Letter: On Operation Dixie
August 19, 2022
“Veronica Darby's article on the failure of Operation Dixie is worth a read but as an analysis of Labor history it is fundamentally flawed. I was amazed that …”
Letter: On Cross-Class Alliances
August 2, 2022
“My thanks to Jack L for an intelligent and useful contribution regarding cross-class alliances/popular fronts-united fronts. I come from a tradition (US Socialist Workers Party in the 1970s) …”
Letter: Some Words on Republicanism
July 12, 2022
“As a reader of Cosmonaut for some time now and self-avowed Marxist, albeit an admittedly eclectic one, I was engaged by a recent piece in the magazine by …”
Letter: Roots of Islamism
June 25, 2022
“I am pleased to see the awaited Part 2 of Josh Messite's series on Afghanistan. I intended to reply to Part 1 when it first hit the printers, …”
Letter: Comments to Parkinson's Reply
June 19, 2022
“Parkinson has written a reply to me - I agree with a considerable portion of the political positions that Parkinson presents and he is convincing in that regard. …”
Letter: Fighting Imperialism Needs Clear Politics Not Abstract Platitudes
June 18, 2022
“Hilgers “Specificity of Anti-Imperialism” urges its readers to “make war on war.” Who could disagree? Furthermore, they claim we need to overcome the negative dialectic between the “anti-imperialism …”
Letter: The Truth of Stalinism
June 7, 2022
“The Cosmonaut podcast episode on Stalin provides a comprehensive analysis of the Stalinist period that serves as a necessary corrective to the vulgar anti-Stalinist narratives proliferated by the …”
Letter: On "The Machiavellian State, Fascism, and the Tribune of the Proletariat"
May 18, 2022
“The recent article “The Machiavellian State, Fascism, and the Tribune of the Proletariat” by Sam Thomas is an excellent analysis of democracy and socialism and how the creation …”
Letter: Schaeffer Answers Père Duchesne’s Questions About the Relationship Between Liberalism and Democracy
May 8, 2022
“My 2/5/2022 response to Renzo Lorente’s article of 12/19/2021 has prompted a reply by Llorente himself and letters from Abner Dalrymple, R. A., and Le Père Duchesne. Llorente, …”
Letter: Llorente vs Schaeffer: Liberalism, Democracy and Dictatorship
April 22, 2022
“Comrades, I’ve followed with interest the debate on democracy and socialism between Renzo Llorente and Gil Schaeffer, as well as the letter contributions, in Cosmonaut. I’d like to …”
Letter: Schaeffer v. History: Some Facts about the Ku-Klux
April 10, 2022
“I have been following the Llorente v. Schaeffer debate with some interest, particularly the brief discussion of Reconstruction. Those who know me, know that I am at a …”
Letter: Llorente v. Schaeffer
April 8, 2022
“I've been happy to read another educational exchange from Cosmonaut, this time between Renzo Llorente and Gil Schaeffer (beginning with Llorente's Contradictions, Schaeffer's reply, and Llorente's reply to …”
Letter: 10-Point Constitution
April 5, 2022
“10-Point Constitution, Unitary People's Republic, (Centralized Democratic Republic), People's Governing Body, People’s Courts (My Political System)Written by Bābur TimuridIn short: 10PC-UPR-(CDR)-PGB-PC-(MPS)Context and PretextThis is not a description of …”
Remarks on "Towards an Organized Science"
March 20, 2022
“Very interesting article with a good overview of some of the problems related to science as it is practiced. 1. The article talks about science generally but it …”
Letter: "Down the Weapons, Now!"
March 18, 2022
“The big elephant in the room is the surrender of Ukraine to stop the massacre. This will not make Ukrainians look bad; it would save lives. Any further …”