Marx and Morality’s Authority
Paul Wolf interrogates the discourse on moral philosophy’s utility for revolutionary Marxism. One prominent criticism of Karl Marx, and of the many “Marxisms” out there, …
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Cogs in the Great Machinery
Drawing from personal experience, Michael Zajakowski Uhll makes the case for bureaucracy. I remember the first time I heard Fleet Foxes’ “Helplessness Blues” at the …
What Is Materialism?
Nicolas D Villarreal gives depth and meaning to an often fraught concept with ample currency in contemporary left-wing circles: materialism. As counterintuitive as it might …
Ending the One Party State: Reflections on Rhode Island Democratic Socialists of America
Tony Unger sets the record straight on Rhode Island DSA’s political experiences with the Democratic Party and need for class independence. Introduction The history of …
On Communist Work in the Working Class Movement
In a debate on labor strategy, Kat and Chantelle argue for the merger of political, economic, and theoretical struggles; for boring from within the reactionary …
A Review of “Ron Carey and the Teamsters”
Edgar Esquivel catalogues the rise, fall, and redemption of Ron Carey and his work with the Teamsters. At a time when the International Brotherhood …
Toward a People’s History of the University of Maryland: AFSCME Local 1072
Emily Fox recounts the history of AFSCME Local 1072, a militant union of campus staff at the University of Maryland organized during a period often …
Eco-Leninism: A Much Needed Corrective
Martin Rose argues that Lenin’s classic political strategy offers an alternative to the economism which plagues both sides of the debate around ‘degrowth.’ Within the …
Escaping America’s Constitutional Bind: A Review of Aziz Rana’s “The Constitutional Bind”
Luke Pickrell reviews Aziz Rana’s recent book, “The Constitutional Bind: How Americans Came to Idolize a Document That Fails Them.” Introduction At a private gathering last …
Galeano in Mogadishu: Sheep and the Emergent Geography of Gulf Capitalisms
Adapting radical Latin American theories of economic geography, Jaime Litvak argues that a regionally-centered, extractive economic subsystem links the Arab Gulf and northeast Africa. Introduction …
Against Frum on Woodrow Wilson
Hank Kennedy sets the record straight on Woodrow Wilson’s legacy – one of service to the imperialist capitalist class abroad and brutal and racist repression …
The Monsters We Become: On “How to Read Like a Parasite”
Conrad Hamilton offers his review of Daniel Tutt’s recent book How to Read Like a Parasite: Why the Left Got High on Nietzsche, an inquiry …
Nasserism and the Egyptian Revolution of 1952
Rudy, Andrew and Eric sit down to discuss Egypt from its origins as an independent polity under Mehmed Ali up to the Sadat years, with …
Letter: To Communists and Communist Organizations
Communists in Manchester will be standing in the general election, whenever it is called. We will be standing in Manchester Central on a communist manifesto …