Marx and Morality's Authority
Paul Wolf, July 26, 2024
Paul Wolf interrogates the discourse on moral philosophy's utility for revolutionary Marxism. Read Article.
Cogs in the Great Machinery
Michael Zajakowski Uhll, July 24, 2024
Drawing from personal experience, Michael Zajakowski Uhll makes the case for bureaucracy. Read Article.
What Is Materialism?
Nicolas D Villarreal, July 19, 2024
Nicolas D Villarreal gives depth and meaning to an often fraught concept with ample currency in contemporary left-wing circles: materialism. Read Article.
Ending the One Party State: Reflections on Rhode Island Democratic Socialists of America
Tony Unger, July 17, 2024
Tony Unger sets the record straight on Rhode Island DSA's political experiences with the Democratic Party and need for class independence. Read Article.
On Communist Work in the Working Class Movement
Chantelle, July 12, 2024
In a debate on labor strategy, Kat and Chantelle argue for the merger of political, economic, and theoretical struggles; for boring from within the reactionary unions; for open communist leadership within a reformist context; and for tactical flexibility. Kat and Chantelle are members of Maoist Communist Union (MCU) and Teamsters Mobilize. They can be reached at maoistcommunistunion@riseup.net. Read Article.
Toward a People’s History of the University of Maryland: AFSCME Local 1072
Emily Fox, June 26, 2024
Emily Fox recounts the history of AFSCME Local 1072, a militant union of campus staff at the University of Maryland organized during a period often considered to be a low ebb of trade unionism in the United States. Read Article.
Eco-Leninism: A Much Needed Corrective
Martin Rose, June 21, 2024
Martin Rose argues that Lenin's classic political strategy offers an alternative to the economism which plagues both sides of the debate around 'degrowth.' Read Article.
Galeano in Mogadishu: Sheep and the Emergent Geography of Gulf Capitalisms
Jaime Litvak, June 7, 2024
Adapting radical Latin American theories of economic geography, Jaime Litvak argues that a regionally-centered, extractive economic subsystem links the Arab Gulf and northeast Africa. Read Article.
Against Frum on Woodrow Wilson
Hank Kennedy, June 5, 2024
Hank Kennedy sets the record straight on Woodrow Wilson's legacy - one of service to the imperialist capitalist class abroad and brutal and racist repression of the working class at home. Read Article.
Labor Notes and Labor’s Next Year
Leland Olds, May 24, 2024
Leland Olds responds to the recent Labor Notes conference with an analysis of the current state of U.S. labor organizing and proposes a syncretic strategy for socialist trade unionists that includes both reformism and independent unionism. Read Article.