Letter: Did Amazon Even Go On Strike?
At some point before the holidays, it was announced that Amazon was going out on strike. To say I was excited would be an understatement. …
Letters
Letter: Towards an Independent Workers Slate
The socialist movement has reached a crossroads in the United States–the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), doubly so. With the Democratic Party enormously discrediting itself …
Letter: Disavowal Plaguing the Liberal Left
It will be expected when the Democratic establishment retroactively blames an array of forces as the culprits for Kamala Harris defeat and the subsequent harmful …
Letter: Is The Working Class Right?
The 2024 US election has shocked many around the world with Donald Trump’s landslide victory. But his return should not be considered as a US …
Letter: From Minority-to-Majority
I very much enjoyed the piece on the abolitionist “dirty break,” a fine piece on what I term “from minority-to-majority” movements. If there ever was …
Letter: Harm Reduction Votes in Presidential Elections No Longer Make Sense in Practice or Theory
The concept of “harm reduction” has been subjected to a curious form of concept drift over the past few US presidential election cycles. Although “harm …
Letter: The Crisis of Democracy and the 2024 Election
The one safe prediction we can make about the upcoming presidential election is that it can only result in a further intensification of the crisis …
Letter: On the Abolition of the Death Penalty
An innocent man was murdered by the United States. May Khaliifah Ibn Rayford Daniels ’Abdul Qudduus, formerly Marcellus Williams, rest in power. The death penalty …
Letter: The Current State of the US Socialist Movement
The past decade of US political life has been defined by Bernie Sanders’ two presidential runs. By 2016, Sanders had spent almost forty years developing …
Letter: Nostalgia For a Trotskyist Sect
Recently, I’ve felt nostalgic for the International Socialist Organization (ISO), a defunct Trotskyist sect that existed from 1976 to 2019. It’s a strange feeling, since …
Letter: Open Rebellion Against Teamsters GP Sean O’Brien
This past week the Teamsters National Black Caucus (TNBC) held their yearly conference in Las Vegas. Angered by Teamsters general president (GP) Sean O’Brien’s embarrassing …
Letter: MUG’s Call to “Fight the Constitution” and Macnair’s “Revolutionary Strategy”
I want to call the attention of Cosmonaut’s readers to my article, published recently in the Weekly Worker: “In Search of a Synthesis.” I believe …
Letter: Lessons From Rural Electrification in the U.S. on Radical Approaches to Bureaucracy
I greatly enjoyed reading Michael Zajakowski Uhll’s essay, “Cogs in the Great Machinery,” about bureaucracy, which drew on his own personal experiences as a worker …
Letter: Emmanuel in the Gulf
I am very pleased to see Jaime Litvak’s piece examining the political economy of Gulf Coordination Council (GCC) imperialism in the Horn of Africa. I …