'Is Marxism Obsolete?' by Charles Rappoport
Medway Baker, April 26, 2019
Introduction and translation by Medway Baker. Read Article.
In Defense of the Labor Theory of Value
Djamil Lakhdar-Hamina, April 21, 2019
Djamil Lakhdar-Hamina examines the labor theory of value and references philosophy of science to defend it from critics. Features a reading guide to works on the philosophy of science, Marxism, and their relations. Read Article.
Strasserism vs "Strasserism": Turning Over the Right Rocks
K.T. Jamieson, April 17, 2019
With Strasserism becoming a common accusation made towards various political trends on the left, K. T. Jamieson makes a historical investigation of Strasserism and its ideology and argues that it creates more confusion than clarity to label the right wing of social democracy as 'Strasserism.' Read Article.
Revolution or the Democratic Road to Socialism? A Reply to Eric Blanc
Donald Parkinson, April 13, 2019
Donald Parkinson responds to Eric Blanc's latest take in the Kautsky debate, critiquing his strategy of a democratic road to socialism. Read Article.
The Democratic Road to Socialism: Reply to Mike Taber
Eric Blanc, April 11, 2019
Eric Blanc replies to Mike Taber's article Lenin, Kautsky and the Transition to Socialism and argues that the work of Karl Kautsky provides a strategy for a democratic road to socialism. Read Donald Parkinson's response here. Read Article.
Kautsky, Lenin, and the Transition to Socialism: A Reply to Eric Blanc
Mike Taber, April 10, 2019
Mike Taber weighs in on the Kautsky debate happening at Jacobin Magazine, responding to Eric Blanc's text Why Kautsky Was Right (and why you should care). Taber sets the record straight on Kautsky's strengths and weaknesses and Blanc's uncharitable reading of Leninism. Read Article.
Michael Harrington and His Afterlives
Doug Enaa Greene, April 8, 2019
Doug Enaa Greene gives an overview and critique of the political journey of Michael Harrington, founder of the Democratic Socialist of America, and his influence on reformist socialism to this day. Read Article.
Gracchus Babeuf: From Jacobin to Communist
Matthew Strupp, April 5, 2019
Matthew Strupp looks at the transformation of the French revolutionary Gracchus Babeuf from Feudiste to Jacobin to one of the first Revolutionary Communists. Read Article.
No Replacement For The Marxist Theory Of Revolution
Gabriel Radic, April 1, 2019
Gabriel Radic argues that various attempts in academia to develop theories of revolution as alternatives to Marx's theory of revolution and historical materialism only serve to disguise the centrality of class contradiction in these events. Reading: Cliff Connolly. Read Article.
What's At Stake in the Democratic Socialists of America?
Jean Allen, March 28, 2019
Jean Allen discusses the factional infighting in the DSA and it what it says about the organization at large. Read Article.