Surge and Decline, Part 3: American Vision
Josh Messite, August 5, 2022
Josh Messite, editor at Negation Magazine, lays out the evidence that Al-Qaeda wasn’t the only organization involved in 9/11 and uses the indications of state complicity in the deadliest terrorist attack in history to formulate theoretical conclusions about the imperial-capitalist world order. Read Article.
The Case for a Working People’s Bill of Rights and the Working People’s Union
Shuvu Bhattarai, August 3, 2022
Shuvu Bhattarai argues that a general petition of working class demands, the Working People’s Bill of Rights, is a necessary antecedent to the construction of the party, the Working People's Union. Read Article.
Lev Gleason: Crime Comics’ Communist Czar
Hank Kennedy, July 29, 2022
Hank Kennedy recounts the life and work of U.S. left-wing comics publisher Levrett Stone Gleason. Read Article.
Striking Without Threatening: On Marxism, Ethics, and the Truth of Communism
Roxy Hall, July 27, 2022
Roxy Hall responds to ΔΜ's argument for a Marxist virtue ethics, arguing that Communism is itself a wholly new ethical system. Read Article.
On the Democratic Republic, Working-Class Rule, Dictatorship, and Reconstruction
Gil Schaeffer, July 23, 2022
Gil Schaeffer responds to letters from Renzo Llorente, Abner Dalrymple, and R. A. on the question of liberal-democratic rights. Read Article.
Coalitions of the Liberal and Socialist Left
Jack L, July 21, 2022
How should socialists engage in coalitional politics? Jack L draws conclusions based on historical lessons and recent experiences in the housing struggle. Read Article.
The Elephant in the Room: Political Education on the UK Left
Cameron Ewan, July 19, 2022
Working from a Freirean pedagogical perspective, Ewan Cameron assesses the state of political education in some of the major organizations of the contemporary UK Left. Read Article.
Glushkov and His Ideas: Cybernetics of the Future by Vasiliy Pikhorovich
Renato Flores, July 15, 2022
Translation and introduction by Renato Flores. Translated from here. Read Article.
No End in Sight: On the War in Ukraine
Alexander Gallus, July 13, 2022
Alexander Gallus pushes against the haze of propaganda to assess the current course of the war between Ukraine and Russia. Read Article.
State, Democracy, and Transition: Is There a "Democratic Road" to Socialism?
Maxi Nieto, July 11, 2022
Maxi Nieto critiques the perspectives of the "new democratic socialism" and argues they are based on a misunderstanding of capitalism as a structural totality. Read Article.