Letter: An Art of Our Own
Just over a week ago, Cosmonaut published a piece by a comrade Christian Noakes, in which the comrade attempted to critique what they believe to …
Letters
Letter: On “Eat The Rich,” MAGACommunism, Carl Schmitt, and the Rehabilitation of Ferdinand Lasalle
What do “Eat the Rich,” MAGACommunism, and Carl Schmitt have in common? At face value, they don’t have anything in common. “Eat The Rich” is …
Letter: Democracy, Revolution, and Settler Colonies
I was very pleased to see Jake from Minnesota’s recent letter in response to the first article in the labor aristocracy series. It offers some …
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 …
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 …