Unmasking Social Construction with Djamil Lakhdar
Donald and Rudy are joined by Djamil Lakhdar to discuss Ian Hacking’s book The Social Construction of What?. Written during the “science wars”, Hacking intervenes …
The Materialism of Warm-Stream Marxism: Ernst Bloch on Ibn Sina
Daniel Tutt writes on German Marxist Ernst Bloch’s engagement with the Islamic scholar Ibn Sina and its potential for revitalizing materialist philosophy. The Marxist philosopher …
Protests, Guerillas and Revolution in Iran with Yassamine Mather
Donald and Lydia interview Yassamine Mather, former Fedayeen (minority) guerrilla fighter, chair of the Hands off the People of Iran coalition and editor of Critique. The …
Letter to the Socialists, Old and New
Chris Townsend is a socialist and veteran of the labor movement, currently a member of Marxist Center and director of field mobilization for Amalgamated Transit …
Letter: The Spontaneous Philosophy of scientists
Dear Comrades, Just discovered your site and listened to the discussion on The Spontaneous Philosophy of the Scientists. This text is an old favorite of mine; …
Letter: Comment on “Food, Capitalism and the Necessity of a Socialist Program”
Greetings, [This letter is partly a constructive criticism of a July article submitted by Katie Paige, Kelly Alana, and Renato Flores, but may not be …
Of Course Labor Law Advances the Class Struggle
Anton Johannsen argues that labor law is a terrain of class struggle that can only be ignored at our own peril. Nick Walter, labor organizer, …
Spontaneous Philosophy in Science and Activism
The Cosmonaut crew sits down to discuss Althusser’s Lectures on Spontaneous Philosophy of the Scientists. We historically situate the text and talk about Althusser’s conception of …
Letter: On Cheese
I’ve written a couple articles for Cosmonaut on Jewish things but by trade I’m a cheesemonger, so I read with interest the recent article on …
Food, Capitalism and the Necessity of a Socialist Program
Capitalist food production is based on ecological destruction, imperialism, inhumane labor practices, and the degradation of human health. A socialist program that guarantees healthy food …
Beyond Work? The Shortcomings of Post-Work Politics
Mikael Lyngaas argues that post-work theorists ranging from Bob Black to Srnicek and Williams are utopian socialism for the current era. Reading: Sam Wiles. In 1845, Karl …
Letter: On Police Reform and Abolition
[What follows has been inspired by political anger of sorts. This is aimed at police problems that have come to the forefront, due to personally …
Prefiguration and (Cosmic) Utopia with A. M. Gittlitz
Remi and Rudy welcome A. M. Gittlitz, the author of I Want to Believe: J. Posadas, UFOs and Apocalypse Communism and producers of The Antifada …
The Dialectic of Assimilation
How have Jews in the US have gone from an unwelcome immigrant group prone to left-wing radicalism to Zionists and beneficiaries of whiteness? Lane Silberstein …