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 …
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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: Bloodbath of 2023
2023 is culminating in a bloodbath. Most prominently in Palestine, where the IOF is carrying out ethnic cleansing on a scale surpassing the Nakba. Meanwhile, …
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 DSA’s “Long Night”
In “The Long Night for DSA” Steven De Castro paints a new, cautiously optimistic picture of “DSA in crisis.” While I’m not sure that the …
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: Lazare and his infantile disorder
Lazare, the man who gave us such hits as “racist vigilante subway lynching is fine, actually,” asks in his December 15th letter to Cosmonaut, what did …
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 …
The Long Night for DSA
Steven De Castro analyzes the Democratic Socialists of America’s response to recent events in Palestine, as well as the generational politics at work within the …