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On the Modern Problems of The Great Transformation: Rescuing Polanyi from the Academic Ivory Tower
Benjamin Marshall, June 16, 2026
Bringing Karl Polanyi's The Great Transformation into the age of information technology, Benjamin Marshall argues that platform capitalism has disembedded data into a "fourth fictitious commodity", atomizing the proletariat and fragmenting class struggle.
The Rise and Fall of Participatory Management in the People's Republic of China, Part 1: The Consolidation of the Party-State
Mark Reid, June 12, 2026
In part one of a three-part serialized series examining the systemic limitations and historic potentials of democratic workplace management in the People's Republic of China, Mark Reid details the rise of Staff-and-Workers’ Congresses, the transition from a mixed to planned economy, and the experimentation of the Great Leap Forward era.
The Poverty of Terminology
Vilen Isteni, June 10, 2026
Vilen Isteni provides a critical examination of the conceptual instability inherent in applying Western economic labels, such as “state capitalism,” to non-Western systems. Read Article.
¡Cuba Sí!: Why All Socialists Should Care About Cuba
Albert Gil, June 8, 2026
Against the grain of various sectarian narratives, Albert Gil argues that the Cuban Revolution stands as a bold experiment in socialism with contributions worthy of appreciation for all socialists today. Read Article.
Misplaced Necessities: A Reply to Slavoj Žižek
Raphael F. Alvarenga, June 2, 2026
Tracing how Žižek’s own crisis diagnostics increasingly lead toward a politics of institutional preservation and securitarian mediation, Raphael F. Alvarenga argues instead that universality emerges through political struggle, institutional transformation, and class recomposition across difference. Read Article.
Towards a Revolutionary Party and Dual Power: The Tasks of DSA
Samuel Withers, May 29, 2026
What will it take for the DSA to rise to the occasion of its historic tasks? Samuel Withers offers constructive criticism of DSA's electoral, labor, and community organizing, with the goal of synergizing these spheres of work around a common revolutionary strategy to offer a path forward. Read Article.
Bourgeois Decadence or Workers' History?
Darío Doña-Falcón, May 27, 2026
Against the claims of social conservatives among the left, Darío Doña Falcón argues that the potentialities to break away from bourgeois sexual norms have historically been developed within the working class. Read Article.
Heat and Light: A Critique of “Toward a Marxist State Theory of the Socialist Market Economy”
Ewan Tilley, May 25, 2026
Ewan Tilley argues that Theryn Arnold's theory of "socialist state form" fails to answer core questions of class determination and therefore cannot provide adequate political answers regarding the People's Republic of China today. Read Article.
Anbar Awakes: The Story of the Iraqi Insurgency (August-September 2006)
Rob Ashlar, May 19, 2026
Continuing a serialized account of the Iraqi insurgency, Rob Ashlar covers a critical turning point in the Iraqi Insurgency between August and September 2006, tracking the zenith of the Mujahidin Shura Council (MSC) / Al Qaida in Iraq (AQI) and the subsequent tribal backlash that birthed the Sahawat movement. Read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4. Read Article.
Energy, Ecology, and the 'Transition': Why Logistics is a Class Question
Foppe de Haan, May 15, 2026
The left has started taking ecology seriously. Energy, however, is still treated largely as a question handled by engineers and policymakers. Foppe de Haan argues that energy systems are part of the political infrastructure, that the current 'green' build-out is shaped by accumulation logic rather than energy-delivery logic, and that a materialist analysis is needed to intervene in a field that is and remains one of the main sources of class conflict. Read Article.