When We Fight, We Win!: For an Agitational Socialist Electoral Strategy
Jack L draws on recent campaigns in New York City to make the case for an agitational electoral strategy. NYC-DSA currently finds itself engaged in …
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Organizing The Social Care Factory: Careworkers, Houseworkers and the Women’s Strike with Imogen Woods
Lydia and Rudy join Imogen Woods from Prometheus Journal to discuss her articles on organizing social care workers and houseworkers. We talk about the concept …
The Eco-Centrist Movement: The Sierra Club & Earth First! with Keith Mako Woodhouse
Rudy joins Keith Woodhouse, author of The Ecocentrists: A History of Radical Environmentalism for a discussion on the history of the mainstream environmental movement in …
The Dead End and How We Got Here
Has base-building as a strategy failed? Tim Horras argues in the negative, taking on critiques of base-building from D.L. Jacobs. “Given this general prosperity, wherein …
Letter: Footnote to Miale on Base, Party and Power
In just a few days, Marisa Miale’s most recent article in Cosmonaut has created some waves on the communist Left. Its examination of the culture …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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: Caution about Crisis Theory
I greatly enjoyed Ted Reese’s article on Henryk Grossman, a Marxist thinker who I also believe deserves more attention today. I’m very much open to …
The Art of Organizing by Karl Kilbom
Translation and introduction by Tom Anderson. For sake of brevity, certain sections of this handbook have been left out as they are of little interest …
Why Run Independents? A Response to Collective Power Network
Ben Grove responds to Brad C. of Collective Power Network, arguing that the time for independent politics is now. Why run independents? They usually lose. They …
Letters: Two more Comments on the AU Question
I listened with excitement to the AU interview. I want to thank comrade Flores for taking the time to put it together and thank the …