Endless Muddle: Gil Schaeffer on Democracy, Socialism and Liberal-Democratic Rights
Renzo Llorente, April 6, 2022
Renzo Llorente critically responds to Gil Schaeffer's views on democratic rights and socialism. Read Article.
Manifesto for Post-Pandemic Politics
Conrad Hamilton, April 2, 2022
Manifesto for Post-Pandemic Politics was first published by &&&, the journal for the New Centre for Research & Practice, on November 11, 2021. It is re-published here, with a special addendum for Cosmonaut, so as to coincide with the Platypus International Convention 2022--an event which will also be exploring the idiom of "post-pandemic politics," and will feature a presentation by Manifesto co-author Conrad Hamilton. Read Article.
Cesar Chavez at 95: Debunking the Myth
Edgar Esquivel, March 31, 2022
Edgar Esquivel gives a counter-history to the mythology surrounding United Farm Workers leader Cesar Chavez. Read Article.
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn: A Superb Satire of Petty-Bourgeois Conformism and Capitalist Barbarity
Christos Kefalis, March 25, 2022
Christos Kefalis praises Romanian filmmaker Radu Jude's new film Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn as a devastating critique of contemporary Romanian capitalism and defends the director from accusations of anti-communism. Kefalis is a Greek writer and editor of the journal Marxist Thought. Read Article.
Which Way Forward for the Marxist Left?
Charlie Frank, March 23, 2022
In light of the liquidation of DSA's BDS working group, Charlie Frank argues that Marxists must continue the political fight rather than turn towards localist activism or the various left-wing sects. Read Article.
Towards an Organized Science
Scientific Workers Collective, March 19, 2022
How can the working class take hold of the forces of science, today held under the sway of corporate and imperialist interests? The Scientific Workers Collective offers a potential way forward. Read Article.
The Rank-and-File Strategy: Instrument or Dogma?
Parker Shea, March 16, 2022
Parker Shea argues that the Rank-and-File strategy is far from the magic bullet for building a socialist movement that many of its proponents claim it to be. Read Article.
The History and Science of Nuclear Energy and the Climate Problem
Nowa Ammerlaan, March 11, 2022
Andrew Ammerlaan intervenes in the ongoing debate on the left over nuclear energy and makes the case for abandoning the stigma around a controversial form of energy. Read Article.
Reintroducing John Dos Passos
Lawrence Parker, March 2, 2022
Lawrence Parker introduces a 1938 New Masses article by Granville Hicks on US writer John Dos Passos and argues that the latter’s work is ripe for re-appropriation and re-examination by the revolutionary left. Read Article.
The Russian "Threat to Freedom and Democracy"
Alexander Gallus, February 25, 2022
Alexander Gallus takes a closer look at the developments leading up to this week's dramatic events and offers some explanations for how we got to this moment. Reading: Gabriel Palcic Read Article.