On Bordiga’s ‘Democratic Principle’
Francesco Sartor responds to last year’s debate on Italian Communist Party founder Amadeo Bordiga’s understanding of democracy with an analysis of his 1922 article ‘The …
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For a 21st Century Marxism
Steve Bloom considers what is living and what is dead in the corpus of Marxism with the intention of forging an adequate revolutionary theory for …
Karl Marx and Radical Indigenous Critiques of Capitalism
Nodrada explores the tensions and resonances between Marxism and Indigenous thought, putting the writings of Native theorists such as Vine Deloria Jr., Luther Standing Bear, …
Not Very Quiet On The Western Front
Francis Babeuf reviews director Edward Berger’s new Netflix-produced screen adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque’s 1928 anti-war novel ‘All Quiet On The Western Front,’ arguing that …
America as Conservative Democracy
How truly revolutionary was the American Revolution? Dan Lazare argues that it was hardly a revolution in the sense we would understand today, with consequences …
American Socialism from 1892 to 1908: A Study in Two Programs
Transcription and commentary by SA Reed. Read by Cliff Introduction Much has been written about the history of the socialist program, with classical European examples …
R.I.P. or Long Live Trotskyism?
Shamus Cooke responds to John Kelly’s new work on the world Trotskyist movement, ‘Twilight of World Trotskyism,’ arguing that the core elements of Trotskyism remain …
The Daily Practice of Partizanship: A Review of Steven de Castro’s ‘Revolution Selfie’
Paul Romano reviews documentarian Steven de Castro’s 2017 film on the New People’s Army (NPA), ‘Revolution Selfie: The Red Battalion,’ and discusses a recent screening …
Naming the System: “Means as Ends” Socialism and the Importance of Alternative Political Culture and Program
Isaac KD and Jack L defend their critique of DSA’s dominant strategic orientation towards reform campaigns in a response to Sam Lewis’ “In Defense of …
From Champion of the Oppressed to Truth, Justice, and the American Way: Who Took the Socialism Out of Superman?
Hank Kennedy traces the ideological history of Superman, arguing that the populism of the character’s early iterations would eventually be shed as a result of …
Two Souls Within His Breast: Georg Lukács, 1925-29
Lawrence Parker argues that existing Trotskyist schemas around the revolutionary career of Georg Lukács in the mid-to-late 1920s are fallacious in the extreme. Introduction In …
A Bookish Strike
Jennifer Albert Mann reports on the recent UAW Local 2110 strike at HarperCollins Publishers and argues that, considering the union’s past militancy, HarperCollins workers should …
How the Rail Carriers, Wall Street, and the US Government Crushed Class I Freight Rail Workers
Shuvu Bhattarai reports on the status of the U.S. railworkers struggle in the aftermath of Congress’ forced tentative agreement. Introduction Four railroad unions, representing 55 …
The Horizons of Emancipatory Political Theater: Boal’s Theater of the Oppressed in Light of Brecht and Rancière
Renato Flores explores the development and impact of Brazilian dramaturg Augusto Boal’s influential ‘Theatre of the Oppressed,’ historically contextualizing Boal’s idiosyncratic approach to theater as …