Revolutionaries get lost in history, defining themselves by reference to a context of struggle that has no present-day correlate. They draw lines in sand which is no longer there. — Endnotes, A History of Separation The following is a response to Austin Revolutionary Organizing Collective (AROC)’s reflections on the recent Marxist Center conference. Full disclosure: […]
by Avery Minnelli Click here for an Italian translation of the following article. I am of the opinion that there is no such thing as a “neutral” or “objective” reading of a given political text or thinker.1 If a reading presents itself as such, there is likely a hidden agenda veiled behind an appeal to […]
by Jean Allen This is in response to Sophia Burns’ article, “The US Left Has Only Four Tendencies”. In it, Burns makes an argument that’s been popping up more and more in the last two years, and one I generally agree with: that the geopolitical splits which defined US socialist politics during the Cold War […]
A Review of On the Edge: Political Cults Right and Left by Dennis Tourish and Tim Wohlforth by Avery Minnelli It has been more than five months since the publication of our first essay, “Where’s the Winter Palace?” and I plan on returning to the topics discussed in that essay in due time. However, my […]
by Sophia Burns Objectively, most inherited tendency divisions are obsolete. For instance, your evaluation of the USSR (and its rivals) mattered 50 years ago, because the right line could get you Soviet or Chinese money (with strings attached). Today, the USSR is not a live issue with practical implications, and the PRC no longer funds […]
by Jean Allen The wake of Occupy Wall Street brought with it a series of new Leftist parties and politicians aiming to turn anti-capitalist sentiment into electoral victories. These politicians have been, in turn, opposed and supported by a variety of journals and activist groups, in many cases regardless of the stated ideology of the […]
Edited by D.B. Cooper This packet was originally compiled by D.B. Cooper for distribution to local Socialist Party membership as a primer on base building and the Marxist Center. It was then shared with the rest of the Marxist Center, and the editor has graciously permitted us to republish it here. A full PDF of […]
by Tim Horras* (Originally published September 2017) *It should be noted that, while this document attempts to sum up some key points of our trend’s practice, it is not the definitive word on any of these matters, which would need to be fully discussed within a programmatic framework. Any faults, mistakes, or omissions are solely […]
by Avery Minnelli and Eliezer Levin PDF available here
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