Worse than Dead: A Critical Response to McKenzie Wark
James W reviews McKenzie Wark’s Capital is Dead. Nearly a year has passed since the publication of McKenzie Wark’s short book Capital is Dead: Is This …
Articles
The FARC: Between Past and Future
Today we have an interview with Yanis Iqbal, a student and freelance writer from Aligarh, India, who has written many articles on the topic of …
US Constitution: Hiding in Plain Sight
Daniel Lazare writes on the US Constitution, its inherent contradictions, and why socialists should oppose it. In order to theorize the United States, socialists must …
Henry Hale’s Theory of Patronal Politics: A Marxist Perspective
Daniel Weber argues for the critical appropriation of Henry Hale’s theory of patronal politics into a broader Marxist framework. Suppose you’re waiting at the DMV. …
Weaponized Words: The Language of Anti-Communism
Joshua Morris discusses the development and deployment of anti-communist rhetoric in the United States from the beginnings of the 20th Century to the early Cold …
Hold Your Fire!: A Warning to the Left
Daniel Newman urges patience and caution in the face of current political turmoil. Reading: Cliff Connolly. The worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. The deadliest …
The Fight for Socialism in the Philippines
In this follow-up interview, Ryan Powers speaks again with Teodorico “Teody” Duran Navea. Teody is a spokesperson for the Cebu City chapter of Partido Lakas …
‘The Struggle for Democracy in Africa’ by Iyasou Alemayehu
Translation and introduction by Ian Scott Horst. Buy a copy of his new book on Ethiopia, ‘Like Ho Chi Minh! Like Che Guevara!’ here. The …
Was Mao a Bukharinist?: The “Three-Line Struggle” in Economic Debates Preceding the Great Leap Forward
Matthew Strupp examines economic debates in China during the leadup to the Great Leap Forward and assesses comparisons made between Mao and Bukharin. Reading: Cliff Connolly. …
Ferdinand Lassalle: A 25-year Memorial by Karl Kautsky
Translation and introduction by Tom Anderson. Today Lassalle is one of the most marginalized and vilified of the classic German social-democrats. His most essential works …
Lenin’s Boys: A Short History of Soviet Hungary
Doug Enaa Greene on the Hungarian Soviet Republic and its tragic defeat. It is 1919 and Russia is in the midst of a ruthless civil …
Workers and Writers: The Communist Novel in Britain
The history of the British communist novel is ultimately the story of the political degeneration of the Communist Party of Great Britain. By Lawrence Parker. Reading: …
Revolutionary Discipline and Sobriety
Cliff Connolly argues for a culture of sobriety within our organizations, drawing from the example of Austrian Socialism. Reading: Cliff Connolly. “The revolution demands concentration, increase …
The Materialism of Warm-Stream Marxism: Ernst Bloch on Ibn Sina
Daniel Tutt writes on German Marxist Ernst Bloch’s engagement with the Islamic scholar Ibn Sina and its potential for revitalizing materialist philosophy. The Marxist philosopher …