Letter: Bureaucratic Hearing Loss
This letter was initially written to follow up on efforts by members within Triangle DSA, urging our National Political Committee (NPC) member Kevin R to …
Month: August 2022
Letter: Surplus Value, Machines, and Profit
Dear Cosmonaut, I’m a Hungarian historian and philosopher with a lively interest in Socialist and Marxist ideas; but I’m not a convinced Marxist. For me, …
Why Socialists Must Reject The YIMBY-NIMBY Binary
Harry Zehner analyzes the discourse and politics of the YIMBY-NIMBY divide and argues that socialists should reject this binary entirely. Read By: Aliyah Introduction In …
Letter: The Bleak Midwinter
I very much enjoyed the letter submitted by Comrade Hall the other day. It has clarified the opportunity that is presented to Revolutionary Marxists in …
Revolutions are Made, They Don’t Just Happen: A Look into the Problems of the Johnson-Forest Tendency
Nat Winn critiques the theories, philosophy, and politics of the Johnson-Forest Tendency. We are at a moment when mainstream U.S. politics stand exposed, deadlocked, and …
Letter: Winter of Our Discontent
The seasons are shifting, and with them, the balance of power. A scorching, record breaking European summer will soon give way to a cold winter. …
Two Steps Forward: Report and Analysis on the 2022 YDSA Convention
Harrison Cole of Marxist Unity Group reports on the 2022 YDSA Convention. “…for the union makes us strong!” After singing all six stanzas of the …
Letter: On Operation Dixie
Veronica Darby’s article on the failure of Operation Dixie is worth a read but as an analysis of Labor history it is fundamentally flawed. I …
Disculpe, No Entiendo: Language Justice with Esme and Lizette from LA Tenants Union
Rudy joins Esme and Lizette, from the LA Tenants Union for an introductory discussion on language justice. We discuss what language justice and linguicism are and what …
Bread, Land, and Socialism: An Interview with MIR Veteran and Political-Economist Claudio Jedlicki
Cosmonaut interviews Chilean-French economist and veteran of the Chilean Radical Left Claudio Jedlicki. The interview has been translated from Spanish and mildly edited for clarity. …
Trust the Bridge That Carried Us Over: The Failure of Operation Dixie 1946-53
Veronica Darby presents a history of the Congress of Industrial Organizations’ (CIO) failed seven-year-long attempt to organize the Southern United States. Introduction On March 3rd, …
Under the Socialist Banner with Mike Taber
Donald Parkinson sits down with Mike Taber, editor of ‘Under the Socialist Banner’, a collection of resolutions from the Congresses of the Second International’s revolutionary …
Cosmonaut at Socialism 2022
We proudly announce that Cosmonaut will be sponsoring and presenting at this year’s Socialism 2022 conference, hosted in Chicago from September 2-5th. We will be …
Surge and Decline, Part 3: American Vision
Josh Messite, Editor at Negation Magazine, lays out the evidence that Al-Qaeda wasn’t the only organization involved in 9/11 and uses the indications of state …