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The End of the End of History: COVID-19 and 21st Century Fascism
Medway Baker, March 26, 2020
Debs Bruno and Medway Baker lay out the conditions of the current crisis, the political potentials it opens up, and the need for a socialist program to pave a path forward. Read Article.
Freedom in Death: Liberalism and the Apocalypse
Medway Baker, April 14, 2020
Medway Baker calls for uncompromising faith in the cause of communism in the face of a capitalist civilization that is destroying humanity. Read Article.
Toward the Mass Strike: Interview with Two Southern Organizers
Marisa Miale, April 29, 2020
Marisa Miale interviews Kali Akuno and Adam Ryan, labor organizers in the south, on class struggle in the era of COVID-19. Read more about Cooperation Jackson here and Target Workers Unite here. Read Article.
COVID, Capitalism, and Genocide
Alyson Escalante, September 4, 2021
Is the current legal definition of genocide useful for Marxists? Alyson Escalante unpacks the history behind the concept as it is currently understood and argues that a Marxist understanding of genocide must move beyond legalistic bourgeois definitions that rely on intent and look at the realities of systemic dispossession and extermination. Read Article.
COVID's Hidden Cost: Why Living With the Virus is Not An Option
William Silversmith, December 11, 2021
William Silversmith looks at and summarizes the recent scientific and medical literature regarding COVID and its long-term effects, specifically those related to brain performance. Using the basis of the precautionary principle, he argues that the COVID is not something we can passively live with - it must be stamped out. Read Article.
Manifesto for Post-Pandemic Politics
Conrad Hamilton, April 2, 2022
Manifesto for Post-Pandemic Politics was first published by &&&, the journal for the New Centre for Research & Practice, on November 11, 2021. It is re-published here, with a special addendum for Cosmonaut, so as to coincide with the Platypus International Convention 2022--an event which will also be exploring the idiom of "post-pandemic politics," and will feature a presentation by Manifesto co-author Conrad Hamilton. Read Article.
Africa, a Health Crisis, and Intellectual Property: On decolonization and Intellectual Autonomy
Otobong Inieke, May 31, 2022
Otobong Inieke lays out the obstacles facing the development of an independent and self-reliant African public health infrastructure. Read Article.
