No End in Sight: On the War in Ukraine
Alexander Gallus pushes against the haze of propaganda to assess the current course of the war between Ukraine and Russia. Daily headlines over the past …
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Letter: The Hegemony of Humanitarian Intervention
Quick housekeeping: I’m not in DSA. I’ve been involved in other socialist organizations like Socialist Alternative in the past, and in this letter I speak …
The Russian “Threat to Freedom and Democracy”
Alexander Gallus takes a closer look at the developments leading up to this week’s dramatic events and offers some explanations for how we got to …
On the Road to Power: A Conversation on Revolutionary Strategy in the USA
Katja and Jakob, based in Germany, have a discussion with our editor Alexander Gallus on a number of different issues, ranging from DSA and the Marxist …
The Introduction of Cybernetics in the GDR by Jérôme Segal
Translation and introduction by Alexander Gallus. The reputation and legacy of cybernetics throughout the history of so-called AES/state socialist countries was fraught with controversy. The …
From Ruins to Ruins in East Germany
Alex, Rudy and Christian sit down to discuss the history of the German Democratic Republic from its foundation atop the ruins of WW2 to the …
Christianity and the Revolutionary Origins of the Jesus Movement
Lydia Apolinar, Alexander Gallus, and Ryan Tool pay tribute to the revolutionary and plebeian origins of Christianity. A total of 2 billion people will celebrate …
The Historic Accomplishment of Karl Marx by Karl Kautsky
Translation and introduction by Alexander Gallus. Buy a print copy here. Karl Kautsky lived and wrote in a world and time when the growing organizational …
Cosmonaut Press presents ‘The Historic Accomplishment of Karl Marx’ by Karl Kautsky
Cosmonaut Magazine is delighted to announce the publication of Cosmonaut Press’s inaugural book, The Historic Accomplishment of Karl Marx by Karl Kautsky, translated and with …
The fight for a better end of the world
Join our round table where we listen to on-the-ground reports from our writers and comrades of the protests around the country, how they were organized, …
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 …
Insurrection and Defeat in Bavaria, 1918–19 (Part 2)
Alexander Gallus concludes his saga on the Bavarian Soviet Republic and tries to draw political lessons from its failures. The leader of the Bavarian November …
Conciliation and Insurrection in Bavaria 1918–19 (Part 1)
What political lessons can be learned from the failed Bavarian Soviet Republic? Alexander Gallus takes a deep dive into the history of this famous moment …