Letter: MUG’s Call to “Fight the Constitution” and Macnair’s “Revolutionary Strategy”
I want to call the attention of Cosmonaut’s readers to my article, published recently in the Weekly Worker: “In Search of a Synthesis.” I believe …
Steve Bloom
Letter: Focusing on Essential Issues
I believe it will help us focus on the primary issues in dispute (at least what is disputed on my end) if I offer a …
Letter: Democratic Revolution and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, a Response to Steve Bloom
This letter is an attempt to intervene in some of the debates originating from Steve Bloom’s articles late last year, first polemicizing against Marxist Unity …
Letter: Responding to Steve Bloom and M. Wilbur
I appreciate Steve Bloom and M. Wilbur’s continued engagement with orthodox Marxism’s democratic republicanism and, as I’ve argued and they’ve disputed, its applicability to the …
Letter: Regarding MUG and the Democratic Republic
My thanks to Joseph P. for his intelligent reply to my article “The Struggle for a ‘Democratic Socialist Republic’ and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat,” …
Letter: Killing Marx on the Steps of Congress
Friends, It requires some mighty fine bait to lure a relatively quiet Marxist like myself out of my supposed ideological cave, but it seems that …
Letter: Some Schemes Are Good
Comrade Bloom’s “The Struggle for a ‘Democratic Socialist Republic’ and the dictatorship of the proletariat” makes the argument that the Marxist Unity Group has a …
Letter: Plant the Flag
I hope to convince others about the necessity of a democratic constitution based on one person, one equal vote. I’m confident that the election year …
Letter: Response to Steve Bloom
Comrade Bloom has written an interesting article, and I will do my best to address some of the points of contention he has offered. First, …
The Struggle for a “Democratic Socialist Republic” and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat
Steve Bloom identifies and critiques a ‘schematism’ he believes is implicit in the programmatic and theoretical documents of the Marxist Unity Group. Introduction The Marxist …
Strategic Solidarity with Palestine— Now More than Ever
Steve Bloom assesses recent events in the Palestine-Israel conflict and calls for global solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for liberation. Introductory note: Many of us …
“A Practical Roadmap for the Workers’ Movement in Taking Political Power”
Steve Bloom takes on Donald Parkinson’s arguments around the minimum-maximum program, warning against schematicism and calling for clarity around class content. In his essay titled …
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: 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 …