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Hold Your Fire!: A Warning to the Left
Daniel Newman, September 16, 2020
Daniel Newman urges patience and caution in the face of current political turmoil. Reading: Cliff Connolly. Read Article.
Beginnings of Politics: DSA and the Uprising
Taylor B, November 12, 2020
Writing in August, Taylor B argues that we must look to new emancipatory forces arising in the current conjuncture instead of seeking to impose older forms of organization. We aim for this piece to be a jumping-off point for a broader debate about strategy and the party-form in our current historical moment. Read Article.
Without a Party, We Have Nothing
Donald Parkinson, November 14, 2020
Donald Parkinson responds to Taylor B's "Beginning's of Politics: DSA and the Uprising," arguing that a workers' party is necessary to advance an emancipatory politics. Reading: Cliff Connolly. Read Article.
A Twelve-Step Program for Democrat Addiction
Ben Grove, December 10, 2020
Ben Grove lays out a twelve-step program for the Democratic Socialists of America to pursue a path of independent working-class politics. Reading: Christian Cail. Read Article.
Escaping the Labour Left ‘Safety Valve’: Towards Dual Power in Britain
Alfie Hancox, February 11, 2021
Is the UK Labour Party a possible vehicle for working-class emancipation? Alfie Hancox argues in the negative, posing the regroupment of communists independent of the Labour Party as an alternative. Read Article.
Disarming the Magic Bullet
Renato Flores, January 19, 2021
Renato Flores responds to Cam W's argument for Maoism and the mass line. Reading: Gabriel Palcic. 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.
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.
Why Run Independents? A Response to Collective Power Network
Ben Grove, May 21, 2021
Ben Grove responds to Brad C. of Collective Power Network, arguing that the time for independent politics is now. Read Article.