Remembering Noel Ignatiev
Gus Breslauer commemorates Noel Ignatiev, a communist and race abolitionist who died this month while leaving behind a legacy that should serve as an inspiration …
Which Side Are You On?: The Challenge of the 1974 Ethiopian Revolution
The Ethiopian Revolution teaches modern leftists an important lesson about international solidarity, argues Ian Scott Horst. Way back in 1848, the young Karl Marx and …
Carrying the Burden of Communist Man
Donald Parkinson weighs in how communists should relate to our difficult history. We can neither be in denial of our failures or refuse to own …
“How Wearisome Eternity”: A review of ‘Capital is Dead’ by McKenzie Wark
Colin Drumm reviews McKenzie Wark’s latest book, ‘Capital Is Dead: Is This Something Worse’ (Verso Books, October 2019). “How wearisome / Eternity so spent in …
“Socially Organized Society: Socialist Society” by Alexander Bogdanov
Introduction by Amelia Davenport. From A Short Course of Economic Science. What is Socialism? Is it the abolition of the state, the abolition of Value …
Degrees of Kevin Bacon from the PKK
Remi and Guy, a multi-tour volunteer foreign fighter in the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, sit down for an extended interview around the …
Criticism and Self-Criticism: Red Guards or Iron Guards?
As socialists, we need to have each other’s backs. We all have our differences and they are often of a serious nature. Yet in the …
Reparations and Self-Determination: Loosening the Black-Belt
Renato Flores argues for self-determination and reparations for Black Americans as a key part of the revolutionary struggle in the USA. Reading: Robert Fish. I …
Letter: Your recent essay
Your recent essay “Building Unity Between Marxists and the Oppressed” is a piece of reactionary social-fascist garbage. By legitimating the Amerikkkan state and sham democracy …
A Conversation on the DSA Convention
Parker and Donald discuss last month’s DSA convention, of which Parker was a delegate.
For the Unity of Marxists with the Dispossessed: The Bolsheviks and the State, 1912-1917
A reply by Medway Baker to Sophia Burns’ article For the Unity of Marxists, or the Unity of the Dispossessed?. In a previous article, Comrade …
Incels, Housewives, and the Workers’ Republic
Rosa Janis responds to Amber A’Lee Frost’s recent article “Andrew Yang and the Failson Mystique,” arguing for a socialist vision that looks beyond UBI liberalism …
Speech On Environmental Protections by Karl Liebknecht
Translation and Introduction by Rida Vaquas. This speech was delivered in 1912 to the Prussian House of Deputies in response to a proposal by the …
Historiography Wars: The French Revolution
Historiographical debates around the French Revolution are ultimately political debates, not just debates about the facts. Donald Parkinson argues for revitalizing the tradition of the …