Letter: Our Cultural Malaise
I had ample time during the holidays to contemplate the points made by comrade Noakes in reply to both myself and comrade Manos on the …
Christian Noakes
Letter: Reply to Carp and Manos
If the letters of Christopher Carp and Patricia Manos are any indication, some readers may have confused an essay of critical reflection for an attempt …
Letter: In Search of that ‘Undead Cult of Socialist Realism’
On October 4th, 2022 NYC DSA announced a mural commission by Molly Crabapple for their lower Manhattan office. The mural bears a quote from Puerto …
Letter: An Art of Our Own
Just over a week ago, Cosmonaut published a piece by a comrade Christian Noakes, in which the comrade attempted to critique what they believe to …
Against the Undead Cult of Socialist Realism
Christian Noakes takes aim at nostalgic mobilizations of socialist realist visual art, arguing that U.S. socialists must both become more familiar with socialist art made …
Alienation and Social Reproduction among the Subaltern
Christian Noakes argues that the theoretical work of Antonio Gramsci, put in historical context, can help us understand the issues of sectarianism among oppressed groups …