Letter: Strike Ready vs Socialism
July 5, 2023
“In 2021 the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), at their convention, passed “Resolution #5: Building Worker Power to Win Democratic Socialism: A Labor Strategy for DSA in 2021-2023” …”
Letter: Lain's Pessimism
July 3, 2023
“While I can sympathize with the sense of urgency contained in comrade Lain’s recent letter to Cosmonaut, I must agree with comrade Villarreal’s assessment of Lain’s approach as …”
Letter: The Shallow Deep State
June 18, 2023
“A recent letter from Doug Lain has attempted to criticize the left broadly for its failure to wake up to the reality of the spectacle which is being …”
Letter: UFOs, Russiagate, and the Spectacle
June 17, 2023
“Socialists who wish to create an independent political movement or party must face the degree to which we are all hemmed in by the US bureaucracy, the security …”
Letter: The Case for a Socialist Rank-and-File Teamsters Organization
June 10, 2023
“"The white collar crime syndicate known as Corporate America is hereby put on notice that the working people of America have had ENOUGH" - Teamsters General President O’Brien …”
Letter: The Goal of a Democratic Constitution Is Plan A and It’s Doing Fine
June 6, 2023
“Steve Bloom asks a number of serious and important questions about the strategy of the DSA pro-party wing in his May 31 Letter to Cosmonaut. Although centered on …”
Letter: Response to Red Labor
June 3, 2023
“Comrades Kent Kiser and Awi Blanc are correct when they charge DSA debates around the ‘party question’ with being couched in abstract and vague terms. Unfortunately, the rest …”
Letter: Time for a Plan B?
May 31, 2023
“I would like to thank Shuvu Bhattarai for the intelligent and informative article, "Unite the Pro-Party Wing to Revolutionize the DSA!" (March 3, 2023). As a revolutionary who …”
Letter: Words Won’t Slay The Hydra of Capitalism
May 26, 2023
“56 citations into Luke Pickrell’s article Marxism and the Democratic Republic and I am still scratching my head. MUG has done a fantastic job of raising the political …”
Letter: Gun Reform and Revolutionary Violence
May 23, 2023
“I’m writing this in response to conversations happening among leftists on whether or not to support common-sense gun reform in the United States. I also aim to critique …”
Letter: The Dirty Break is the Truly Realistic Strategy
May 11, 2023
“In “A Realistic Partyist Strategy: Electoral Strategy and Organized Labor,” Kent Kiser and Awi Blanc of Red Labor DSA call for a ‘clean break’ with the Democratic Party …”
Letter: "Lines of flight" for undeniable problems
May 4, 2023
“We would like to thank comrade Luke Pickrell for considering our article relevant enough to write a response. This gives us the opportunity to contribute our bit to …”
Letter: “Response to Pete Turner on Bryan Palmer, Trotskyism, and James Cannon”
May 3, 2023
“I have only recently encountered Pete Turner’s letter to Cosmonaut, “Bryan Palmer, Trotskyism, and James Cannon,” which appeared January 4, 2023. Offering a response gives me the opportunity …”
Letter: Response to McQueeney on the American Revolution
May 2, 2023
“A few words about Parker McQueeney’s letter in response to my article, “America as Conservative Democracy”: I agree with McQueeney that Marxist historiography in the United States has …”
Letter: On Sortition and Democratic Decision-making
April 30, 2023
“This letter is in response to Conquering Democracy, Abolishing Political Representation by the Cibcom Collective. I appreciated the comrades’ thought-provoking work and the opportunity to clarify my ideas …”