Donald Parkinson

One of many contributors writing for Cosmonaut Magazine.

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Debating Electoral Strategy in the Comintern, 1920: The Bulgarian Situation

Donald Parkinson, June 30, 2019

Reviewing the debates over electoral strategy at the Second Congress of the Comintern, Donald Parkinson reviews the strategies of the Bulgarian Communist Party and their arguments against electoral abstentionism. Read Article.

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Cosmic Imagination in Revolutionary Russia

Donald Parkinson, May 20, 2019

Before the rise of the Soviet Space Program, utopian visions of space travel existed alongside serious scientific work to make it a reality. Donald Parkinson explores the culture of space exploration that existed both before and after the Bolshevik Revolution and how it laid the groundwork for Sputnik. Read Article.

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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.

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LaRouche: A Warning For Us All

Donald Parkinson, March 19, 2019

Donald Parkinson argues the seeds of what Lyndon LaRouche would become were present from the very beginnings of his organization in this analysis of the early days of his career. Read Article.

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Early American Socialism and the Poverty of Colorblind Marxism

Donald Parkinson, February 17, 2019

The history of early American Marxism is one of a failed colorblind politics that was incapable of organizing the proletariat in post-Reconstruction United States, argues Donald Parkinson. Read Article.