Marx, Faraday, and the Spectral Objectivity of Value
Ian Wright, February 7, 2024
What can Victorian table-turning tell us about Marx's theory of value? Ian Wright investigates. Read Article.
End of the Line
Javier Clark, January 31, 2024
Javier Clark illustrates the contemporary social production of "non-subjects" and the conditions under which they evade traditional revolutionary formulae. Read Article.
Monotheism and Struggle: The Story of Iraqi Insurgency (2003-04)
Rob Ashlar, January 29, 2024
In the first of a multi-part series, Rob Ashlar surveys the history of Iraqi Insurgency from 1990 to 2004. Read Article.
Sean O'Brien's Pro-Business Unionism
Edgar Esquivel, January 17, 2024
Edgar Esquivel tells the story of how Sean O’Brien failed to end the Teamsters' love affair with UPS. Read Article.
Blue Star Over Chicago
Aliyah VanPelt, Luke Pickrell, January 12, 2024
MUG Members Aliyah VanPelt & Luke Pickrell reflect on the 2023 DSA Convention. Read Article.
Marxist Unity Group Debate On The "Democratic Republic"
Luke Pickrell, Gil Schaeffer, Edward Varda, January 10, 2024
The following three short articles by Luke Pickrell, Edward Varda, and Gil Schaeffer represent a recent debate on the democratic republic, political agitation, the minimum-maximum program, and communism in the strategy of the Marxist Unity Group (MUG). They were originally published in the MUG Bulletin in the lead up to the caucus' 2023 Congress. Read Article.
A Tale of Two Resolutions: Why is TDU So Hostile to Anti-War Activism?
Joe Allen, December 27, 2023
Joe Allen covers the recent Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU) convention, from which Teamsters Mobilize member Audrey Johnson was banned as a result of their recent Cosmonaut article, and highlights TDU's history of evasion on the question antiwar politics. This article was originally published on Medium. Read Article.
The Struggle for a “Democratic Socialist Republic” and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat
Steve Bloom, December 22, 2023
Steve Bloom identifies and critiques a 'schematism' he believes is implicit in the programmatic and theoretical documents of the Marxist Unity Group. Read Article.
On the Crisis in the International Marxist Tendency
Stephen Owens, December 15, 2023
Stephen Owens elucidates the conditions of his departure from Socialist Appeal, the British section of the International Marxist Tendency, revealing the pitfalls of building insular, sectarian organizations. Read Article.
For a Socialist Party, not a Progressive Ecosystem
Alek Nielsen, December 13, 2023
Drawing from recent experiences in the Cleveland Left, Alek Nielsen argues that the DSA must make a decisive break from a progressive ecosystem model of organizing in favor of mass partyism. Read Article.