Socialism of the Oppressed: The Stakes of the Bowman Affair
Jean Allen and Marisa Miale, authors of For An Internationalist DSA, sketch out a strategy for building a left opposition committed to electoral discipline and …
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Letter: Llorente v. Schaeffer
I’ve been happy to read another educational exchange from Cosmonaut, this time between Renzo Llorente and Gil Schaeffer (beginning with Llorente’s Contradictions, Schaeffer’s reply, and …
Endless Muddle: Gil Schaeffer on Democracy, Socialism and Liberal-Democratic Rights
Renzo Llorente critically responds to Gil Schaeffer’s views on democratic rights and socialism. At the end of last year, Cosmonaut published my article âThe Contradictions …
Letter: 10-Point Constitution
10-Point Constitution, Unitary People’s Republic, (Centralized Democratic Republic), People’s Governing Body, Peopleâs Courts (My Political System) Written by BÄbur Timurid In short: 10PC-UPR-(CDR)-PGB-PC-(MPS) Context and …
Manifesto for Post-Pandemic Politics
Manifesto for Post-Pandemic Politics was first published by &&&, the journal for the New Centre for Research & Practice, on November 11, 2021. It is re-published here, with …
Cesar Chavez at 95: Debunking the Myth
Edgar Esquivel gives a counter-history to the mythology surrounding United Farm Workers leader Cesar Chavez. Eight years ago (2014) President Barack Obama proclaimed March 31st …
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn: A Superb Satire of Petty-Bourgeois Conformism and Capitalist Barbarity
Christos Kefalis praises Romanian filmmaker Radu Jude’s new film Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn as a devastating critique of contemporary Romanian capitalism and defends …
Which Way Forward for the Marxist Left?
In light of the liquidation of DSA’s BDS working group, Charlie Frank argues that Marxists must continue the political fight rather than turn towards localist …
Towards an Organized Science
How can the working class take hold of the forces of science, today held under the sway of corporate and imperialist interests? The Scientific Workers …
The Rank-and-File Strategy: Instrument or Dogma?
Parker Shea argues that the Rank-and-File strategy is far from the magic bullet for building a socialist movement that many of its proponents claim it …
The History and Science of Nuclear Energy and the Climate Problem
Andrew Ammerlaan intervenes in the ongoing debate on the left over nuclear energy and makes the case for abandoning the stigma around a controversial form …
The Dawn of Social Evolution
Nicolas D Villarreal reviews David Graeber and David Wengrow’s The Dawn of Everything and outlines a theory of social evolution that answers the book’s objections …
Reintroducing John Dos Passos
Lawrence Parker introduces a 1938 New Masses article by Granville Hicks on US writer John Dos Passos and argues that the latterâs work is ripe …
The Russian “Threat to Freedom and Democracy”
Alexander Gallus takes a closer look at the developments leading up to this week’s dramatic events and offers some explanations for how we got to …