. The …