Alex Garland’s "Civil War" Lets Us Off the Hook
Leland Olds, September 6, 2024
Leland Olds reviews director Alex Garland's recent war-action film "Civil War," arguing that the film's representation of violence speaks to the anxieties of liberals and journalists at the expense of exploring the real costs of war. Read Article.
Duck, Duck, Goose: The Search for a Modern Electoral Theory
Sylus Smith, August 30, 2024
Sylus Smith deconstructs and defends Marxist Unity Group's strategic orientation, and their call for socialists to "Fight the Constitution", against recent criticism from Scottie O. in Geese Magazine. Read Article.
Black Banners on the Two Rivers: The Story of the Iraqi Insurgency (2005)
Rob Ashlar, August 23, 2024
In the second installment of a multi-part series, Rob Ashlar continues a survey of the history of the Iraqi Insurgency, this time recounting the events of 2005. Read Article.
What Does Akcja Socjalistyczna Want?
Amanda Levi, August 14, 2024
Amanda Levi of Akcja Socjalistyczna introduces the group within the context of Polish left organizing and presents a translation of their recently adopted political program. Read Article.
The Meaning of International Law
Noah Emke, August 9, 2024
Examining the ICJ's prosecution of Israel for its war crimes in Gaza and the long history of international law, Noah Emke argues that the failure of international institutions to stop barbarous acts of state violence highlights the need for a truly international rule of law, above the petty sovereignty of capitalist warlords. Read Article.
Modern Industry and Prospects for Socialism
Dónal Ó Coisdealbha, August 7, 2024
Dónal Ó Coisdealbha analyzes the history and results of the management and production system (TPS) developed by the Toyota Motor Corporation, arguing that the cooperative effects the TPS had on Toyota's internal labor relations contain the seeds of a successful model of socialist industrial production. Ó Coisdealbha is the director of process control, smart and digital development at a factory owned by a multinational electrical equipment manufacturer who is currently co-authoring a book with Tom O’Brien on labour time planning. His blog can be found here. Read Article.
Becoming Proletariat on Stolen Land: Decolonization and Class Consciousness
Jared Houston, August 2, 2024
Jared Houston analyzes Marxist theories of class consciousness and puts them in dialogue with the realities of settler colonialism, arguing that in order to “become proletarian” in such a context requires a revolutionary decolonial alliance with Indigenous peoples. Read Article.
Peacenik?: A Socialist Perspective on the Libicki/VanCAF Controversy
Hank Kennedy, July 31, 2024
Hank Kennedy covers the recent ban (and subsequent retraction of said ban) of American-Israeli graphic novelist, Miriam Libicki, from the Vancouver Comic Arts Festival, using the controversy as a springboard for analyzing the contradictions implicit in the liberal Zionist politics of Libicki's work. Read Article.
Marx and Morality's Authority
Paul Wolf, July 26, 2024
Paul Wolf interrogates the discourse on moral philosophy's utility for revolutionary Marxism. Read Article.
Cogs in the Great Machinery
Michael Zajakowski Uhll, July 24, 2024
Drawing from personal experience, Michael Zajakowski Uhll makes the case for bureaucracy. Read Article.