Letter: Llorente v. Schaeffer
April 8, 2022
“I've been happy to read another educational exchange from Cosmonaut, this time between Renzo Llorente and Gil Schaeffer (beginning with Llorente's Contradictions, Schaeffer's reply, and Llorente's reply to …”
Letter: 10-Point Constitution
April 5, 2022
“10-Point Constitution, Unitary People's Republic, (Centralized Democratic Republic), People's Governing Body, People’s Courts (My Political System)Written by Bābur TimuridIn short: 10PC-UPR-(CDR)-PGB-PC-(MPS)Context and PretextThis is not a description of …”
Remarks on "Towards an Organized Science"
March 20, 2022
“Very interesting article with a good overview of some of the problems related to science as it is practiced. 1. The article talks about science generally but it …”
Letter: "Down the Weapons, Now!"
March 18, 2022
“The big elephant in the room is the surrender of Ukraine to stop the massacre. This will not make Ukrainians look bad; it would save lives. Any further …”
Letter: Thoughts on Anti-War Strategy and Feelings of Helplessness
March 7, 2022
“Reading the emerging discourse around the war in the Ukraine in Cosmonaut's Letters section, I can't help but note a commonality between clashing interlocutors. Sure, there are those …”
Letter: Negotiations to End the War
March 3, 2022
“Currently, the idea is being floated that Ukraine will accept EU membership in exchange for changing the part of its constitution that fixes its goal of joining NATO. …”
Letter: On Russia and Ukraine and Geopolitical Realpolitik
March 2, 2022
“PREAMBLE Considering that it is a multipolar world, not a unipolar world of geopolitical hegemony, that has historically given class movements in multiple countries political momentum in terms …”
Letter: Regarding Gallus' The Russian "Threat to Freedom and Democracy"
March 1, 2022
“The article by Gallus The Russian “Threat to Freedom and Democracy” to me at large is not persuasive and has multiple issues at hand. Let’s start beginning - …”
Letter: The Hegemony of Humanitarian Intervention
March 1, 2022
“Quick housekeeping: I’m not in DSA. I’ve been involved in other socialist organizations like Socialist Alternative in the past, and in this letter I speak about my own …”
Letter on the Reply to "The Russian 'Threat to Freedom and Democracy'"
February 27, 2022
“In reply to the letter from Renato, RF, who unfortunately found my article “bizarre,” I would like to first of all reiterate that the threat and actuality of …”
Letter: Comments on "The Russian Threat"
February 26, 2022
“The latest article by Alexander Gallus on the Russia-Ukraine escalation and later war is a bit bizarre. Even if I agree with the conclusion, that NATO is ultimately …”
Letter: Bordiga and Democracy Redux
February 8, 2022
“My recent critique of Bordiga’s stance on democracy prompted a reader to rightly ask— if the vacuous form of liberal electoral democratic politics amounts to less than the …”
Letter: Reply to Macnair on the History of the US New Left
February 4, 2022
“Mike Macnair, in his Introduction to the new Cosmonaut book, Anti-Postone, draws parallels between the British and European New Left and the US New Left. In particular, he …”
Letter: Footnote to Miale on Base, Party and Power
January 30, 2022
“In just a few days, Marisa Miale’s most recent article in Cosmonaut has created some waves on the communist Left. Its examination of the culture of the movement …”
Letter: Strengths and Weaknesses of DSA
January 28, 2022
“To the editors of Cosmonaut, I recently read the essay "Dissolving the people and electing Another" and decided I could contribute my own thoughts on 2 topics it …”