Nicolas D Villarreal

One of many contributors writing for Cosmonaut Magazine.

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Letter: Truth From Facts

Nicolas D Villarreal, February 20, 2026

Nicolas D Villarreal continues the debate with Ted Reese on crisis theory. Read Article.

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When Science Is Abandoned, The Flower Withers: A Review of 'Flowers For Marx'

Nicolas D Villarreal, August 20, 2025

Flowers For Marx, a new collection of essays on Marxism, successfully facilitates dialogue between multiple camps of the contemporary socialist movement, but suffers from its contributors' collective reluctance to defend Marxism as a heterodox science, argues Nicolas D Villarreal. Read Article.

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Pre-Digestion of the Status Quo: A Review of 'Why We Fear AI'

Nicolas D Villarreal, May 28, 2025

Nico D Villarreal reviews Why We Fear AI, a new book by Hagen Blix and Ingeborg Glimmer, and argues that, although the work has merits, the authors' heavy reliance on well trodden ideas from the left of academia precludes a broader critical discussion of AI. Read Article.

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On Bird-Brained Readings of Althusser: A Response to P.K. Gandakin and Scottie O.

Nicolas D Villarreal, February 26, 2025

Nicolas D Villarreal takes issue with the interpretation of Althusser found in two articles recently featured in Geese Magazine, arguing that authors P.K. Gandakin and Scottie O. exhibit the very humanism and historicism Althusser opposed. Read Article.

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What Is Materialism?

Nicolas D Villarreal, July 19, 2024

Nicolas D Villarreal gives depth and meaning to an often fraught concept with ample currency in contemporary left-wing circles: materialism. Read Article.