Letter: Struggle Isn't Enough On Its Own
September 27, 2021
“No Litmus Test but Class Struggle (Paul Duke's reply to Greer's article, itself in reply to Democratic Left) brings us back to a fundamental problem for any progressive …”
Letter: No Litmus Test but Class Struggle
September 26, 2021
“Wylie Greer touches upon a question that the left in the US is struggling with: what to do with the white working class? He is responding to an …”
Letter: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the PMC
September 10, 2021
“Comrades, First, let me apologize for the title, as it is misleading, but hey, nothing like a provocative headline that gets the people going, right? The recent letter …”
Letter: It's the PMC, Silly
September 5, 2021
“I found Renato Flore's article "The Procedural is Political" to make some important points. But I found it even more frustrating, if only because it edges upon what …”
Letter: Comments on "Addiction is not a Crime"
July 31, 2021
“Dear Cosmonaut Editors, I'm an anti-prohibition activist and I just finished, "Addiction is not a crime." There were many things I liked about it, but also several aspects …”
Letter: On Constitutionalism
July 27, 2021
“In recent months, Cosmonaut has published several articles on the centrality of the fight for a new Constitution. These articles have seen their fair share of online engagement, …”
Letter: Caution about Crisis Theory
July 19, 2021
“I greatly enjoyed Ted Reese's article on Henryk Grossman, a Marxist thinker who I also believe deserves more attention today. I'm very much open to the idea that …”
Letter: For a Maximum Program
June 28, 2021
“Donald Parkinson’s essay on the “Revolutionary Minimum/Maximum programme” reopens the debate that took place amongst English-speaking Social Democrats at the turn of the 20th century as to whether …”
Letter: Against Bohmian Mechanics
June 24, 2021
“Our recent podcast “Dialectical Materialism, Marxist Realism and Quantum Mechanics” received some pushback in the form of Facebook comments, where it was claimed that we fell into idealism …”
Letter: On Frontism
June 17, 2021
“Good evening, I am a reader from Portugal, and while reading your many articles that try to answer the eternal question of "What is it to be done?", …”
Letter: Bohmian Mechanics
June 15, 2021
“I listened to your podcast titled “Dialectical Materialism, Marxist Realism and Quantum Mechanics" and would like to clarify some confusion about Bohmian mechanics. The Bohmian or ontological interpretation …”
Letter: Marxism, Science and Exegesis
May 18, 2021
“What is the proper relationship between science and textual exegesis in Marxism? What does it mean to uphold one at the expense of the other? Comrade Magsalin’s piece, …”
Letter: Comments on Yaffe's statements about Cuban Democracy
May 12, 2021
“In a recent podcast, Helen Yaffe’s claims about the virtues of Cuban democracy paint a one-sided picture of the amount of choice available to Cubans. One can praise …”
Letter: Let us welcome a modern Marxist critique of anarchism!
May 4, 2021
“I thank kasamang Renato Flores for their thoughtful letter to the editors of Cosmonaut, “Anarchism and the Necessity of a Modern Critique.” As some angry commentators have indeed …”
Letter: Anarchism and the Necessity of a Modern Critique
May 2, 2021
“First of all, I thank Comrade Magsalin for writing his piece on exegetical and scientific traditions in Marxism. While I do not necessarily agree with him on everything, …”