Letter to the Socialists, Old and New
Chris Townsend is a socialist and veteran of the labor movement, currently a member of Marxist Center and director of field mobilization for Amalgamated Transit …
Articles
Of Course Labor Law Advances the Class Struggle
Anton Johannsen argues that labor law is a terrain of class struggle that can only be ignored at our own peril. Nick Walter, labor organizer, …
Food, Capitalism and the Necessity of a Socialist Program
Capitalist food production is based on ecological destruction, imperialism, inhumane labor practices, and the degradation of human health. A socialist program that guarantees healthy food …
Beyond Work? The Shortcomings of Post-Work Politics
Mikael Lyngaas argues that post-work theorists ranging from Bob Black to Srnicek and Williams are utopian socialism for the current era. Reading: Sam Wiles. In 1845, Karl …
The Dialectic of Assimilation
How have Jews in the US have gone from an unwelcome immigrant group prone to left-wing radicalism to Zionists and beneficiaries of whiteness? Lane Silberstein …
The Struggle to Oust Duterte, Imperialism, and Capitalist Rule
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is pushing through the “Anti Terror Bill.” If it were passed, it would give Duterte dictatorial powers, allowing the imprisonment of …
The Propertied and the Propertyless by Anton Pannekoek
Translation and introduction by Rida Vaquas. The original text in German can be found here. Anton Pannekoek is well-known as one of the principal theorists …
Marx Beyond the Mystics
Continuing our theme of exploring the relationship between religion and socialism, Peter Claassen argues that the influence of Christian Mysticism on Hegel impacted the thought …
Structuring the Party: The Case of the DSA
Diego AM explores the organization conundrums of the modern left, looking at the Democratic Socialists of America and the alternatives proposed by base-builders and Maoists. …
The Problem of Unity: A Comparative Analysis
In a comparative study of Austro-Marxism, the French Socialist movement, and Bolshevism, Medway Baker argues for the left to seek unity around a programme of …
Mask Off: Crisis & Struggle in the Pandemic
Richard Hunsinger & Nathan Eisenberg give an in-depth analysis of the current crisis where economic breakdown, pandemic, and mass revolt collide into a historic conjuncture …
The Many Worlds of American Communism
On this episode of Cosmopod, Donald and Parker welcome Cosmonaut author Josh Morris on to discuss the history and historiography of the US Communist Party. …
Some Words of Advice for our Comrades in the Streets
Throughout the United States, revolt against police violence and the state has broken out in response to the callous murder of George Floyd at the …
Judith Butler’s Impotent Politics of Nonviolence
Jared Ijams critiques Judith Butler’s recent espousal of a politics of non-violence, linking it to their support of neoliberal Kamala Harris in the recent Democratic …