The Counterinsurgency State by Ruy Mauro Marini
To commemorate the anniversary of Salvador Allende’s death and the fall of Chile’s Popular Unity government, we present this analysis of reactionary military governments in …
Renato Flores
Letter: It’s the PMC, Silly
I found Renato Flore’s article “The Procedural is Political” to make some important points. But I found it even more frustrating, if only because it …
The Procedural is Political
Renato Flores argues for a culture shift around meeting procedures that takes into account differing backgrounds to make our organizing spaces more accessible to everyone …
Letter: On Constitutionalism
In recent months, Cosmonaut has published several articles on the centrality of the fight for a new Constitution. These articles have seen their fair share …
Letter: Against Bohmian Mechanics
Our recent podcast “Dialectical Materialism, Marxist Realism and Quantum Mechanics” received some pushback in the form of Facebook comments, where it was claimed that we …
Letter: Anarchism and the Necessity of a Modern Critique
First of all, I thank Comrade Magsalin for writing his piece on exegetical and scientific traditions in Marxism. While I do not necessarily agree with …
The Platform is the Message
Amelia Davenport and Renato Flores argue that social media cannot be ignored despite its negative effects on modern culture. Instead, the left needs its own …
Disarming the Magic Bullet
Renato Flores responds to Cam W‘s argument for Maoism and the mass line. Reading: Gabriel Palcic. Global warming is progressing. Millions are going hungry and …
“Going Back or Moving Forward” & “Speech to the 8th CPSU(B) Congress” by N. Osinsky
Translations by Mark Alexandrovich, introduction by Mark Alexandrovich and Renato Flores. Osinsky is the pseudonym of old Bolshevik Valerian Valerianovich Obolensky. Born in 1887, Osinsky …
Knowledge Democratization, Bourgeois Specialists and the Organization of Science in the Early Soviet Union
For the first installment of our in-depth study of Soviet Science, Djamil, Donald and Rudy sit down to discuss the scientific institutions and the practice …
Che Guevara and the Economics of Socialist Transition
Christian, Donald, and Rudy sit down for a podcast discussion on Che Guevara’s program for a socialist transition using Helen Yaffe’s book Che Guevara: The …
Unmasking Social Construction with Djamil Lakhdar
Donald and Rudy are joined by Djamil Lakhdar to discuss Ian Hacking’s book The Social Construction of What?. Written during the “science wars”, Hacking intervenes …
Food, Capitalism and the Necessity of a Socialist Program
Capitalist food production is based on ecological destruction, imperialism, inhumane labor practices, and the degradation of human health. A socialist program that guarantees healthy food …
Prefiguration and (Cosmic) Utopia with A. M. Gittlitz
Remi and Rudy welcome A. M. Gittlitz, the author of I Want to Believe: J. Posadas, UFOs and Apocalypse Communism and producers of The Antifada …