Letter: How the Working Class Finds Universality

July 18, 2023

“Doug Lain, in his recent response to our ongoing discussion on the correct Marxist relationship to the existing bourgeois state and civil society, has doubled down on the …”

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Letter: The Universality of The Working Class

July 15, 2023

“Reading Nicolas D Villarreal’s letter responding to my attempt to break the Marxist left from its lockstep march into irrelevance and/or complicity, I am reminded of a joke …”

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Letter: On the Tribune of the Proletariat

July 13, 2023

“Elaborating on the nature and necessity of a Socialist Republicanism is vital for our present movement. On this topic, Sam Thomas’s article “The Machiavellian State, Fascism and the …”

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Letter: Strike Ready vs Socialism

July 5, 2023

“In 2021 the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), at their convention, passed “Resolution #5: Building Worker Power to Win Democratic Socialism: A Labor Strategy for DSA in 2021-2023” …”

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Letter: Lain's Pessimism

July 3, 2023

“While I can sympathize with the sense of urgency contained in comrade Lain’s recent letter to Cosmonaut, I must agree with comrade Villarreal’s assessment of Lain’s approach as …”

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Letter: The Shallow Deep State

June 18, 2023

“A recent letter from Doug Lain has attempted to criticize the left broadly for its failure to wake up to the reality of the spectacle which is being …”

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Letter: UFOs, Russiagate, and the Spectacle

June 17, 2023

“Socialists who wish to create an independent political movement or party must face the degree to which we are all hemmed in by the US bureaucracy, the security …”

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Letter: The Case for a Socialist Rank-and-File Teamsters Organization

June 10, 2023

“"The white collar crime syndicate known as Corporate America is hereby put on notice that the working people of America have had ENOUGH" - Teamsters General President O’Brien …”

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Letter: The Goal of a Democratic Constitution Is Plan A and It’s Doing Fine

June 6, 2023

“Steve Bloom asks a number of serious and important questions about the strategy of the DSA pro-party wing in his May 31 Letter to Cosmonaut. Although centered on …”

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Letter: Response to Red Labor

June 3, 2023

“Comrades Kent Kiser and Awi Blanc are correct when they charge DSA debates around the ‘party question’ with being couched in abstract and vague terms. Unfortunately, the rest …”

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Letter: Time for a Plan B?

May 31, 2023

“I would like to thank Shuvu Bhattarai for the intelligent and informative article, "Unite the Pro-Party Wing to Revolutionize the DSA!" (March 3, 2023). As a revolutionary who …”

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Letter: Words Won’t Slay The Hydra of Capitalism

May 26, 2023

“56 citations into Luke Pickrell’s article Marxism and the Democratic Republic and I am still scratching my head. MUG has done a fantastic job of raising the political …”

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Letter: Gun Reform and Revolutionary Violence

May 23, 2023

“I’m writing this in response to conversations happening among leftists on whether or not to support common-sense gun reform in the United States. I also aim to critique …”

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Letter: The Dirty Break is the Truly Realistic Strategy

May 11, 2023

“In “A Realistic Partyist Strategy: Electoral Strategy and Organized Labor,” Kent Kiser and Awi Blanc of Red Labor DSA call for a ‘clean break’ with the Democratic Party …”

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Letter: "Lines of flight" for undeniable problems

May 4, 2023

“We would like to thank comrade Luke Pickrell for considering our article relevant enough to write a response. This gives us the opportunity to contribute our bit to …”

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