Who Holds Up Half The Earth?: A Review of ‘Half-Earth Socialism’
Alex James and Neil Johnson review Drew Pendergrass and Troy Vettese’s ‘Half-Earth Socialism’ (Verso Books, 2022), arguing that, despite its promises, the book fails to …
Month: October 2022
Letter: Democracy, Revolution, and Settler Colonies
I was very pleased to see Jake from Minnesota’s recent letter in response to the first article in the labor aristocracy series. It offers some …
Ecological Leninism with Kai Heron
Rudy joins Kai Heron for a discussion on ecological political strategy. We discuss his political background, how to develop an ecological program out of the …
United Auto Workers at the Crossroads
In light of a historic leadership election, Peter Ross and Steve Zeltzer of the United Front Committee for a Labor Party report on the fight …
Letter: Questions About Democracy
I’ve been a longtime reader of your publication, and a longtime aspiring socialist. I find the political program advocated by the Marxist Unity Group to …
Letter: On Halloween Now and Forever
While I applaud the recent attempt to give a political analysis of the Halloween films, I take issue with how this analysis is not supported …
The Mature Labor Aristocracy and its Problems, Part 1: Class Position, Consciousness and the Labor Aristocracy
In part one of a three-part series, Amal Samaha begins her exploration of the concept of the labor aristocracy and its modern relevance. For many, …
Letter: Relations of Production; On Socialist Planning and Capitalist Crisis
R Ashlar’s most recent letter complains that I am unfair in saying that the simple identification of planning with socialism opens the door to social …
Halloween: Then and Now, and… Forever?
Stephen Tumino reacts to the new and supposedly final installment of long-running horror-slasher film franchise ‘Halloween’ with an analysis of the franchise’s trajectory, arguing that …
Stalin Pt. 2: the Second World War, Reconstruction, and the Making of High Stalinism
Donald, Christian, and Connor return to the subject of Stalin and Stalinism. Picking up from the Great Purge, the episode covers the Second World War …
Letter: Finding Out What To Stand For
A few months ago, I wrote an article summarising my experiences in the base building milieu and trying to understand why we had reached an …
Letter: Some Points on the Capitalist Economy
I’m glad to see Nat Winn’s response to my letter, but disappointed by his confusion over my own views regarding socialism. I’m not sure what …
Soviet Cybernetics: An Introduction
Featured here is a translation of a work by S.L. Sobolev, A.I. Kitov, and A.A. Lyapunov that represents the first positive coverage of Cybernetics in …
Letter: In Defense of Good History
I’m happy to see J.A. Mann’s recent defense of Philip Foner, whose work, though not without its flaws (especially regarding the Indigenous), remains hugely valuable …