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Culture Beyond Capital: Art, Authenticity, and the 21st Century Workers’ Movement
Cliff Connolly, July 10, 2019
The course of the twentieth century has seen art and culture become increasingly subsumed into the logic of capital. A crucial element of a base-building strategy must be to foster an alternative proletarian culture outside the sphere of commodity production for the cultural enrichment and self-expression of workers, argues Cliff Connolly. Reading: Cliff Connolly. Read Article.
Revolutionary Discipline and Sobriety
Cliff Connolly, August 12, 2020
Cliff Connolly argues for a culture of sobriety within our organizations, drawing from the example of Austrian Socialism. Reading: Cliff Connolly. Read Article.
Lenin and Art by Lunacharsky
Cliff Connolly, January 21, 2021
In honor of Lenin on the anniversary of his death, we publish this short essay by Lunacharsky on Lenin's views regarding art. This text was originally published in “Khudozhnik i Zritel” (Artist and Audience), issues 2-3, March-April 1924, and has been translated by Reuben Woolley. Introduction by Cliff Connolly. The original source of the translation can be found here. Read Article.
Create a Mass Party!
Cliff Connolly, February 25, 2021
Cliff Connolly critiques CounterPower’s vision of the “party of autonomy” and offers an alternative vision of the mass party. Reading: Cliff Connolly. Read Article.
Marxist Clarity in Times of Confusion and Despair
Myra Janis, August 25, 2023
Donald Parkinson, the editor-in-chief of Cosmonaut, gives a short historical overview of Cosmonaut and Marxist Unity Group and introduces crucial member-written articles to help clarify our strategic vision. This was written as the preface for Fight the Constitution: Selected Writings from Marxist Unity Group, available now. Read Article.
Read Le Blanc. Be careful.
Cliff Connolly, August 30, 2023
Cliff Connolly reviews Paul LeBlanc's latest work 'Lenin: Responding to Catastrophe, Forging Revolution', available from Pluto Press on September 20th. Cliff will be speaking on a panel regarding this book at the upcoming Socialism 2023 Conference titled 'Lenin: Catastrophe and Revolution.' Read Article.
Lenin, History, Future: Response to a Critique
Paul LeBlanc, September 27, 2023
Paul LeBlanc responds to Cliff Connolly's review of his book ‘Lenin: Responding to Catastrophe, Forging Revolution’, available from Pluto Press. Read Article.
New Life for the Old Lenin
Paul LeBlanc, February 14, 2024
Cosmonaut Magazine prints Cliff Connolly's remarks from two panels in 2023 on Lenin's political legacy. Read Article.