Letter: Critique of the MUG Labor Strategy
Introduction This letter is an internal critique of the Marxist Unity Group Labor Strategy, passed at our February Membership Meeting. Unfortunately, I was not able …
Letter: Responding to Luke Pickrell on 21st Century Marxism
My thanks to Luke Pickrell for his intelligent comment on my article “For a 21st Century Marxism.” I find it surprising and encouraging that we …
For a Blue-Collar, Proletarian Socialist Movement
Ben Solidaridad argues for the centrality of the manufacturing proletariat to the modern socialist project, claiming that this section of the population carries not only …
Letter: A Gap in Marxist Unity Group’s Labor Position
I have been impressed by the ideas Marxist Unity Group has been putting forward in DSA debates for several years now. It is a shame …
Will the Teamsters Finally End Their Love Affair with UPS? A Concise History of Teamster-UPS Relations
Edgar Esquivel details the long and tumultuous history of Teamster relations with United Parcel Service, showing a story of both class collaboration and rank-and-file resistance. …
Letter: Marxist Unity Group Labor Strategy Position Paper
Organizing in the Inevitable Era “Just as British capitalism, which was also once powerful…is now on the decline, so will American capitalism, however strong it …
The People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen
Rudy, Carson, Eric and Rob sit down to talk about the only socialist state in the Arab peninsula, and arguably in the Arab world: The …
Race and Socialism: ‘People of Color’ and a ‘New’ Political Re-Alignment
Sudip Bhattacharya analyzes the multiracial voting bloc that has coalesced behind the Democratic Party under the umbrella term ‘People of Color,’ arguing that this coalition, …
Unite the Pro-Party Wing to Revolutionize the DSA!
Shuvu Bhattarai of the Marxist Unity Group outlines an overview of the recent history of DSA and finds a demarcation between pro-party and anti-party tendencies, …
Socialism With American Characteristics
Luke Pickrell and Myra Janis critique the 2019 updated party program of the Communist Party, USA, arguing that the CPUSA’s continued commitment to the Popular …
Letter: Response to Steve Bloom’s 21st Century Marxism
This letter is in response to Steve Bloom’s February 17th article, ‘For a 21st Century Marxism.’ I’ll share responses to his piece and conclude by …
Montreal is an Island: 1968 and the Black International Left with David Austin
Isaac and Jackson join David Austin, author of Fear of a Black Nation and Dread Poetry and Freedom: Linton Kwesi Johnson and the Unfinished Revolution, …
On Bordiga’s ‘Democratic Principle’
Francesco Sartor responds to last year’s debate on Italian Communist Party founder Amadeo Bordiga’s understanding of democracy with an analysis of his 1922 article ‘The …
The Rise of Revolutionary Abolitionism with Jesse Olsavsky
Cliff and Isaac join Jesse Olsavsky, author of The Most Absolute Abolition: Runaways, Vigilance Committees, and the Rise of Revolutionary Abolitionism, 1835–1861, for a discussion …