From Petrograd to Shanghai: The Party and Mass Democracy in Lenin and Mao
James, Matthew and Rudy join for a followup on From Paris to Petrograd: State and Revolution in Practiceto discuss how the ideas of the party, …
Month: September 2022
Challenging the White Blindspot
Noel Ignatiev dedicated his life to challenging white supremacy, taking aim at the very idea of the white race as a positive community or identity. …
Hillary’s Emails Redux: The Coming 2024 October Surprise
William Silversmith speculates on the reasoning behind the recent FBI raid on Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago property in Palm Beach, FL, arguing that it may be …
Perspectives of the Marxist Unity Group: 2022
Presented below is the 2022 Perspectives Document of the Marxist Unity Group that was ratified at the organization’s founding congress. We print this here not …
Letter: Some Points on Planning
Nat Winn’s recent letter discusses economic planning, which is a welcome return to one of socialism’s greatest ‘problems.’ Unfortunately, his argument suffers from a number …
Letter: A Reconsideration of Surplus Value, Machines, and Profit
Dear Cosmonaut Magazine, You recently published my letter in your magazine, in which I criticized Marx’s theory of profit and surplus value along the lines …
A New Jihad: Afghanistan from 1992 to the Present
Eric, Rob and Rudy join for the second part of the Afghanistan podcast, which covers the start of the Afghan civil war, the birth of …
Letter: Balances, Supercomputers, Mao, and Socialist Planning
A response to Glushkov and His Ideas: Cybernetics of the Future by Vasiliy Pikhorovich. “A plan is an ideological form. Ideology is a reflection of …
The Death of Gorbachev is the Death of Leninism
Y.O. reacts to the recent death of Mikhail Gorbachev, final leader of the USSR, with a reflection on the legacy of Marxism-Leninism in what they …
The Role of Marxist Philosophy
Drawing from the work of Marxist philosophers such as Althusser and Lukács, Yanis Iqbal outlines the basic premises of dialectical materialism. The French Marxist Louis …
The Implicit Illiberalism of Crimes of the Future
Sam Miller reviews director David Cronenberg’s new film Crimes of the Future, arguing that it successfully critiques ‘end of history’ liberalism. Introduction Saul Tenser: A …
The Comics vs. the Communists: The Left During the Comic Book Scare
Hank Kennedy presents and assesses the many reactions to comic books by different strata of the socialist Left during the Comic Book Scare of the …
Letter: Clear Politics in an Ambiguous Scenario, The Conundrum of Ukraine for Socialists
Donald Parkinson has written a strong response to a recent piece on the war in Ukraine. I concur with his emphasis on the need for …
Science Fiction, Emancipation and Yugoslavia with Darko Suvin
Rudy joins Darko Suvin, author of many books and pieces on science-fiction and also, an Splendour, Missery and Possibilities: An X-Ray of Socialist Yugoslavia for …