Marx, Faraday, and the Spectral Objectivity of Value
What can Victorian table-turning tell us about Marx’s theory of value? Ian Wright investigates. The “Gypsy” Table In the early 1980s, my grandparents lived in …
Letter: On Lazare’s Mischaracterization of the Gaza Crisis
Lazare’s most recent letter, being a response to a response, et cetera, is somewhat disjointed, and any attempt to follow its own train of logic …
Seeds of Power: The Global Food System and The Green Revolution with Raj Patel
Rudy joins Raj Patel for a discussion on the global food system. We discuss how food serves as a powerful educational tool, the paradox of …
End of the Line
Javier Clark illustrates the contemporary social production of “non-subjects” and the conditions under which they evade traditional revolutionary formulae. Not even a dry statistic can …
Letter: Some Schemes Are Good
Comrade Bloom’s “The Struggle for a ‘Democratic Socialist Republic’ and the dictatorship of the proletariat” makes the argument that the Marxist Unity Group has a …
Monotheism and Struggle: The Story of Iraqi Insurgency (2003-04)
In the first of a multi-part series, Rob Ashlar surveys the history of Iraqi Insurgency from 1990 to 2004. Author’s Note: Page numbers in each …
Captives: the History of Rikers Island and New York City with Jarrod Shanahan
Isaac and Jack join Jarrod Shanahan, an activist, educator, and the author of Captives: How Rikers Island Took New York City Hostage, for a wide-ranging …
Sean O’Brien’s Pro-Business Unionism
Edgar Esquivel tells the story of how Sean O’Brien failed to end the Teamsters’ love affair with UPS. On July 25th, in an unprecedented turn …
Citizen Marx: Republicanism and the Formation of Karl Marx’s Social and Political Thought with Bruno Leipold
Donald and Luke talk with Bruno Leipold about his forthcoming book, Citizen Marx: Republicanism and the Formation of Karl Marx’s Social and Political Thought. Bruno …
Letter: Another Response to Ross
I was reasonably well disposed toward Peter Ross until I reached the part of his latest letter on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in which he accuses …
Blue Star Over Chicago
MUG Members Aliyah VanPelt & Luke Pickrell reflect on the 2023 DSA Convention. Marxist Unity Group members pose for a group photo in front of …
Marxist Unity Group Debate On The “Democratic Republic”
The following three short articles by Luke Pickrell, Edward Varda, and Gil Schaeffer represent a recent debate on the democratic republic, political agitation, the minimum-maximum …
Letter: Plant the Flag
I hope to convince others about the necessity of a democratic constitution based on one person, one equal vote. I’m confident that the election year …
Letter: On Academic Marxism, “The Masses,” and Bourgeois Nationalism
Dan Lazare sums up his analysis in the following words: “The international proletariat must defend Palestinians against the ravages of Israel, but at the same …