The Socialist Party of America's Constitutional Critique
Luke Pickrell, January 17, 2025
Luke Pickrell covers the emergence of constitutional criticism among US left-wing organizations at the turn of the 20th century, highlighting the democratic republicanism of those critiques found within the early Socialist Party of America. Read Article.
Escaping America’s Constitutional Bind: A Review of Aziz Rana's 'The Constitutional Bind'
Luke Pickrell, June 12, 2024
Luke Pickrell reviews Aziz Rana's recent book, "The Constitutional Bind: How Americans Came to Idolize a Document That Fails Them." Read Article.
Martin Luther King Jr. and the Democratic Constitution Ideology
Luke Pickrell, February 21, 2024
Only by studying the past through the lens of democratic republican ideology can we complete King’s unfinished business, argues Luke Pickrell, in an analysis of Martin Luther King Jr.'s political legacy. Read Article.
Blue Star Over Chicago
Aliyah VanPelt, Luke Pickrell, January 12, 2024
MUG Members Aliyah VanPelt & Luke Pickrell reflect on the 2023 DSA Convention. Read Article.
Marxist Unity Group Debate On The "Democratic Republic"
Luke Pickrell, Gil Schaeffer, Edward Varda, January 10, 2024
The following three short articles by Luke Pickrell, Edward Varda, and Gil Schaeffer represent a recent debate on the democratic republic, political agitation, the minimum-maximum program, and communism in the strategy of the Marxist Unity Group (MUG). They were originally published in the MUG Bulletin in the lead up to the caucus' 2023 Congress. Read Article.