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Publishing Poetry Today and Tomorrow: What Are You, In Love With Your Problems?
Oleander Sārameyas the Younger, April 25, 2025
Last April, Small Press Distribution (SPD) collapsed. Without a distributor, hundreds of literary and leftist publishers scrambled to fulfill orders and reclaim their inventory. Many folded, while authors and editors mourned the loss of an industry darling. Oleander Sārameyas the Younger questions those eulogies, asking us to reconsider SPD as a failure of imagination and solidarity.
Developing a Revolutionary Program to Unite the US Left
Steve Bloom, April 23, 2025
Responding to Marxist Unity Group's 2025 national congress and building on his recent critique of Lars Lih, Steve Bloom proposes a different way forward for programmatic unity.
Is Left Survivalism Possible?
Özgür Yılmaz, April 18, 2025
Drawing on Walter Benjamin's radical theology, Özgür Yılmaz makes the case for a left-wing survivalism. Read Article.
The Risk of Being a Communist: A Critique of the ‘Constitutional Revolution’ Thesis and the ‘Strategy of Patience’
Kolya Ludwig, April 16, 2025
Kolya Ludwig takes issue with the strategy of the Marxist Unity Group, arguing that a successful Marxist strategy must identify an intermediate political goal and a specific political enemy. Read Article.
The Cradle of Civilization on Fire: The Story of the Iraqi Insurgency (Jan-May 2006)
Rob Ashlar, April 9, 2025
Continuing a serialized account of the Iraqi Insurgency, Rob Ashlar covers the resurgence of Al Qaida in Iraq (AQI) in early 2006 following gains made by the US-led coalition forces. Read Article.
Praxis of Alienation and Enmity: On the American Communist Party
Soldier of Love, April 4, 2025
The origins and activities of the recently-founded American Communist Party (ACP) are indicative of the parasocial nature of online activism, argues Soldier of Love. Read Article.
Putting Labor Process in Play
Sam Dee, April 2, 2025
Following up on his piece of last year, Sam Dee analyzes the ambiguous relationship between labor and play as exhibited in the 2013 border patrol simulation video game Papers, Please. Read Article.
Between Protests, Oil Boom, and Multipolarity: An Interview on Kazakhstan with Kuat Akizhanov
Kuat Akizhanov, Arman Spéth, March 26, 2025
Arman Spéth interviews economist Kuat Akizhanov on the post-Soviet political and economic history of Kazakhstan, the 2022 protests which shook the country, and the possibility for a renewed Kazakhstani socialism. This is a translation of an interview first published in Jacobin Magazine's German-language outlet. Read Article.
Bolshevism: Old and New—Lenin and the 'April Theses'
Steve Bloom, March 21, 2025
Steve Bloom takes issue with Lars Lih's interpretation of Lenin's April Theses, arguing contra Lih that Lenin's intervention in April 1917 did represent a break with "old" Bolshevism. Read Article.
Hitsville USA and American Petrograd: The Motown Sound and Detroit Politics
Hank Kennedy, March 19, 2025
Hank Kennedy discusses the legendary Detroit-based recording company Motown Records, arguing that the label's history is one of contradictions between commercial interest, artistic expression, and political commitment. Read Article.