A Marxist Psychology of Language and Representation
What does a Marxist theory of human psychology look like? Kyrill Potapov sheds light on this topic by showing how the works of Soviet thinkers …
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Crisis and the Personal is Not Enough: The Importance of Political Education
Sudip Bhattacharya reflects on his experiences with political education, making the case that education is often as important as agitation and organization. After winning governmental …
Is This the Left that Jacobin Wants?: Chris Maisano’s Perilous Drift Towards Post-Marxism
A recent Jacobin piece by Chris Maisano argues that building “a Left that matters” requires focusing on Democratic Party electoral work, but we must be …
Year Zero, Again?: An Assessment of Zer0 Books 2.0
In light of the recent buyout of Zer0 Books by the publishing firm Repeater, discussion about the legacy of the imprint era has been circulating …
On the Current Phase of the Class Struggle in Algeria by Robert Linhart
Translation and Introduction by Stepan Afanasyev. Introduction Robert Linhart is a French Marxist, born in 1944 in the city of Nice. He was one of …
Founding Statement of the Marxist Unity Group
Here we present the founding statement of the Marxist Unity Group: its Points of Unity and Immediate Tasks. We print this here not only because …
ACT UP, Fight Back: A History of AIDS in America
Charlie Frank gives an overview of the forms of social mobilization that developed as a response to the AIDS pandemic as well as what lessons …
The Fight for a Marxist Program in the DSA
Donald Parkinson assesses the 2021 DSA Convention and imagines a path forward beyond its current political and strategic deadlock. Reading: Cliff Connolly. In the modern Left, …
Bismarck, Browder, Biden: Joe’s Hegemony versus Ours
Sam Miller polemicizes against the delusions of the left in the Biden administration and proclaims the necessity for a class independent approach to politics. Reading: …
Why Machines Don’t Create Value
Ian Wright defends Marx’s theory of surplus-value and its claim that human labor is the ultimate cause of economic profit. In the topsy-turvy world of …
The Development and Significance of Cybernetics by William Grey Walter
Amelia Davenport introduces a text by William Grey Walter introducing basic concepts of cybernetics. Introduction Though little known outside the narrow circles of cybernetics, neurology …
On the Scientific Status of Psychoanalysis
Does psychoanalysis have a scientific value beyond being a hermeneutical framework for literary studies? Dillon Reitmeyer argues yes, and that Marxists have much to learn …
Letters from N. I. Bukharin to V. I. Lenin (1915)
Translation by Mark Alexandrovic. The original publication was prepared by Cherny, Andrey Vitalievich, head of the department of the Museum of the Revolution. Introduction The …
The Constitution of Necessity
Richard Hunsinger examines the origins of the capitalist mode of production through a comparative analysis of the work of Jairus Banaji and Robert Brenner. Introduction …