Latest letters
Letter: Regarding the Case of Argentina
September 5, 2026
“I was happy to see some serious engagement with my political economy research by The Inner Moon in a recent article for Cosmonaut. However, I did want to …”
Letter: Lenin's Sincerity
September 2, 2026
“I’m very grateful for Anthony Teso’s response to my article, and I honestly think it’s a highly useful addendum to my historiographical sketch. Teso raises an important and …”
Letter: "Who Paid The Piper...", "Black Marxism", and What Kind of Marxism Do We Want?
August 31, 2026
“Donald Parkinson and Gary Levi have opened and closed the summer season with columns that talk about the opposite side of the same coin.My question on the Nimtz/Robinson …”
Letter: The Context and its Alibi
August 27, 2026
“Kevin Naughton has accurately portrayed much of what he seeks to demonstrate in his essay, and the essay is worthwhile reading simply due to the genealogical aspects. Naughton …”
Letter: Populism and political principle
August 25, 2026
“Another day, another Geese article driving discussion. I agree with their article “AOC and Zohran are wrong about “Woke 1” on two key counts:We must be full-fledged in …”
Letter: Anticipation of Criticism
August 22, 2026
“In my last piece, I formulated and criticized Geese’s peculiar form of idealism, which I dubbed “pragmatic idealism,” i.e., idealism about practice, the belief that everything is human …”
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, …”