Trade Unionism and Identity in the Israeli State with Ehud Ein-Gil
Lydia and Rudy join Matzpen member Ehud Ein-Gil for a discussion on trade unionism within the Israeli state. We discuss Ehud’s experiences around the founding …
Month: May 2021
Biden’s Passive Revolution: Using Gramsci to Understand Biden’s ‘Reformism’
Ashton Rome analyzes the Biden administration through the lens of Gramsci and his category of passive revolution. Though it appears that Biden has pulled off …
On Winning and Losing
Ellie, Amelia, Matt and Rudy discuss the life and work of Col. John Boyd, one of the foremost military strategists of the last century. We …
Why Run Independents? A Response to Collective Power Network
Ben Grove responds to Brad C. of Collective Power Network, arguing that the time for independent politics is now. Why run independents? They usually lose. They …
Letter: Marxism, Science and Exegesis
What is the proper relationship between science and textual exegesis in Marxism? What does it mean to uphold one at the expense of the other? …
Building a Mass Tenants Movement with Stomp Out Slumlords
Annie and Rudy join Greg Afinogenov from Stomp Out Slumlords for a discussion on tenants unions, and how SoS has thought about the work of Cloward and …
Fianna Fáil: The Imperalist Party with an Anti-Imperialist Past
How did Fianna Fáil go from a party that opposed conciliatory treaties with British Imperialism to one that has sided with US imperialism? Sean Connolly …
Letter: Comments on Yaffe’s statements about Cuban Democracy
In a recent podcast, Helen Yaffe’s claims about the virtues of Cuban democracy paint a one-sided picture of the amount of choice available to Cubans. …
Cuba: Past, Present, and Future with Helen Yaffe
Christian and Connor sit down with Helen Yaffe to discuss her book We Are Cuba. We talked about the history and political economy of revolutionary Cuba …
Stalinist Cinema in Context: Ten Things You Might Miss Watching ‘The Fall of Berlin’
Sophia Homa provides some historical context for a classic Soviet film to celebrate the Nazi surrender in World War II. Today is the 9th of …
The Revolutionary Minimum-Maximum Program
Donald Parkinson explains and defends the format of the minimum-maximum program using the model established in Marx and Guesde’s Programme of the Parti Ouvrier. Reading: …
Letter: Let us welcome a modern Marxist critique of anarchism!
I thank kasamang Renato Flores for their thoughtful letter to the editors of Cosmonaut, “Anarchism and the Necessity of a Modern Critique.” As some angry …
A life in Marxist Economics and Education with Sam Bowles
Amelia Davenport joins Samuel Bowles for a short discussion on his life-long research on global poverty and education. They discuss Bowles’s history and how this led to …
Letter: Anarchism and the Necessity of a Modern Critique
First of all, I thank Comrade Magsalin for writing his piece on exegetical and scientific traditions in Marxism. While I do not necessarily agree with …