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 …
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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 …
The Implicit Illiberalism of Crimes of the Future
Sam Miller reviews director David Cronenberg’s new film Crimes of the Future, arguing that it successfully critiques ‘end of history’ liberalism. Introduction Saul Tenser: A …
The Comics vs. the Communists: The Left During the Comic Book Scare
Hank Kennedy presents and assesses the many reactions to comic books by different strata of the socialist Left during the Comic Book Scare of the …
From Marx, and Back to Hegel
Valentine Seebart critiques historical materialism, arguing that Marxists must replace this paradigm with a revised ‘ideo-materialist’ historical perspective. Part One: Techno-Feudalism and the Historical Process …
Why Socialists Must Reject The YIMBY-NIMBY Binary
Harry Zehner analyzes the discourse and politics of the YIMBY-NIMBY divide and argues that socialists should reject this binary entirely. Read By: Aliyah Introduction In …
Revolutions are Made, They Don’t Just Happen: A Look into the Problems of the Johnson-Forest Tendency
Nat Winn critiques the theories, philosophy, and politics of the Johnson-Forest Tendency. We are at a moment when mainstream U.S. politics stand exposed, deadlocked, and …
Two Steps Forward: Report and Analysis on the 2022 YDSA Convention
Harrison Cole of Marxist Unity Group reports on the 2022 YDSA Convention. “…for the union makes us strong!” After singing all six stanzas of the …
Bread, Land, and Socialism: An Interview with MIR Veteran and Political-Economist Claudio Jedlicki
Cosmonaut interviews Chilean-French economist and veteran of the Chilean Radical Left Claudio Jedlicki. The interview has been translated from Spanish and mildly edited for clarity. …