Letter: The Gaza Ghetto
The crime now taking place in Gaza is fast approaching its sixth month and there is no indication that it will end any time soon. …
Rob Ashlar
Letter: To the Public – William Lloyd Garrison
As I write, the Gaza Genocide enters its 142nd day. The official death toll reported by the Gaza Ministry of Health is 29,692 people but …
Monotheism and Struggle: The Story of Iraqi Insurgency (2003-04)
In the first of a multi-part series, Rob Ashlar surveys the history of Iraqi Insurgency from 1990 to 2004. Author’s Note: Page numbers in each …
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: 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: 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. …
On the Indetermination of Wages and its Consequences
Salmin Biao makes an intervention into the ongoing debate over unequal exchange. Introduction Following the article by Rob Ashlar in defense of Emmanuel’s concept of …
Letter: What Determines Wages?
In his recent article, Rob Ashlar draws on the work of Arghiri Emmanuel to rightly critique theories that attempt to justify wage differentials based on …
In Defense of Unequal Exchange: Critique of Paul Cockshott’s First Worldist Ignorance
Rob Ashlar offers a rebuttal to Paul Cockshott’s attack on the theory of unequal exchange. Wherever wages are high, universally throughout the whole world, it …
Letter: Some Points on the Capitalist Economy
I’m glad to see Nat Winn’s response to my letter, but disappointed by his confusion over my own views regarding socialism. I’m not sure what …
Letter: In Defense of Good History
I’m happy to see J.A. Mann’s recent defense of Philip Foner, whose work, though not without its flaws (especially regarding the Indigenous), remains hugely valuable …
Letter: Planning to Establish Socialist Relations of Production
This Socialism is the declaration of the permanence of the revolution, the class dictatorship of the proletariat as the necessary transit point to the abolition …