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Revolution or the Democratic Road to Socialism? A Reply to Eric Blanc
Donald Parkinson, April 13, 2019
Donald Parkinson responds to Eric Blanc's latest take in the Kautsky debate, critiquing his strategy of a democratic road to socialism. Read Article.
From Trade-Union Consciousness to Socialist Consciousness with Chris Townsend
Chris Townsend, August 30, 2020
Knowledge Democratization, Bourgeois Specialists and the Organization of Science in the Early Soviet Union
Renato Flores, October 25, 2020
Just Another Kautsky Fan: Understanding the Early Stalin
Lawrence Parker, November 24, 2020
Interpreting Stalin’s fledgling revolutionary career through his later status as a brutal labor dictator obscures an early whole-hearted admiration for the works of Kautsky and Lenin. By Lawrence Parker. Read Article.
Lenin and the “Class Point of View”: Looking at Chris Maisano’s “The Constitution and the Class Struggle”
Gil Schaeffer, December 2, 2020
Gil Schaeffer responds to Chris Maisano's "The Constitution and the Class Struggle" to clarify the meaning of the "class point of view" in Lenin and what it can tell us about the struggle for democracy. 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.
Party and Subject: A Reply to Donald Parkinson
Taylor B, February 20, 2021
Taylor B continues the debate on political subjectivity, revolutionary strategy and the party-form, responding to Donald Parkinson's Without a Party, We Have Nothing. Read Article.
Democracy and Socialism, the Two Edges of Marxism’s Knife
Gil Schaeffer, June 26, 2021
Gil Schaeffer responds to Ben Grove's "Twelve-Step Program for Democrat Addiction" and its arguments about the need for a mass party, critiquing Mike Macnair, Ben Lewis and Lars Lih's concept of Erfurtian Marxism. Read By: Will Read Article.
