For a Socialist Party, not a Progressive Ecosystem
Drawing from recent experiences in the Cleveland Left, Alek Nielsen argues that the DSA must make a decisive break from a progressive ecosystem model of …
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Which Way, CPUSA?
Has the CPUSA truly rid itself of its past loyalty to the US Constitution? Luke Pickrell and Myra Janis cast doubt. Socialism with American Characteristics …
Letter: Communism as transformative revolution
Response to Simoun Magsalin‘s letter. Any critique of communist concepts should be warmly embraced. A communist ought to view criticism as a chance to refine …
Letter: New Communism or New Vulgarism?
If communism is to mean anything, it means a qualitatively different kind of life from what we currently have in our current society. Communism is …
In Defense of Bolshevism: Hal Draper and the Spectre of the Socialist Petty Bourgeoisie
Henry De Groot argues that the ideas of Hal Draper, influential throughout the US left, are an obstacle to socialist labor strategy. DSA members have …
Letter: How the Working Class Finds Universality
Doug Lain, in his recent response to our ongoing discussion on the correct Marxist relationship to the existing bourgeois state and civil society, has doubled …
Dueling Slogans
Henry De Groot argues against the “ultra-political” tendency that forefronts agitation for the democratic republic. On Absurdity I am grateful to Luke Pickrell’s engagement (“The …
The Slogan of Our Time
Talking about socialism in the abstract is not enough, argues Luke Pickrell. We need a roadmap, and the slogan of the Democratic Republic shows the …
Letter: The Goal of a Democratic Constitution Is Plan A and It’s Doing Fine
Steve Bloom asks a number of serious and important questions about the strategy of the DSA pro-party wing in his May 31 Letter to Cosmonaut. …
Letter: Response to Red Labor
Comrades Kent Kiser and Awi Blanc are correct when they charge DSA debates around the ‘party question’ with being couched in abstract and vague terms. …
Letter: Time for a Plan B?
I would like to thank Shuvu Bhattarai for the intelligent and informative article, “Unite the Pro-Party Wing to Revolutionize the DSA!” (March 3, 2023). As …
On the Class Point of View and the Rule of Law
Gil Schaeffer responds to Anton Johannsen, arguing that socialists cannot be indifferent to the principle of equality under law. Anton Johannsen’s Trump, the Rule of …
Conquering Democracy, Abolishing Political Representation
The Cibcom Collective argues that Communist society will require an overcoming of political representation in favor of forms of direct democracy like sortition and referendum. …
For a Blue-Collar, Proletarian Socialist Movement
Ben Solidaridad argues for the centrality of the manufacturing proletariat to the modern socialist project, claiming that this section of the population carries not only …