Letter: Socialism and the Democratic Party, divided forever in 2022
The first year of the Joe Biden presidency has proved his invulnerability to the American Left. As the Socialist Call correctly notes in the headline …
End of an Era: 30 Years After the Soviet Collapse
Connor, Christian and Donald sit down to discuss the collapse of the Soviet Union. They begin by situating the economic and political problems of the …
Is This Sweat, or Am I Crying?: A Worker’s History of Farm and Food in the United States
Taylor Thornburg traces the history of capitalist agriculture from its origin in English feudalism, through the development of ‘New World’ slavery and Southern sharecropping, to …
Venezuelan Communes and Dual Power
Nikolaos Dalton, responding to a recent Cosmopod episode, takes issue with the claim that Communes in Venezuela represent a form of dual power as understood …
Letters: Bordiga and the Bathwater
Daniel Melo’s recent article in Cosmonaut is rife with mentions of democracy but very few well-resolved statements of what they really mean by the term. …
Why Bordiga Got Democracy Wrong
Daniel Melo takes issue with Amadeo Bordiga’s rejection of democracy. The Italian Communist theorist Amadeo Bordiga’s seminal essay titled The Democratic Principle is one of …
On the Giving of Orders: Power and Freedom in Democratic Organizations
Dillon, Jake, Rudy and Amelia discuss the work of management consultant Mary Follett and how to use her ideas to enable democratic problem-solving and functioning …
Hunger Regime
Why does capitalism produce hunger despite the overproduction of goods? Nathan Eisenberg delves into the contours of the global food system, its political economy, and …
Plowed Under: Communist Folk-Revival and Mid-Century Suppression with Aaron J. Leonard
Donald and Jackson are joined by historian Aaron J. Leonard, author of The Folk Singers and the Bureau: The FBI, The Folk Artists and the …
The Christian Idea of the Messiah by Karl Kautsky
Donald Parkinson introduces a passage from Karl Kautksy’s Foundations of Christianity. Introduction It is no secret that, here at Cosmonaut, we believe that the early …
The History of Palestine Solidarity in the US with Michael Fischbach
Josh and Rudy join Michael Fischbach, author of Black Power and Palestine: Transnational Communities of Color and The Movement and the Middle East: How the Arab-Israeli Conflict Divided …
The Contradictions and Confusions of “Democratic Socialism”
Renzo Llorente engages with contemporary advocates of Democratic Socialism and argues that they ultimately fail to demarcate between liberal and socialist visions of democracy, resulting …
Letter: Lysenko and Epigenetics
This is a response to the letter: Letter: Lysenko is an Inaccurate Sound Bite – Cosmonaut (cosmonautmag.com) As a student of Marxism and a Master …
Where is TDU Going? The Plot Against Teamsters Reform
Edgar Esquivel takes issue with Teamsters for a Democratic Union’s endorsement of Sean O’Brien in the latest Teamsters General Executive Board election. With the lowest …