Letter: Remarks on the Finkelstein/Lazare Debate on Gaza
A few weeks ago, the Platypus Affiliated Society hosted a panel on the current genocide in Gaza being conducted by Israel. The panel was organized …
Daniel Lazare
Letter: On Lazare’s Mischaracterization of the Gaza Crisis
Lazare’s most recent letter, being a response to a response, et cetera, is somewhat disjointed, and any attempt to follow its own train of logic …
Letter: Another Response to Ross
I was reasonably well disposed toward Peter Ross until I reached the part of his latest letter on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in which he accuses …
Letter: On Academic Marxism, “The Masses,” and Bourgeois Nationalism
Dan Lazare sums up his analysis in the following words: “The international proletariat must defend Palestinians against the ravages of Israel, but at the same …
Letter: The Ghosts of Oradour-sur-Glane
Imagine if someone wrote a piece denouncing right-wing factions of the Maquis partisans after hearing about the Oradour-sur-Glane massacre or a screed denouncing the Yazidi …
Letter: Response to V, Ashlar, Carp, & Ross
Regarding Nicolás V, Rob Ashlar, and Christopher Carp, I think their responses to my letter of Dec. 15 are a good example of how the …
Letter: If you aren’t with the resistance, you’re a bastard
Daniel Lazare posed the question “what has Hamas achieved?” in his recent Cosmonaut letter. For starters, al-Aqsa flood reanimated the Palestinian cause with new urgency …
Letter: Response to Peter Ross’ Critique of Rob Ashlar
Your response to Rob Ashlar encapsulates everything I find detestable about the American left’s perspective on modern geopolitics. First and foremost, labeling Lazare a ‘white …
Letter: Who Are ‘The Masses’?
The terms of this debate should be made clear: in the wake of Al-Asqa Flood, should the U.S. Marxist Left (a) articulate critical support for, …
Letter: Lazarean vs. Proletarian Internationalism
Daniel Lazare seems to be more interested in defending the ideal of internationalism than in defending the Palestinians in a life or death struggle. He …
Letter: On Cosmonaut’s Supposed “Un-Marxism”
Comrades V. and Ashlar have successfully refuted much of comrade Lazare’s response to Cosmonaut’s editorial of October 15th. The following takes issue with something Lazare …
Letter: Reply to Reich Propaganda Minister Lazare
Daniel Lazare is white supremacist scum, no different than Mark Regev or Josef Goebbels. His words should warrant no response other than contempt and disdain. …
Letter: On Cosmonaut’s Palestine Editorial Statement
As an occasional Cosmonaut contributor (examples here and here), I feel obliged to respond to Cosmonaut‘s recent statement on Hamas’s horrendous Oct. 7 assault. The editorial is a …
Letter: Response to McQueeney on the American Revolution
A few words about Parker McQueeney’s letter in response to my article, “America as Conservative Democracy”: I agree with McQueeney that Marxist historiography in the United States …