Letter: What is stopping the DSA?
The recent article by Donald Parkinson was one of the best reviews of the DSA Convention of 2021. As could be expected, it has generated …
Letters
Letter: In Response to Annie S.
First, I would like to thank her for pointing to me that episode in political history when Bebel and Liebknecht opposed the Prussian war effort. That is the …
Letter: Response to Tom Joad on DSA
Hello Cosmo comrades, I recently read Tommy Joad’s critique of Donald Parkinson’s recent article and I not only profoundly disagreed with nearly its entirety but …
Letter: In response to Donald Parkinson’s “The Fight for a Marxist Program in the DSA”
Hello Cosmonaut! I have read Donald Parkinson’s (DP hence) article mentioned above, as well as materials which the article mentioned (critique of the DSA from “Left …
Letter: Response to Donald Parkinson
Hello Donald Parkinson! It was with great interest that I read your 2018 article at Cosmonaut “From Workers’ Party to Workers’ Republic”, https://cosmonaut.blog/2018/10/17/from-workers-party-to-workers-republic/ . I expected you …
Letter: Need for a Workers’ Encyclopedia
Hello “Cosmonaut”! This is in reply to “Knowledge: power and emancipation”, written in 2020 by Renato Flores. First, I’d like to pick on some phrases …
Letter: Comment on “Why Machines Don’t Create Value”
Ian Wright’s analysis of Marx’s value theory begins with Marx’s simple model of production in which there is no mismatch between value and price because …
Letter: Hiding Labor Input, Not Removing It
In response to Ian Wright’s article, I think this is a very interesting article, but I think the section on the Turing test misses two …
Letter: Comments on Jason Moore’s interview
I would like to open this letter by enthusiastically stating how excellent and illuminating the recent interview, The World Ecology, with Jason Moore was. The …
Letter: Response to Comrade Wylie
Hi again, Comrade Wylie’s suggestions for updating the terminology are worth considering. That said, my original letter referred specifically to “the workers movement” and not …
Letter: Notes on the Theory of Imperialism
It is a welcome sight to see a discussion about the theory of imperialism that is able to follow rigorous and academic research instead of …
Letter: Reply to Jacob on how to divide tendencies in the left
Comrade Jacob’s recent letter proposes and interesting schema of how the left is divided: “The five tendencies are, from right to left: 1) Right syndicalism …
Letter: Comments on John Smith’s interview
The interview conducted with John Smith touched on several important points with regards to understanding modern imperialism and its political implications. However, there were several …
Letter: Should Austrian Social-Democracy be the model for left unity?
Greetings, Regarding the recent exchange on litmus tests: https://cosmonautmag.com/2021/09/the-problem-with-the-prodigal-son-a-response-to-nicholas-powers-in-democratic-left/ https://cosmonautmag.com/2021/09/letter-no-litmus-test-but-class-struggle/ https://cosmonautmag.com/2021/09/letter-struggle-isnt-enough-on-its-own/ I have to agree with comrade Abner Dalrymple’s position on the matter. I agree …