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Are Socialist Teachers Class Traitors? What the PMC Debate Gets Wrong About Strategy

The Professional-Managerial Class has long been a controversial category on the left, often blamed for failures to make inroads among the broader working class. John Haywood argues that this analysis falls short under scrutiny, confusing cultural divisions with antagonisms based in economic interests.

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Collision of the Moorish Horsemen: The Platner Debate within Maine DSA

With the chapter now backing Troy Jackson's senatorial bid, Bluebird of Maine DSA gives the inside story of how the debate over Graham Platner's (non)endorsement played out and how they came to see Jackson as the genuine working-class candidate.

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Gang of One: The Fall as Anti-Group

Lawrence Parker, August 26, 2026

Hailing The Fall as a mere instance of working-class subjectivity or as a set of mangled literary intakes fails to understand the terms of Mark E Smith’s critique, writes Lawrence Parker. Read Article.

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The Tin State: The Bolivian Revolution of 1952 and the Tragedy of the POR

Ándre Ibarrola Quarone, August 24, 2026

Ándre Ibarrola Quarone tells the story of the Bolivian Revolution of 1952, which shattered the rule of the tin barons, and the Revolutionary Workers Party, or POR, which failed to meet the moment as workers' power became co-governance and counter-revolution restored order. Read Article.

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Lenin on Liberty

Kevin Naughton, August 21, 2026

Western historiography has long dismissed Lenin’s arguments for political liberty as calculated deception. Kevin Naughton looks to dissenting historical scholarship to correct the record. Read Article.

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Closing Time: End-Stage Capitalism in China and America

The Inner Moon, August 19, 2026

Responding to two recent articles by Nicholas Villareal and Julian Assele, The Inner Moon extrapolates the current cracks in the world-system that point toward a range of different futures, focusing on the old and possibly upcoming hegemon (the U.S. and China, respectively). Read Article.

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No Rules but the Whim of the Ruler: Fascism as Modernized Re-Feudalization

Scott Patrick, August 17, 2026

Drawing from thinkers such as Piero Gobetti, Nicos Poulantzas, Trotsky, and Karl Polanyi, as well as connecting the historical to the contemporary, Scott Patrick argues that fascism is best understood as a regression to regressive pre-liberal norms in the context of a modern political landscape. Read Article.

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"In the beginning there was the Word": A Critique of Pragmatic Idealism

Jibreel Kateb, August 13, 2026

Jibreel Kateb argues that the pragmatist idealism advocated by Geese Magazine leaves Marxism defenseless against attacks on science in an age of irrationalism and climate crisis. Read Article.

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Social Democracy and Immigration in Spain

Iker Suárez, August 11, 2026

In light of the recent Ceuta massacre, Iker Suárez provides deeper historical context regarding the immigration policies of Spanish social democracy, focusing on the contradictions between progressive rhetoric and border enforcement in a world structured by imperialism. A translation of an article originally published by Marx XXI. Read Article.

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Trump’s Golden Pork: Bonapartism and BBGN

Craig Stockwell, August 7, 2026

Craig Stockwell takes a look at the class politics behind the Trump administration's push for a "golden fleet" of nuclear-powered battleships, finding a Bonapartist policy aimed at shoring up support from the labor aristocracy in key swing states. Read Article.