Is This Sweat, or Am I Crying?: A Worker's History of Farm and Food in the United States
Taylor Thornburg, January 13, 2022
Taylor Thornburg traces the history of capitalist agriculture from its origin in English feudalism, through the development of 'New World' slavery and Southern sharecropping, to its contemporary industrial integration with the U.S. fast food industry. As Thornburg details, through it all, farm and food workers have fought back against one of the most viciously reactionary stratum of capital, the agricultural landowners. Read Article.
Venezuelan Communes and Dual Power
Nikolaos Dalton, January 9, 2022
Nikolaos Dalton, responding to a recent Cosmopod episode, takes issue with the claim that Communes in Venezuela represent a form of dual power as understood by Lenin and other revolutionaries. Read Article.
Why Bordiga Got Democracy Wrong
Daniel Melo, January 6, 2022
Daniel Melo takes issue with Amadeo Bordiga's rejection of democracy. Read Article.
Hunger Regime
Nathan Eisenberg, January 2, 2022
Why does capitalism produce hunger despite the overproduction of goods? Nathan Eisenberg delves into the contours of the global food system, its political economy, and its contradictions in the first of a series of articles. Read Article.
The Christian Idea of the Messiah by Karl Kautsky
Donald Parkinson, December 24, 2021
Donald Parkinson introduces a passage from Karl Kautksy's Foundations of Christianity. Read Article.
The Contradictions and Confusions of “Democratic Socialism”
Renzo Llorente, December 19, 2021
Renzo Llorente engages with contemporary advocates of Democratic Socialism and argues that they ultimately fail to demarcate between liberal and socialist visions of democracy, resulting in capitulation to the liberal status quo. Read By: Will Read Article.
Where is TDU Going? The Plot Against Teamsters Reform
Edgar Esquivel, December 15, 2021
Edgar Esquivel takes issue with Teamsters for a Democratic Union's endorsement of Sean O'Brien in the latest Teamsters General Executive Board election. Read Article.
COVID's Hidden Cost: Why Living With the Virus is Not An Option
William Silversmith, December 11, 2021
William Silversmith looks at and summarizes the recent scientific and medical literature regarding COVID and its long-term effects, specifically those related to brain performance. Using the basis of the precautionary principle, he argues that the COVID is not something we can passively live with - it must be stamped out. Read Article.
The Consequences of a Toothless Platform: What the Bowman Debate Teaches the DSA
Brandon A Johnson, December 8, 2021
Brandon Johnson argues that the controversy over Jamaal Bowman in the DSA can be traced to deeper structural weaknesses in the organization and a failure to achieve unity and clarity in its principles. Read Article.
Dialectics of Dependency by Ruy Mauro Marini
Jorge M, December 4, 2021
Below we present Jorge M's English translation of Ruy Mauro Marini's Dialectics of Dependency, an important work in Latin American Marxism and overall theories of imperialism. Also included is a Postscript by Marini reflecting on the work and its arguments. Read Article.