The Development and Significance of Cybernetics by William Grey Walter
Amelia Davenport, October 13, 2021
Amelia Davenport introduces a text by William Grey Walter introducing basic concepts of cybernetics. Read Article.
On the Scientific Status of Psychoanalysis
Paul Wolf, October 10, 2021
Does psychoanalysis have a scientific value beyond being a hermeneutical framework for literary studies? Dillon Reitmeyer argues yes, and that Marxists have much to learn from it. Read Article.
Letters from N. I. Bukharin to V. I. Lenin (1915)
October 8, 2021
Translation by Mark Alexandrovic. The original publication was prepared by Cherny, Andrey Vitalievich, head of the department of the Museum of the Revolution. Read Article.
The Constitution of Necessity
Richard Hunsinger, October 3, 2021
Richard Hunsinger examines the origins of the capitalist mode of production through a comparative analysis of the work of Jairus Banaji and Robert Brenner. Read Article.
To Hell With The American Gentry
Nicolas D Villarreal, September 30, 2021
Nicolas D Villarreal argues against populist appeals for a common front between the working-class and small business owners. Reading: Mick Labas. Read Article.
Making Sense of the Lysenko Affair
Renato Flores, September 24, 2021
Soviet agrobiology is infamous for its promotion of the pseudoscientific theories of Trofim Lysenko and their disastrous results. Renato Flores investigates how these theories came to dominate and the social forces that were at play using the framework of Science, Technology, and Society Studies. Read Article.
The Problem with the Prodigal Son: A Response to Nicholas Powers in Democratic Left
Wylie Greer, September 18, 2021
Wylie Greer takes issue with Nicholas Powers' use of the parable of the Prodigal Son in an editorial for Democratic Left. Read Article.
The Philosophical Structure of Education
Yanis Iqbal, September 16, 2021
Yanis Iqbal summarizes a dialectical materialist approach to knowledge and education, drawing from the work of E.V. Ilyenkov. Read Article.
The Counterinsurgency State by Ruy Mauro Marini
Renato Flores, September 11, 2021
To commemorate the anniversary of Salvador Allende's death and the fall of Chile's Popular Unity government, we present this analysis of reactionary military governments in Latin America by Ruy Mauro Marini in honor of all who have died fighting for socialism in the hands of Pinochet's counter-revolutionary military regime. Translation by Jorge M and introduction by Renato Flores. Reading: Mick Labas. Read Article.
COVID, Capitalism, and Genocide
Alyson Escalante, September 4, 2021
Is the current legal definition of genocide useful for Marxists? Alyson Escalante unpacks the history behind the concept as it is currently understood and argues that a Marxist understanding of genocide must move beyond legalistic bourgeois definitions that rely on intent and look at the realities of systemic dispossession and extermination. Read Article.