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Letter: Decree No. 4 and the Town Where Nothing Happened
October 26, 2025
“As Trump continues to ramp up his unchecked violence against the people along South America’s Caribbean coast, as well as an ever-widening segment of the US population, I …”
Letter: SJP UH x Houston Arms Embargo Campaign Hunger Strike
October 22, 2025
“On October 15th, 2025, Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Houston launched a hunger strike in solidarity with the great people of Gaza, who for …”
Letter: Adults in the Room?—The 2025 'Jacobin' Conference
October 15, 2025
“Last month, on Saturday, September 13, Jacobin Magazine held a day-long conference at Church in the Village, a politically progressive, combined Methodist congregation on the corner of 13th …”
Letter: “Socialist Unity?” A Principled Provocation—An Open Letter to Tom O'Brien
October 2, 2025
“Dear Tom,I’ve returned frequently to your talk “Unifying Marxism & Cybernetics,”[9de659] which you presented earlier this year at the Complex Anarchism Symposium in Brussels.The talk is a critique …”
Letter: Sufficiency, Not Efficiency—The Problem with 'Abundance'
September 29, 2025
“I found much to agree with in Marco Rosaire Rossi’s account of the liberal ‘Abundance’ movement, meaning that my present response will more resemble an improvisational “Yes, And…” …”
Letter: Political Violence is Still Politics
September 25, 2025
“Luigi Mangione. Rodney Hinton Jr. Elias Rodriguez. Tyler Robinson.A health insurance CEO. A cop. A German IDF volunteer and Israeli diplomat. A violent far-right ideologue.The last few years …”
Letter: The Shot that Serves the Masters—How the Charlie Kirk Assassination Plays into Trump’s Hands
September 15, 2025
“On September 10, 2025, Charlie Kirk was gunned down while speaking at Utah Valley University. A single bullet struck him in the neck, in front of thousands. The …”
Letter: The Importance of the Revolutionary Program
September 2, 2025
“Without a revolutionary program, there can be no revolutionary party. The program is the living document that directs all the activity of the party. It is the brain …”
Letter: How to Avoid Another AOC Situationship
August 28, 2025
“Zohran’s victory in the Democratic Party’s NYC mayoral primary has launched him into the stratosphere and made him the DSA’s new socialist superstar. Socialism is (again) said to …”
Letter: Response to Villarreal on AI
August 26, 2025
“In May, Cosmonaut published a review of our book, Why We Fear AI. Admittedly, the review (by Nico. D Villarreal) left us somewhat confused. On the one hand, …”
Letter: Capitalist Corruption and Imperialist Servitude in the US Senate
August 7, 2025
“In the decaying heart of US imperialism, where bourgeois politicians masquerade as public servants while lining their pockets with the blood money of corporations and foreign lobbies, few …”
Letter: Unequal Exchange (of Fire)
July 31, 2025
“Much discussion has followed the recent disgraceful attempt by AOC to excuse her refusal to sign on, with her colleagues Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, to a defense …”
Letter: A Disappointing Month—Mamdani After the Primary
July 30, 2025
“On July 15th, Zohran Mamdani met with leading financiers and executives at a closed-door forum organized by the Partnership for New York City (PNYC)—a business group that represents …”
Letter: Introducing Springs of Revolution
July 29, 2025
“On April 28, a group of DSA members submitted a platform for the 2025 DSA National Convention: Springs of Revolution. In less than two weeks, these resolutions became …”
Letter: On Right Wing Black Politics
July 14, 2025
“The Democrats have almost replicated philosemitism with Black people and use a caricatured image of them to push very right wing politics. The mass base of this is …”