The Situation in India and How it Has Gotten Here
Zenab Ahmed, March 2, 2020
Statement by By Zenab Ahmed, Rohith Krishnan, and Djamil Lakhdar-Hamina on the pogrom in India. Read Article.
Between Friend and Foe: The Democratic Party Primary and the Future of the Empire
Rosa Janis, February 26, 2020
Rosa Janis analyzes the Democratic Party Primary election as the symptoms of a dying empire that couldn't die quite soon enough. Read Article.
The Need for Organizations that Organize
Ben Reynolds, February 21, 2020
Ben Reynolds responds to Chris Koch's "The Need for Agitational Organizations." Read Article.
The Need for Agitational Organizations
Chris Koch, February 17, 2020
Chris Koch argues that the current ailments of the modern left are a product of its class composition. To escape this predicament we must master the art of agitation. Read Article.
Invasion: A Story of Anti-Colonial Resistance
Medway Baker, February 12, 2020
Medway Baker reviews and contextualizes a short documentary on struggles of the Wet’suwet’en against the modern Canadian state. Read Article.
The African Blood Brotherhood and the Origins of Black Communism in the United States
Ian Szabo, February 9, 2020
Ian Szabo writes on the history of the African Blood Brotherhood as part of a broader tradition of black liberation that merged with International Communism after the Bolshevik Revolution. Read Article.
"Taylor's System and Organization" by Nadezhda Krupskaya
Renato Flores, February 5, 2020
Translation by Mark Alexandrovich, introduction by Renato Flores. Read Article.
Economic Circulations: Blood-Based Systems of Value in Alexander Bogdanov’s Red Star
Virginia L. Conn, February 1, 2020
Virginia L. Conn discusses the nature of blood exchange as a basis for collectivism in Alexander Bogdanov sci-fi masterpiece Red Star. Read Article.
Taking Stock: Electoralism vs The Capitalist Arsenal
Hank Beecher, January 26, 2020
In Part Two of his analysis of strategy for the modern-day left Hank Beecher takes a look at three recent case studies and tries to draw conclusions on how the left can move forward. Read Article.
Beyond Denial and Abstinence: How Climate Change Can Bring Us A Better World
Colin Drumm, January 19, 2020
Colin Drumm's "Beyond Denial and Abstinence" argues that we should define economic growth in terms of meeting human needs, as opposed to the prevailing definition centered on ruling-class interests. This argument is important when responses to climate change tend to center around issues of economic growth as either positive—as something that needs to be decoupled from carbon emissions—or inherently negative—as something that needs to be reversed. While we, the Cosmonaut Editorial Board, would argue for a more drastic economic change than the policies proposed at the end of this article, we believe that its general arguments are an important jumping-off point for a debate about how we understand economic growth in the context of climate change. Read Article.