Letter: Questions About Democracy
I’ve been a longtime reader of your publication, and a longtime aspiring socialist. I find the political program advocated by the Marxist Unity Group to …
Letters
Letter: On Halloween Now and Forever
While I applaud the recent attempt to give a political analysis of the Halloween films, I take issue with how this analysis is not supported …
Letter: Relations of Production; On Socialist Planning and Capitalist Crisis
R Ashlar’s most recent letter complains that I am unfair in saying that the simple identification of planning with socialism opens the door to social …
Letter: Finding Out What To Stand For
A few months ago, I wrote an article summarising my experiences in the base building milieu and trying to understand why we had reached an …
Letter: Some Points on the Capitalist Economy
I’m glad to see Nat Winn’s response to my letter, but disappointed by his confusion over my own views regarding socialism. I’m not sure what …
Letter: In Defense of Good History
I’m happy to see J.A. Mann’s recent defense of Philip Foner, whose work, though not without its flaws (especially regarding the Indigenous), remains hugely valuable …
Letter: Planning to Establish Socialist Relations of Production
This Socialism is the declaration of the permanence of the revolution, the class dictatorship of the proletariat as the necessary transit point to the abolition …
Letter: Some Points on Planning
Nat Winn’s recent letter discusses economic planning, which is a welcome return to one of socialism’s greatest ‘problems.’ Unfortunately, his argument suffers from a number …
Letter: A Reconsideration of Surplus Value, Machines, and Profit
Dear Cosmonaut Magazine, You recently published my letter in your magazine, in which I criticized Marx’s theory of profit and surplus value along the lines …
Letter: Balances, Supercomputers, Mao, and Socialist Planning
A response to Glushkov and His Ideas: Cybernetics of the Future by Vasiliy Pikhorovich. “A plan is an ideological form. Ideology is a reflection of …
Letter: Clear Politics in an Ambiguous Scenario, The Conundrum of Ukraine for Socialists
Donald Parkinson has written a strong response to a recent piece on the war in Ukraine. I concur with his emphasis on the need for …
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 …
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, …