Duck, Duck, Goose: The Search for a Modern Electoral Theory
Sylus Smith deconstructs and defends Marxist Unity Group’s strategic orientation, and their call for socialists to “Fight the Constitution”, against recent criticism from Scottie O. …
Month: August 2024
Black Banners on the Two Rivers: The Story of the Iraqi Insurgency (2005)
In the second installment of a multi-part series, Rob Ashlar continues a survey of the history of the Iraqi Insurgency, this time recounting the events …
Letter: Open Rebellion Against Teamsters GP Sean O’Brien
This past week the Teamsters National Black Caucus (TNBC) held their yearly conference in Las Vegas. Angered by Teamsters general president (GP) Sean O’Brien’s embarrassing …
Letter: MUG’s Call to “Fight the Constitution” and Macnair’s “Revolutionary Strategy”
I want to call the attention of Cosmonaut’s readers to my article, published recently in the Weekly Worker: “In Search of a Synthesis.” I believe …
Pacific Gibraltar: A Soft Introduction to Hawai’i
Rudy joins Miguel, amateur historian of Hawai’i for a discussion on the history and present of the islands. We cover the first contact, the unification …
Letter: Lessons From Rural Electrification in the U.S. on Radical Approaches to Bureaucracy
I greatly enjoyed reading Michael Zajakowski Uhll’s essay, “Cogs in the Great Machinery,” about bureaucracy, which drew on his own personal experiences as a worker …
What Does Akcja Socjalistyczna Want?
Amanda Levi of Akcja Socjalistyczna introduces the group within the context of Polish left organizing and presents a translation of their recently adopted political program. …
Letter: Emmanuel in the Gulf
I am very pleased to see Jaime Litvak’s piece examining the political economy of Gulf Coordination Council (GCC) imperialism in the Horn of Africa. I …
Letter: After Sean O’Brien’s spectacle at the RNC, Teamsters withdraw premature endorsement of racist Kevin de Leon
In the aftermath of Sean O’Brien’s embarrassing homage to the most reactionary and xenophobic Republican party in generations at their party’s National Convention last month, …
The Meaning of International Law
Examining the ICJ’s prosecution of Israel for its war crimes in Gaza and the long history of international law, Noah Emke argues that the failure …
Modern Industry and Prospects for Socialism
Dónal Ó Coisdealbha analyzes the history and results of the management and production system (TPS) developed by the Toyota Motor Corporation, arguing that the cooperative …
Becoming Proletariat on Stolen Land: Decolonization and Class Consciousness
Jared Houston analyzes Marxist theories of class consciousness and puts them in dialogue with the realities of settler colonialism, arguing that in order to “become …