Plowed Under: Communist Folk-Revival and Mid-Century Suppression with Aaron J. Leonard
Donald and Jackson are joined by historian Aaron J. Leonard, author of The Folk Singers and the Bureau: The FBI, The Folk Artists and the …
Month: December 2021
The Christian Idea of the Messiah by Karl Kautsky
Donald Parkinson introduces a passage from Karl Kautksy’s Foundations of Christianity. Introduction It is no secret that, here at Cosmonaut, we believe that the early …
The History of Palestine Solidarity in the US with Michael Fischbach
Josh and Rudy join Michael Fischbach, author of Black Power and Palestine: Transnational Communities of Color and The Movement and the Middle East: How the Arab-Israeli Conflict Divided …
The Contradictions and Confusions of “Democratic Socialism”
Renzo Llorente engages with contemporary advocates of Democratic Socialism and argues that they ultimately fail to demarcate between liberal and socialist visions of democracy, resulting …
Letter: Lysenko and Epigenetics
This is a response to the letter: Letter: Lysenko is an Inaccurate Sound Bite – Cosmonaut (cosmonautmag.com) As a student of Marxism and a Master …
Where is TDU Going? The Plot Against Teamsters Reform
Edgar Esquivel takes issue with Teamsters for a Democratic Union’s endorsement of Sean O’Brien in the latest Teamsters General Executive Board election. With the lowest …
Voices from the Bolivarian Revolution: Communes and the Transition to Socialism with Chris and Cira
Christian and Rudy join Chris Gilbert and Cira Pascual Marquina, authors of Venezuela, The Present as Struggle: Voices from the Bolivarian Revolution for a discussion …
Letter: Lysenko is an Inaccurate Sound Bite
Hi there, recent developments in epigenetics encourage a rethinking of Lysenko, for example: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5602018/ I suggest that “Lysenko” has become to easy a soundbit to …
COVID’s Hidden Cost: Why Living With the Virus is Not An Option
William Silversmith looks at and summarizes the recent scientific and medical literature regarding COVID and its long-term effects, specifically those related to brain performance. Using …
The Consequences of a Toothless Platform: What the Bowman Debate Teaches the DSA
Brandon Johnson argues that the controversy over Jamaal Bowman in the DSA can be traced to deeper structural weaknesses in the organization and a failure …
Class Struggle in the Carpenters Union with Art Francisco
Annie talks with Art Francisco, a rank-and-file carpenter in the Seattle area and leader of the Peter J McGuire Group, a caucus in the United Brotherhood …
Dialectics of Dependency by Ruy Mauro Marini
Below we present Jorge M’s English translation of Ruy Mauro Marini’s Dialectics of Dependency, an important work in Latin American Marxism and overall theories of …
Letter: Letting The Dead Be Buried
I have been reading the “debates” between the Zero Degree Collective and Matt Colquhoun. I do not know the identity of the Zero Degree Collective, …