Kautsky, Lenin, and the Transition to Socialism: A Reply to Eric Blanc
Mike Taber weighs in on the Kautsky debate happening at Jacobin Magazine, responding to Eric Blanc’s text Why Kautsky Was Right (and why you should …
Michael Harrington and His Afterlives
Doug Enaa Greene gives an overview and critique of the political journey of Michael Harrington, founder of the Democratic Socialist of America, and his influence …
Gracchus Babeuf: From Jacobin to Communist
Matthew Strupp looks at the transformation of the French revolutionary Gracchus Babeuf from Feudiste to Jacobin to one of the first Revolutionary Communists. “The French …
No Replacement For The Marxist Theory Of Revolution
Gabriel Radic argues that various attempts in academia to develop theories of revolution as alternatives to Marx’s theory of revolution and historical materialism only serve …
What’s At Stake in the Democratic Socialists of America?
Jean Allen discusses the factional infighting in the DSA and it what it says about the organization at large. On Friday February 8 the steering …
Profits Beyond Reason and Reason Beyond Profits
Is the economic calculation problem a valid argument against planned economies? Max Black argues that this so-called problem is based on flawed reasoning and that …
LaRouche: A Warning For Us All
Donald Parkinson argues the seeds of what Lyndon LaRouche would become were present from the very beginnings of his organization in this analysis of the …
Opposition to Unity and Unity of Opposition: Spain and the POUM
The experience of the POUM in Spain demonstrates the importance of Marxist unity and the dangers of Popular Fronts, writes Finlay Gilmour. “It is the …
New Perspectives On Popular Struggle in Venezuela Against Intervention
Our comrade from Venezuela provides us with another dispatch, giving a strategic view on the situation arguing that a defensive war against imperialism must be …
Building Camaraderie in the CPUSA, 1930-1950
Josh Morris investigates how the Communist Party USA created a sense of camaraderie in its organizing efforts between members, looking at how both circumstances forced …
The Democratic Bolshevik
Alexander Gallus reviews Ilona Duczyńska’s German language book ‘The Democratic Bolshevik’ which explores the socialist experiment of Red Vienna and its failure to defend itself …
No Bernie
One of the major political questions facing the Democratic Socialists of America in the near future is how to relate to Bernie Sanders’ recently announced …
Early American Socialism and the Poverty of Colorblind Marxism
The history of early American Marxism is one of a failed colorblind politics that was incapable of organizing the proletariat in post-Reconstruction United States, argues …
A Left-Wing History of the Republican Party
Radical Republicanism was a predecessor to Marxism in the United States with its critiques of slavery and wage labor. M.A. Iasilli takes a look at its …