Why Bordiga Got Democracy Wrong
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 …
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The Contradictions and Confusions of “Democratic Socialism”
Renzo Llorente engages with contemporary advocates of Democratic Socialism and argues that they ultimately fail to demarcate between liberal and socialist visions of democracy, resulting …
Where is TDU Going? The Plot Against Teamsters Reform
Edgar Esquivel takes issue with Teamsters for a Democratic Union’s endorsement of Sean O’Brien in the latest Teamsters General Executive Board election. With the lowest …
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 …
Letter: Who’s dreaming?
In the past few days, Sweet Dreams of Marxist Unity, a polemic by Dani Lotand directed at the Marxist Unity Group, has been circulating among communists …
Letter: In Response to Annie S.
First, I would like to thank her for pointing to me that episode in political history when Bebel and Liebknecht opposed the Prussian war effort. That is the …
The Fight for a Marxist Program in the DSA
Donald Parkinson assesses the 2021 DSA Convention and imagines a path forward beyond its current political and strategic deadlock. Reading: Cliff Connolly. In the modern Left, …
Bismarck, Browder, Biden: Joe’s Hegemony versus Ours
Sam Miller polemicizes against the delusions of the left in the Biden administration and proclaims the necessity for a class independent approach to politics. Reading: …
Letter: Notes on the Theory of Imperialism
It is a welcome sight to see a discussion about the theory of imperialism that is able to follow rigorous and academic research instead of …
Letter: Struggle Isn’t Enough On Its Own
No Litmus Test but Class Struggle (Paul Duke’s reply to Greer’s article, itself in reply to Democratic Left) brings us back to a fundamental problem …
Letter: No Litmus Test but Class Struggle
Wylie Greer touches upon a question that the left in the US is struggling with: what to do with the white working class? He is …
Letter: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the PMC
Comrades, First, let me apologize for the title, as it is misleading, but hey, nothing like a provocative headline that gets the people going, right? …
The Worker and the Hydra: A Reply to Partisan Mag
The development of working-class consciousness requires more than struggles against the employer on the shopfloor, argues Marisa Miale. Reading: Mick Labas. The workplace is a …
Ten Theses on the Gender Question
Roxy Hall makes an intervention into debates around transgender issues, critiquing both trans liberalism and anti-trans radical feminism to stake out a position that seeks …