Letter: Critique of the MUG Labor Strategy
Introduction This letter is an internal critique of the Marxist Unity Group Labor Strategy, passed at our February Membership Meeting. Unfortunately, I was not able …
Letters
Letter: Responding to Luke Pickrell on 21st Century Marxism
My thanks to Luke Pickrell for his intelligent comment on my article “For a 21st Century Marxism.” I find it surprising and encouraging that we …
Letter: A Gap in Marxist Unity Group’s Labor Position
I have been impressed by the ideas Marxist Unity Group has been putting forward in DSA debates for several years now. It is a shame …
Letter: Marxist Unity Group Labor Strategy Position Paper
Organizing in the Inevitable Era “Just as British capitalism, which was also once powerful…is now on the decline, so will American capitalism, however strong it …
Letter: Response to Steve Bloom’s 21st Century Marxism
This letter is in response to Steve Bloom’s February 17th article, ‘For a 21st Century Marxism.’ I’ll share responses to his piece and conclude by …
Letter: On ‘Not Very Quiet in the Western Front’
Until today, All Quiet on the Western Front was the oldest book on my Goodreads to-read list (January 2016!). When the Netflix movie came out, …
Letter: Response to Dan Lazare
The way in which Marxists in the US understand our own history, especially the period of the American Revolution and early republic, has been underdeveloped …
Letter: Join the Movement to Build a Peoples’ Senate
In it’s “Seven Points of Unity” the Marxist Unity Group includes this, describing the socialist government it envisions for the USA: “Supreme power will rest …
Letter: Our Cultural Malaise
I had ample time during the holidays to contemplate the points made by comrade Noakes in reply to both myself and comrade Manos on the …
Letter: Bryan Palmer, Trotskyism, and James Cannon
I’m not going to spend the money on a thousand-page book by Palmer. I caught him falsifying a reference in another book and wrote him …
Letter: Reply to Carp and Manos
If the letters of Christopher Carp and Patricia Manos are any indication, some readers may have confused an essay of critical reflection for an attempt …
Letter: The Fatal Flaw of Base Building
The legacy of the Base Builder trend will be discussed in some sectors for a while especially as the current left struggles to regain its …
Letter: In Search of that ‘Undead Cult of Socialist Realism’
On October 4th, 2022 NYC DSA announced a mural commission by Molly Crabapple for their lower Manhattan office. The mural bears a quote from Puerto …
Letter: Afraid to Lose, Afraid to Win: The Consequences of Success
In 2017, The Intercept headlined “Democratic Socialists of America Celebrate Record Membership in Chicago. Now What?” The mix of Sanders opening eyes to the words …