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, …
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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 …
To Hell With The American Gentry
Nicolas D Villarreal argues against populist appeals for a common front between the working-class and small business owners. Reading: Mick Labas. Earlier this week Patrick …
Radical Approaches to Mental Health: Decolonial and Democratic Psychiatries with Sasha Durakov
Matt and Rudy join Sasha Durakov Warren from Of Unsound Mind for a discussion on the history of psychiatry reform movements and radical mental health. We discuss …
Making Sense of the Lysenko Affair
Soviet agrobiology is infamous for its promotion of the pseudoscientific theories of Trofim Lysenko and their disastrous results. Renato Flores investigates how these theories came …
The Problem with the Prodigal Son: A Response to Nicholas Powers in Democratic Left
Wylie Greer takes issue with Nicholas Powers’ use of the parable of the Prodigal Son in an editorial for Democratic Left. In the Summer issue …
The Philosophical Structure of Education
Yanis Iqbal summarizes a dialectical materialist approach to knowledge and education, drawing from the work of E.V. Ilyenkov. When education becomes a commodity – when …
The Counterinsurgency State by Ruy Mauro Marini
To commemorate the anniversary of Salvador Allende’s death and the fall of Chile’s Popular Unity government, we present this analysis of reactionary military governments in …
COVID, Capitalism, and Genocide
Is the current legal definition of genocide useful for Marxists? Alyson Escalante unpacks the history behind the concept as it is currently understood and argues …