Slavoj Žižek and the Politics of Abstract Negativity
Yanis Iqbal breaks down Slavoj Žižek’s philosophical narrative of abstract negativity, revealing it to be politically disabling and epistemologically reductive. Almandrade, The value and the …
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Towards a Marxist Stance on Electoralism
Assessing the foundational Marxist canon and the contemporary US landscape, Bluebird argues for strategic participation in Bourgeois elections to advance a revolutionary agenda and the …
Letter: Democratic Revolution and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, a Response to Steve Bloom
This letter is an attempt to intervene in some of the debates originating from Steve Bloom’s articles late last year, first polemicizing against Marxist Unity …
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 …
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: Response to Steve Bloom
Comrade Bloom has written an interesting article, and I will do my best to address some of the points of contention he has offered. First, …
Two Myths About the Working Class
Joshua Lew McDermott asserts that two primary myths about the working class, that of the industrialized and the formalized proletariat, are misconceptual elements seriously undermining …
Strategic Solidarity with Palestine— Now More than Ever
Steve Bloom assesses recent events in the Palestine-Israel conflict and calls for global solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for liberation. Introductory note: Many of us …
Marxist Unity Perspectives 2023
Published below are the tasks and perspectives ratified by the Marxist Unity Group at its 2023 congress, outlining the collective tasks and positions of the …
Dialectical-Strategic Practice and the Struggle-Against-Capitalism
Robert Latham theorizes a renewed approach to strategy and counter-strategy that could cohere the fragmented left in an era of geopolitical upheaval. Richard Mudariki, Africa’s …
Class Struggle: The Role of Democratic Socialism in Higher Education
Elia Newsom discusses the contemporary political economy of U.S. academia and proposes a strategy for socialist educators in higher education. Introduction In my last article …
More or Less Erfurt? The CPGB’s 1939 Draft Programme
Lawrence Parker details the history of and reception to the document which, he argues, drew upon “disgraced” figures such as Kautsky and Bukharin and captured …