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 …
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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. …
Trust the Bridge That Carried Us Over: The Failure of Operation Dixie 1946-53
Veronica Darby presents a history of the Congress of Industrial Organizations’ (CIO) failed seven-year-long attempt to organize the Southern United States. Introduction On March 3rd, …
Surge and Decline, Part 3: American Vision
Josh Messite, Editor at Negation Magazine, lays out the evidence that Al-Qaeda wasn’t the only organization involved in 9/11 and uses the indications of state …
The Case for a Working People’s Bill of Rights and the Working People’s Union
Shuvu Bhattarai argues that a general petition of working class demands, the Working People’s Bill of Rights, is a necessary antecedent to the construction of …
Lev Gleason: Crime Comics’ Communist Czar
Hank Kennedy recounts the life and work of U.S. left-wing comics publisher Levrett Stone Gleason. Crime Does Not Pay no. 42, 1945. When people think …
Striking Without Threatening: On Marxism, Ethics, and the Truth of Communism
Roxy Hall responds to ΔΜ’s argument for a Marxist virtue ethics, arguing that Communism is itself a wholly new ethical system. Love what you …
On the Democratic Republic, Working-Class Rule, Dictatorship, and Reconstruction
Gil Schaeffer responds to letters from Renzo Llorente, Abner Dalrymple, and R. A. on the question of liberal-democratic rights. In my 5/8/2022 reply to Père …
Coalitions of the Liberal and Socialist Left
How should socialists engage in coalitional politics? Jack L draws conclusions based on historical lessons and recent experiences in the housing struggle. In the summer …