Latest letters
Letter: Clarifications on Peirce
August 16, 2026
“I recently read your article criticizing Geese Magazine, and while I am grateful that someone has finally decided to criticize them for their (as you say) "pragmatist idealism," …”
Letter: The American Communist Party isn't Communist
August 12, 2026
“Democratic Socialism has grown rapidly as an ideology over the last decade, yet Communist-labeled politics in the United States fall out of the current framing of the Overton …”
Letter: Why is it so hard for DSA to endorse independent socialists?
August 6, 2026
“On August 4th, Kshama Sawant lost in the primary elections for Washington's 9th Congressional District, placing third behind incumbent Democrat Adam Smith and Republican Doug Basler. The chance …”
Letter: Vietnam is a Major Sponsor of World Fascism
August 4, 2026
“The views expressed in the recent article by Harmony Rodriguez of the Philadelphia Local Committee of the Multinational Communist Party are, in my view, an ideological justification for …”
Letter: Revolution Defrauded? "Democrat Tea Party", Zohran's Billionaire Backers, and Illusions of DSA Power
July 30, 2026
““Don’t judge a book by its cover!” A cute proverb? No! It is, for all who have minds to think and eyes to see, the towering declaration that …”
Letter: Ecosocialism that doesn’t address animal agriculture isn’t serious
July 27, 2026
“I was disappointed to learn the Building for Power campaign, put forward by the Green New Deal Campaign Commission of the Democratic Socialists of America, doesn’t seem to …”
Letters: A Patrimonial Bonapartist Prediction for November
July 21, 2026
“A suitable framework should help us predict what will happen, not just explain what is happening now. Over the past year, I have argued that the Trump administration …”
Letter: On Affection
July 17, 2026
“After reading both the Jacobin magazine interview with Meagen Day and Evelina Johansson Wilén on the topic of romantic love, capitalism and the family, as well as the …”
Letter: Marxist State Theory Didn't End With Lenin
July 15, 2026
“It appears my recent article in this magazine has ruffled the feathers of those who wish to, on the one hand, vulgarize and flatten the work of Lenin, …”
Letter: Anti-AOC
July 13, 2026
“Once again, the election. It is always an election year, for some. Most recently, members of the DSA have been battling over the exact form that a presidential …”
Letter: Un-Comradely Love at Jacobin Magazine
July 11, 2026
“In an article titled Romantic Love and Family Are Not the Enemy, which involved a discussion between Jacobin editor Meagan Day and Swedish gender studies academic Evalina Johansson …”
Letter: China and Marxist State Theory
July 9, 2026
“In my view, the recent article Toward a Marxist State Theory of the Socialist Market Economy, by Theryn Arnold, is not a Marxist analysis of the political-economic situation …”
Letter: Smash the Platner Left
July 7, 2026
““You’re telling me a guy who joined Blackwater in 2018 did not behave well in his personal life?”Whilst we Brits across the Atlantic have plenty of our own …”
Letter: 250 Years Is More Than Enough!
July 4, 2026
“If 50 years ago historian Jesse Lemisch could speak of “schlock” as “the Bicentennial’s most pervasive manifestation and perhaps its most enduring heritage”, today we have moved to …”
Letter: Bigger Is Not Always Better
July 2, 2026
“Nicolas Villarreal’s response to my comments on his conception of growth and degrowth is very welcome, so I would be happy to continue this exchange here. First, I …”