On Bordiga’s ‘Democratic Principle’
Francesco Sartor responds to last year’s debate on Italian Communist Party founder Amadeo Bordiga’s understanding of democracy with an analysis of his 1922 article ‘The …
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The Necessity of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat: a Litmus Test for Marxism
Teo Velissaris provides an exposition on the dictatorship of the proletariat, arguing that it remains a conceptually necessary element to any Marxist understanding of socialism …
Letter: Questions About Democracy
I’ve been a longtime reader of your publication, and a longtime aspiring socialist. I find the political program advocated by the Marxist Unity Group to …
On the Democratic Republic, Working-Class Rule, Dictatorship, and Reconstruction
Gil Schaeffer responds to letters from Renzo Llorente, Abner Dalrymple, and R. A. on the question of liberal-democratic rights. In my 5/8/2022 reply to Père …
From Paris to Petrograd: State and Revolution in Practice
Parker, James, Rudy and Cliff join for a discussion on the context of Lenin’s State and Revolution, and how those ideas were applied in the …
The Long Crisis of Democracy
The following is an excerpted version of a piece authored by NYC-DSA members Marvin González and M. Fleischman in response to Warren Montag’s 2021 article “The …
Letter: Schaeffer Answers Père Duchesne’s Questions About the Relationship Between Liberalism and Democracy
My 2/5/2022 response to Renzo Lorente’s article of 12/19/2021 has prompted a reply by Llorente himself and letters from Abner Dalrymple, R. A., and Le …
Letter: Llorente vs Schaeffer: Liberalism, Democracy and Dictatorship
Comrades, I’ve followed with interest the debate on democracy and socialism between Renzo Llorente and Gil Schaeffer, as well as the letter contributions, in Cosmonaut. …
Audiobook of Karl Kautsky’s texts on Republicanism and Democracy translated by Ben Lewis
This is an ongoing project to narrate Ben Lewis’s translation of Karl Kautksy´s texts on Republicanism and Democracy. The full audiobook is currently in production …
Letter: Schaeffer v. History: Some Facts about the Ku-Klux
I have been following the Llorente v. Schaeffer debate with some interest, particularly the brief discussion of Reconstruction. Those who know me, know that I …
Letter: Llorente v. Schaeffer
I’ve been happy to read another educational exchange from Cosmonaut, this time between Renzo Llorente and Gil Schaeffer (beginning with Llorente’s Contradictions, Schaeffer’s reply, and …
Endless Muddle: Gil Schaeffer on Democracy, Socialism and Liberal-Democratic Rights
Renzo Llorente critically responds to Gil Schaeffer’s views on democratic rights and socialism. At the end of last year, Cosmonaut published my article “The Contradictions …
Letter: Bordiga and Democracy Redux
My recent critique of Bordiga’s stance on democracy prompted a reader to rightly ask— if the vacuous form of liberal electoral democratic politics amounts to …
Democratic Rights and Socialism: The Confusions and Contradictions of Renzo Llorente
Gil Schaeffer responds to Renzo Llorente’s “The Contradictions and Confusions of ‘Democratic Socialism” and argues that socialists need to base their politics on a coherent …