Socialism With American Characteristics
Luke Pickrell, March 1, 2023
Luke Pickrell and Myra Janis critique the 2019 updated party program of the Communist Party, USA, arguing that the CPUSA's continued commitment to the Popular Front produces an unwieldy document incapable of charting a strategic path forward for socialists. Read Article.
On Bordiga’s 'Democratic Principle'
Daniel Melo, February 24, 2023
Francesco Sartor responds to last year's debate on Italian Communist Party founder Amadeo Bordiga's understanding of democracy with an analysis of his 1922 article 'The Democratic Principle.' Read Article.
For a 21st Century Marxism
Steve Bloom, February 17, 2023
Steve Bloom considers what is living and what is dead in the corpus of Marxism with the intention of forging an adequate revolutionary theory for modern times. Read Article.
Karl Marx and Radical Indigenous Critiques of Capitalism
Nodrada, February 10, 2023
Nodrada explores the tensions and resonances between Marxism and Indigenous thought, putting the writings of Native theorists such as Vine Deloria Jr., Luther Standing Bear, Winona LaDuke, and many others in dialogue with those of Marx. Read by Aliyah Read Article.
Not Very Quiet On The Western Front
Francis Babeuf, February 3, 2023
Francis Babeuf reviews director Edward Berger's new Netflix-produced screen adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque's 1928 anti-war novel 'All Quiet On The Western Front,' arguing that Berger's alterations of the novel's original narrative produce a reactionary framing of WWI. Read Article.
America as Conservative Democracy
February 1, 2023
How truly revolutionary was the American Revolution? Dan Lazare argues that it was hardly a revolution in the sense we would understand today, with consequences still felt today in the form of a conservative and gridlocked political system. Read Article.
American Socialism from 1892 to 1908: A Study in Two Programs
SA Reed, January 27, 2023
Transcription and commentary by SA Reed. Audioarticle read by Cliff Connolly. Read Article.
The Daily Practice of Partizanship: A Review of Steven de Castro’s 'Revolution Selfie'
Paul Romano, January 19, 2023
Paul Romano reviews documentarian Steven de Castro's 2017 film on the New People's Army (NPA), 'Revolution Selfie: The Red Battalion,' and discusses a recent screening and Q&A with de Castro held at Spectacle Theater in Brooklyn, NY. Read Article.
Naming the System: “Means as Ends” Socialism and the Importance of Alternative Political Culture and Program
Jack L, January 17, 2023
Isaac KD and Jack L defend their critique of DSA’s dominant strategic orientation towards reform campaigns in a response to Sam Lewis' "In Defense of Campaigns". Read Article.
From Champion of the Oppressed to Truth, Justice, and the American Way: Who Took the Socialism Out of Superman?
Hank Kennedy, January 13, 2023
Hank Kennedy traces the ideological history of Superman, arguing that the populism of the character's early iterations would eventually be shed as a result of commercial interests. Read by: Keir Read Article.