Letter: Collective Agency, Class Struggle, & Historical Development
Cosmonaut recently published an article by a comrade Valentine Seebart, in which the comrade attempts to critique the framework of historical materialism as “a form …
Letters
Letter: Bureaucratic Hearing Loss
This letter was initially written to follow up on efforts by members within Triangle DSA, urging our National Political Committee (NPC) member Kevin R to …
Letter: Surplus Value, Machines, and Profit
Dear Cosmonaut, I’m a Hungarian historian and philosopher with a lively interest in Socialist and Marxist ideas; but I’m not a convinced Marxist. For me, …
Letter: The Bleak Midwinter
I very much enjoyed the letter submitted by Comrade Hall the other day. It has clarified the opportunity that is presented to Revolutionary Marxists in …
Letter: Winter of Our Discontent
The seasons are shifting, and with them, the balance of power. A scorching, record breaking European summer will soon give way to a cold winter. …
Letter: On Operation Dixie
Veronica Darby’s article on the failure of Operation Dixie is worth a read but as an analysis of Labor history it is fundamentally flawed. I …
Letter: On Cross-Class Alliances
My thanks to Jack L for an intelligent and useful contribution regarding cross-class alliances/popular fronts-united fronts. I come from a tradition (US Socialist Workers Party …
Letter: Some Words on Republicanism
As a reader of Cosmonaut for some time now and self-avowed Marxist, albeit an admittedly eclectic one, I was engaged by a recent piece in …
Letter: Roots of Islamism
I am pleased to see the awaited Part 2 of Josh Messite’s series on Afghanistan. I intended to reply to Part 1 when it first …
Letter: Comments to Parkinson’s Reply
Parkinson has written a reply to me – I agree with a considerable portion of the political positions that Parkinson presents and he is convincing …
Letter: Fighting Imperialism Needs Clear Politics Not Abstract Platitudes
Hilgers “Specificity of Anti-Imperialism” urges its readers to “make war on war.” Who could disagree? Furthermore, they claim we need to overcome the negative dialectic …
Letter: The Truth of Stalinism
The Cosmonaut podcast episode on Stalin provides a comprehensive analysis of the Stalinist period that serves as a necessary corrective to the vulgar anti-Stalinist narratives …
Letter: On “The Machiavellian State, Fascism, and the Tribune of the Proletariat”
The recent article “The Machiavellian State, Fascism, and the Tribune of the Proletariat” by Sam Thomas is an excellent analysis of democracy and socialism and …
Letter: Schaeffer Answers Père Duchesne’s Questions About the Relationship Between Liberalism and Democracy
My 2/5/2022 response to Renzo Lorente’s article of 12/19/2021 has prompted a reply by Llorente himself and letters from Abner Dalrymple, R. A., and Le …