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 …
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 …
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 …
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 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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Daniel Melo’s recent article in Cosmonaut is rife with mentions of democracy but very few well-resolved statements of what they really mean by the term. …
Daniel Melo takes issue with Amadeo Bordiga’s rejection of democracy. The Italian Communist theorist Amadeo Bordiga’s seminal essay titled The Democratic Principle is one of …