Rally for the first anniversary of the Saur Revolution in Kabul, April 1979.

Beyond Revolutionary Romanticism: The Case for Strategic Socialist Transition

Using the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan as an example, Arjunveer Singh argues against "Revolutionary romanticism" in favor of a more pragmatic and gradualist approach towards transition - "strategic gradualism".

Latest

Untitled design

On the Zionist Para-State

9781945335488_NotesTowardADigitalWorkersInquiryFC

Review

Building Epistemic Capacity: A Review of "Notes Toward a Digital Workers’ Inquiry"

Sam Dee reviews Notes Towards a Digital Workers' Inquiry by the Capacitor Collective, published by Common Notions Press.

Latest Cosmopod

Listen

We sit down with Oliver Larkin, who's running for US Congress from Florida's District 23 with revolutionary ambitions.

Cosmopod_208

Book Reviews

Read
9780520415973

Process and Totality: A Review of David McNally's 'Slavery and Capitalism'

David McNally's Slavery and Capitalism: A New Marxist History offers a necessary corrective to the New History of Capitalism (NHC) group by embracing Marxism's revolutionary commitments, argues Julian Assele.

Read review

71-H7VMgBiL._UF350,350_QL50_

Uneven and Confused Development in Left Art Criticism: A Review of Adam Turl's 'Gothic Capitalism'

Adam Turl's recent work on art, Gothic Capitalism: Art Evicted From Heaven & Earth, substitutes aesthetic choices for concrete advice on cultural organizing, argues Patricia Manos.

Read review

Your letters

Critique

Letter: On the Cuban Question - Holding the Line and Reconstructing Organization

March 24, 2026

“Currently, many internal optimists within the Left maintain a positive outlook on the situation in Iran. However, regarding the actions the United States may soon take against Cuba, …”

Read more...

Letter: Errors of "Zionist Para-State" framing

March 23, 2026

“Dear editors:I read with dismay your republication of Rob Ashlar's "On the Zionist Para-State." If Ashlar believes that his analytical framing of the Zionist Para-State is useful, it …”

Read more...

Letter: Fool's Socialism

March 23, 2026

“My aunt and uncle were big Maddow fans from her start, and in 2017 I remember them becoming deeply concerned about Russiagate. For months we talked, them going …”

Read more...