History of the “Russian World”: From Soft Power to Irredentism
Taking issue with economistic accounts of the Russian Special Military Operation, Maxim Lebsky looks at the role of the ideology of the “Russian world.” Translated …
Articles
The Centenary of the Communist Manifesto
Ludovica Mancini and Conrad Hamilton present their translation of Italian communist Palmiro Togliatti’s prominent introduction to The Communist Manifesto. Introduction In December 1948, a special …
The Relevance of Marx’s Value Theory in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Peter Ross argues that the mass implementation of AI technology by capitalists necessitates a solid grasp of Marx’s Value Theory. It is becoming clear that …
“A Practical Roadmap for the Workers’ Movement in Taking Political Power”
Steve Bloom takes on Donald Parkinson’s arguments around the minimum-maximum program, warning against schematicism and calling for clarity around class content. In his essay titled …
Lenin, History, Future: Response to a Critique
Paul LeBlanc responds to Cliff Connolly’s review of his book ‘Lenin: Responding to Catastrophe, Forging Revolution’, available from Pluto Press. I greatly appreciate Cliff Connolly’s positive yet …
How Hamilton’s Financial and Manufacturing Plans Financed the U.S. Empire
Robert Ovetz argues that the financial and economic policies of Alexander Hamilton are key to understanding the development of U.S. Imperialism. Introduction The hit Broadway …
Which Way, CPUSA?
Has the CPUSA truly rid itself of its past loyalty to the US Constitution? Luke Pickrell and Myra Janis cast doubt. Socialism with American Characteristics …
Extraordinary Surplus Value and Capital Accumulation by Ruy Mauro Marini
Renato Flores presents an English translation of Brazilian economist and sociologist Ruy Mauro Marini’s Plusvalía extraordinaria y acumulación de capital, originally published in Cuadernos Politicos …
The Firm Ground of History and the Plateau of Politics
Luke Pickrell offers his latest polemic in the ongoing debate with Henry DeGroot around Marxist Unity Group’s call for a Democratic Republic. Leonid Aleksandrovich Golub, …
On the Indetermination of Wages and its Consequences
Salmin Biao makes an intervention into the ongoing debate over unequal exchange. Introduction Following the article by Rob Ashlar in defense of Emmanuel’s concept of …
Read Le Blanc. Be careful.
Cliff Connolly reviews Paul LeBlanc’s latest work ‘Lenin: Responding to Catastrophe, Forging Revolution’, available from Pluto Press on September 20th. Cliff will be speaking on …
Marxist Clarity in Times of Confusion and Despair
Donald Parkinson, the editor-in-chief of Cosmonaut, gives a short historical overview of Cosmonaut and Marxist Unity Group and introduces crucial member-written articles to help clarify …
Shades of Collective Power
Sam DiBella covers the recent controversy over the election of convention delegates in Metro DC DSA and assesses the role played by the remains of …
What Contradictions Cannot Be
Dimitris Moustakas uses formal logic to confront Zeno’s paradoxes in a deconstruction of Marxian “dialectical logic.” Richard Artschweger, Zeno’s Paradox, 2004 Within Marxist circles, among …