The Value of Dune: a Communistic Perspective
Jackson Albert Mann, May 17, 2022
Rejecting recent interpretations in the U.S. socialist press as truistic, Jackson Albert Mann makes a case for a particular communistic reading of the first novel in Frank Herbert's Dune franchise. Read Article.
Setting the Record Straight: On the Trotskyist-led 1934 Minneapolis Teamsters Strike, the Teamsters Bureaucracy & its Aftermath
Edgar Esquivel, May 15, 2022
Trotskyist Teamsters took a leading role in a historic labor upsurge and clashed with a corrupt leadership under Dan Tobin. Twenty-four-year Teamster Edgar Esquivel tells the story. Read Article.
When We Fight, We Win!: For an Agitational Socialist Electoral Strategy
Jack L, May 11, 2022
Jack L draws on recent campaigns in New York City to make the case for an agitational electoral strategy. Read Article.
Outlines for a Marxist Virtue Ethics, or Why Capitalism is Unjust
May 9, 2022
Drawing on the work of moral and political philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre, ΔΜ sketches an outline for a possible marxist theory of ethics. Read Article.
Smashing the White Picket Fence: Why the Left Rejects Homeownership
Harry Zehner, May 2, 2022
Harry Zehner urges the left to challenge the ideology of homeownership. Read Article.
The Machiavellian State, Fascism, and the Tribune of the Proletariat
Sam Thomas, April 29, 2022
Sam Thomas argues that Machiavelli can help us understand the bourgeois nature of fascism, and how anti-fascism must empower the proletariat. Reading: Sam Thomas. Read Article.
Critical Realism and the Return of Marxist Materialism
David M. Kutzik, April 23, 2022
David M. Kutzik and Douglas V. Porpora explore the similarities and differences between two connected but separate schools of thought: Critical Realism and Marxism. Read Article.
Legislative Campaigns and “Policy Feedback”: an Assessment of DSA’s Orientation Towards the Fight for Reforms
Isaac KD, April 20, 2022
With a focus on the recent organizing work of New York City Democratic Socialists of America, Comrades Isaac KD and Jack L critique the notion of a "policy feedback" loop as the guiding element of DSA's legislative strategy, as well as provide an alternative socialist framework for how DSA can engage with reform campaigns. Read Article.
Surge and Decline, Part 1: World Domination
Josh Messite, April 13, 2022
Josh Messite, editor at Negation Magazine, begins his five-part series on US imperialists’ unsuccessful attempts to subjugate Afghanistan and secure their unrivaled position atop the world-system. Read Article.
Socialism of the Oppressed: The Stakes of the Bowman Affair
Marisa Miale, April 9, 2022
Jean Allen and Marisa Miale, authors of For An Internationalist DSA, sketch out a strategy for building a left opposition committed to electoral discipline and unity between socialism and the international working-class. Reading: LC. Read Article.