Is This the Left that Jacobin Wants?: Chris Maisano’s Perilous Drift Towards Post-Marxism
A recent Jacobin piece by Chris Maisano argues that building “a Left that matters” requires focusing on Democratic Party electoral work, but we must be …
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The Art of Organizing by Karl Kilbom
Translation and introduction by Tom Anderson. For sake of brevity, certain sections of this handbook have been left out as they are of little interest …
The Collective Mind
Jean Allen responds to Amelia Davenport, continuing the debate on scientific management. Introduction In comrade Davenport’s Organizing For Power, she notes a central problem with …
Organizing our Organizations
Amelia, Jake, Steve and Rudy sit down for a discussion of what experiences in organizing brought them to be interested in Cybernetics and Beer’s viable …
Party and Subject: A Reply to Donald Parkinson
Taylor B continues the debate on political subjectivity, revolutionary strategy and the party-form, responding to Donald Parkinson’s Without a Party, We Have Nothing. When replying to …
Revolutionary Discipline and Sobriety
Cliff Connolly argues for a culture of sobriety within our organizations, drawing from the example of Austrian Socialism. Reading: Cliff Connolly. “The revolution demands concentration, increase …
Of Course Labor Law Advances the Class Struggle
Anton Johannsen argues that labor law is a terrain of class struggle that can only be ignored at our own peril. Nick Walter, labor organizer, …
Structuring the Party: The Case of the DSA
Diego AM explores the organization conundrums of the modern left, looking at the Democratic Socialists of America and the alternatives proposed by base-builders and Maoists. …
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 Past and Future of Socialist Labor with Adolph Reed and Ed Bruno
In this special edition of Cosmopod’s ongoing labor interview and history series, Remi is joined by two legends of the US socialist labor scene: Adolph …
A Critical History of Management Thought
Can capitalist management thought provide solutions to the problems of the socialist movement? Jean Allen urges doubt and skepticism in this critical review of Morgan …
Toward the Mass Strike: Interview with Two Southern Organizers
Marisa Miale interviews Kali Akuno and Adam Ryan, labor organizers in the south, on class struggle in the era of COVID-19. Read more about Cooperation …
Join the Struggle at Amazon!
Committed revolutionaries: get a job at Amazon and help us build working-class power! A global crisis is unfolding and the left must seize the moment. …
The Need for Organizations that Organize
Ben Reynolds responds to Chris Koch’s The Need for Agitational Organizations. In a recent article titled ‘The Need for Agitational Organization’ Chris Koch argues that …