More Acid Than Communism
Contrary to certain advocates of “Acid Communism”, P.H. Higgins argues that a turn towards counter-culture, consciousness-raising, and psychedelic drugs are not a means to building …
Saint Francis of Assisi by Karl Kautsky
Translation and introduction by Rida Vaquas. Karl Kautsky, to the extent his writings on religion are known at all in the English speaking world, is …
The Party, the Just City, and the Sacred Fire
Latest from Cold and Dark Stars. To pursue an emancipatory politics that can address planetary climate change, one must answer the question of “what is …
Frauen und die rote Fahne: Gender and the Destruction of the Kommunistische Partei Deutschland
Stephen Boyce argues that the KPD’s failure was due to its inability to recruit women in the masses. “Left-Wing” Communism, An Infantile Disorder was one …
#MeToo and the Man of Mystery: Understanding Evil in the Social Hell of Capital
The case of Jeffrey Epstein is symptomatic of the morally depraved social hell that the ruling class has created on this planet, writes Rosa Janis. …
The Democratic Socialist Cul-de-sac: A Critical Look at The Socialist Manifesto
Doug Enaa Greene reviews The Socialist Manifesto by Bhaskar Sunkara (New York: Basic Books, 2019). Rather than an innovative take on socialist politics for the …
Culture Beyond Capital: Art, Authenticity, and the 21st Century Workers’ Movement
The course of the twentieth century has seen art and culture become increasingly subsumed into the logic of capital. A crucial element of a base-building …
Letter: Comments on “A Critical look at the Socialist Manifesto”
I haven’t had the chance to read the manifesto yet, but the vibe I’ve gotten from Sunkara and Jacobin as a whole is front window …
Debating Electoral Strategy in the Comintern, 1920: The Bulgarian Situation
Reviewing the debates over electoral strategy at the Second Congress of the Comintern, Donald Parkinson reviews the strategies of the Bulgarian Communist Party and their …
Letter: Comments on “The Grey Tree of Post-Keynesianism and Monetarism”
Greetings, Djamil Lakhdar-Hamina’s article on Post-Keynesianism and MMT may be, I think, a tad too negative. While the criticism doesn’t go down the route of …
Considerations on the Basis of the Socio-Political, Economic and Cultural Development of the Turkic Peoples of Asia and Europe by Mirsaid Sultan Galiev
Translation and introduction by Örsan Şenalp and Asim Khairdean The below is an attempt to provide an English translation of one of the key texts of …
Communism & Republicanism
Welcome to Cosmopod. Comrades Donald, Rosa, Ian, & Parker sit down to discuss historical republicanism and its connection to the socialist movement.
Whose Democracy?: An Introduction to Oligarchy in the United States
The United States is a mockery of what democracy is supposed to be. J.R. Murray unpacks the reality of a corrupt system that is designed …
Why Define Fascism?: In Defence of Making Distinctions
Jacob Smith argues that if the left wishes to take fascism seriously we shouldn’t use the term lightly but with precision. Some weeks ago Natasha …