The U.S. Constitution and the Struggle for Democracy with Robert Ovetz
Luke and Donald join Robert Ovetz, author of We the Elites: Why the Constitution Serves the Few, for a discussion on the Constitution as a …
Letter: Lain’s Pessimism
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 …
Red Pride
Glen Hardie reflects on the way in which the work of communist activist and Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) co-founder Mark Ashton is …
Where Lies the New Moment?: Wang Hui and the Retreat From Class
Matthew Strupp traces and critiques the intellectual trajectory of Chinese ‘New Left’ philosopher Wang Hui. Introduction Wang Hui is one of the most widely discussed …
The People’s Republic of Mozambique with Colin Darch
Rudy joins Colin Darch, author of several books on Mozambique and curator of Mozambique History Net for a discussion on Mozambique from the colonial period …
The Slogan of Our Time
Talking about socialism in the abstract is not enough, argues Luke Pickrell. We need a roadmap, and the slogan of the Democratic Republic shows the …
Letter: The Shallow Deep State
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 …
Letter: UFOs, Russiagate, and the Spectacle
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 …
Cop City or People’s City? Atlanta at the Crossroads
S.A. Reed reports on the June 5th protest against Cop City in Atlanta and offers a potential path forward for the movement against the U.S. …
Science and Democratic Management
Amelia Davenport provides a brief overview of left-wing approaches to scientific management and argues that this field of inquiry should be embraced by socialist labor …
The People’s Republic of Bulgaria: From the Fields to the Cyberstars with Victor Petrov
Rudy joins Victor Petrov, author of Balkan Cyberia: Cold War Computing, Bulgarian Modernization, and the Information Age behind the Iron Curtain for a discussion on …
Letter: The Case for a Socialist Rank-and-File Teamsters Organization
“The white collar crime syndicate known as Corporate America is hereby put on notice that the working people of America have had ENOUGH” – Teamsters …
Che and Mao: Revolution Within the Revolution?
In deconstructing the lives and legacies of Che Guevara and Mao Zedong, Doug Enaa Greene traces a shared thread of revolutionary opposition to Stalinist dogmatism. …
Letter: The Goal of a Democratic Constitution Is Plan A and It’s Doing Fine
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. …