Artificial Intelligence, Universal Machines, and Killing Bourgeois Dreams
Nicolas D Villarreal, May 10, 2023
Nicolas D Villarreal tackles the question of artificial intelligence from a Marxist perspective, arguing against both utopian and dystopian prophecies regarding the emergence of these new technologies. Read Article.
A Realistic Partyist Strategy: Electoral Strategy and Organized Labor
Kent Kiser, May 5, 2023
Kent Kiser and Awi Blanc of Red Labor DSA challenge the "dirty break" strategy and introduce their "clean break" resolution. Read Article.
World Capitalist Accumulation and Sub-imperialism by Ruy Mauro Marini
Renato Flores, May 1, 2023
Translation by Nathan Eisenberg and Renato Flores. Read Article.
Marxism, Populism, and the Idea of the Commonwealth
April 27, 2023
CC contrasts the Narodnik and Russian Marxist views of society, arguing that the former movement developed a more dynamic theory capable of identifying the autonomy of certain aspects of Russian social life. Read Article.
Abortion Access, a Luxury Jet, and Leaked State Secrets: Two Weeks in The Story of American "Democracy"
Luke Pickrell, April 19, 2023
Luke Pickrell argues that recent political events in the U.S. reveal the necessity of the Marxist Unity Group's 'Winning the Battle for Democracy' resolution for the 2023 DSA national convention. The resolution can be read and signed here. Read Article.
Trump, The Rule of Law, and The Ruling Class
Anton Johannsen, April 17, 2023
Far from a straightforward defeat, Anton Johannsen argues that Donald Trump’s indictment promises an escalation of the bourgeoisie’s political meltdown in the United States. Read Article.
Why Socialism?
Amanda Levi, April 13, 2023
Amanda Levi of the Polish organization Akcja Socjalistyczna and Jan Żelazny put forward their conception of a socialist society. Read Article.
Marxism’s Metanormative Critique of Capitalism
Jared Houston, April 6, 2023
Jared Houston revisits debates regarding the normative standing of Marx's critique of capitalism, advancing the thesis that Marx's offers a metanormative critique of capital accumulation. Capital offends not against this-or-that particular, positive, and precise account of Marxian morality, but against any and all normative systems that stand in the way of boundless accumulation. Read Article.
Atom Bombs, National Security, and Empire: Year Seventy-Eight of the Cold War
Gil Schaeffer, April 1, 2023
Gil Schaeffer looks to the Civil Rights and Anti-Vietnam War movements as examples of how the modern left can best articulate its opposition to the current agenda of US imperialism. Read Article.
Conquering Democracy, Abolishing Political Representation
March 29, 2023
The Cibcom Collective argues that Communist society will require an overcoming of political representation in favor of forms of direct democracy like sortition and referendum. Read by: Will Read Article.