Dueling Slogans
Henry De Groot argues against the “ultra-political” tendency that forefronts agitation for the democratic republic. On Absurdity I am grateful to Luke Pickrell’s engagement (“The …
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Red Pride
Glen Hardie reflects on the way in which the work of communist activist and Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) co-founder Mark Ashton is …
Where Lies the New Moment?: Wang Hui and the Retreat From Class
Matthew Strupp traces and critiques the intellectual trajectory of Chinese ‘New Left’ philosopher Wang Hui. Introduction Wang Hui is one of the most widely discussed …
The Slogan of Our Time
Talking about socialism in the abstract is not enough, argues Luke Pickrell. We need a roadmap, and the slogan of the Democratic Republic shows the …
Cop City or People’s City? Atlanta at the Crossroads
S.A. Reed reports on the June 5th protest against Cop City in Atlanta and offers a potential path forward for the movement against the U.S. …
Science and Democratic Management
Amelia Davenport provides a brief overview of left-wing approaches to scientific management and argues that this field of inquiry should be embraced by socialist labor …
Che and Mao: Revolution Within the Revolution?
In deconstructing the lives and legacies of Che Guevara and Mao Zedong, Doug Enaa Greene traces a shared thread of revolutionary opposition to Stalinist dogmatism. …
There Is Never One Lamb Alone: On Finding Unity in Diversity
Splits and purges are no solution to the problem of disagreement in the socialist movement. Marisa Miale calls for unity in diversity in the context …
Socializing Care: Against Domestic Realism
The Cibcom Collective take aim at domestic realism, arguing that feminist planning of the domestic economy is necessary to the communist project. This is a …
Marxism and the Democratic Republic
Luke Pickrell of Marxist Unity Group emphasizes the centrality of radical democracy to the communist project and reintroduces the construction of the democratic republic as …
The Protagonism of Tenants
Comrade Holden of Marxist Unity Group deconstructs the question of the “housing crisis” in New York City through questions about power, protagonism and agency, and …
On the Class Point of View and the Rule of Law
Gil Schaeffer responds to Anton Johannsen, arguing that socialists cannot be indifferent to the principle of equality under law. Anton Johannsen’s Trump, the Rule of …
Review: Class Struggle Unionism
Henry De Groot offers a critical analysis of Joe Burns’ ‘Class Struggle Unionism,’ available via Haymarket Books. The boss needs you, you don’t need him!, …
Artificial Intelligence, Universal Machines, and Killing Bourgeois Dreams
Nicolas D Villarreal tackles the question of artificial intelligence from a Marxist perspective, arguing against both utopian and dystopian prophecies regarding the emergence of these …