Who Holds Up Half The Earth?: A Review of ‘Half-Earth Socialism’
Alex James and Neil Johnson review Drew Pendergrass and Troy Vettese’s ‘Half-Earth Socialism’ (Verso Books, 2022), arguing that, despite its promises, the book fails to …
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United Auto Workers at the Crossroads
In light of a historic leadership election, Peter Ross and Steve Zeltzer of the United Front Committee for a Labor Party report on the fight …
The Mature Labor Aristocracy and its Problems, Part 1: Class Position, Consciousness and the Labor Aristocracy
In part one of a three-part series, Amal Samaha begins her exploration of the concept of the labor aristocracy and its modern relevance. For many, …
Halloween: Then and Now, and… Forever?
Stephen Tumino reacts to the new and supposedly final installment of long-running horror-slasher film franchise ‘Halloween’ with an analysis of the franchise’s trajectory, arguing that …
Soviet Cybernetics: An Introduction
Featured here is a translation of a work by S.L. Sobolev, A.I. Kitov, and A.A. Lyapunov that represents the first positive coverage of Cybernetics in …
Anti-Hyndman: The Struggle Against Militarism in the pre-1914 British Socialist Movement
Through a historical analysis of the struggle against the militarism of Henry Hyndman in the pre-WWI British socialist movement, Lawrence Parker demonstrates the ways in …
Letter: On Stalinism and the National Question
To The Editors, British Communists profess a commitment to internationalism and proletarian democracy- why then do we see a trend toward nationalistic, paternalist, and étatiste policy …
The Killing of Amir Locke: A Contextualization of Violence
Sudip Bhattacharya reacts to the police murder of Minneapolis-resident Amir Locke last Spring with a rumination on the question of violence as it relates to …
The Foner Case: Thoughts in Response to the New Edition of ‘The Case of Joe Hill’
Jackson Albert Mann responds to International Publishers’ new 2022 edition of Philip S. Foner’s classic work, ‘The Case of Joe Hill.’ Introduction Many on the …
Challenging the White Blindspot
Noel Ignatiev dedicated his life to challenging white supremacy, taking aim at the very idea of the white race as a positive community or identity. …
Hillary’s Emails Redux: The Coming 2024 October Surprise
William Silversmith speculates on the reasoning behind the recent FBI raid on Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago property in Palm Beach, FL, arguing that it may be …
Perspectives of the Marxist Unity Group: 2022
Presented below is the 2022 Perspectives Document of the Marxist Unity Group that was ratified at the organization’s founding congress. We print this here not …
The Death of Gorbachev is the Death of Leninism
Y.O. reacts to the recent death of Mikhail Gorbachev, final leader of the USSR, with a reflection on the legacy of Marxism-Leninism in what they …
The Role of Marxist Philosophy
Drawing from the work of Marxist philosophers such as Althusser and Lukács, Yanis Iqbal outlines the basic premises of dialectical materialism. The French Marxist Louis …