The Modern Left and the New Right-Wing Radicalism
While right-wing radicalism has grown and taken on new forms, the left today remains stuck in illusions of liberal capitalism as the end of history. …
Social-Democracy
Lenin and the “Class Point of View”: Looking at Chris Maisano’s “The Constitution and the Class Struggle”
Gil Schaeffer responds to Chris Maisano’s “The Constitution and the Class Struggle” to clarify the meaning of the “class point of view” in Lenin and …
The Problem of Unity: A Comparative Analysis
In a comparative study of Austro-Marxism, the French Socialist movement, and Bolshevism, Medway Baker argues for the left to seek unity around a programme of …
The Origin of the Split and the Reconstruction of Unity by Karl Kilbom
Introduction and translation by Tom Anderson. Original article can be found here. The following text was written by Karl Kilbom in 1938 after he had …
Incels, Housewives, and the Workers’ Republic
Rosa Janis responds to Amber A’Lee Frost’s recent article “Andrew Yang and the Failson Mystique,” arguing for a socialist vision that looks beyond UBI liberalism …
Speech On Environmental Protections by Karl Liebknecht
Translation and Introduction by Rida Vaquas. This speech was delivered in 1912 to the Prussian House of Deputies in response to a proposal by the …
The Democratic Socialist Cul-de-sac: A Critical Look at The Socialist Manifesto
Doug Enaa Greene reviews The Socialist Manifesto by Bhaskar Sunkara (New York: Basic Books, 2019). Rather than an innovative take on socialist politics for the …
Strasserism vs “Strasserism”: Turning Over the Right Rocks
With Strasserism becoming a common accusation made towards various political trends on the left, K. T. Jamieson makes a historical investigation of Strasserism and its …
Revolution or the Democratic Road to Socialism? A Reply to Eric Blanc
Donald Parkinson responds to Eric Blanc’s latest take in the Kautsky debate, critiquing his strategy of a democratic road to socialism. The recent debate hosted …
The Democratic Road to Socialism: Reply to Mike Taber
Eric Blanc replies to Mike Taber’s article Lenin, Kautsky and the Transition to Socialism and argues that the work of Karl Kautsky provides a strategy …
Kautsky, Lenin, and the Transition to Socialism: A Reply to Eric Blanc
Mike Taber weighs in on the Kautsky debate happening at Jacobin Magazine, responding to Eric Blanc’s text Why Kautsky Was Right (and why you should …
Michael Harrington and His Afterlives
Doug Enaa Greene gives an overview and critique of the political journey of Michael Harrington, founder of the Democratic Socialist of America, and his influence …
No Bernie
One of the major political questions facing the Democratic Socialists of America in the near future is how to relate to Bernie Sanders’ recently announced …