Monthly Archives: November 2013

The Transition

Posted on 28/11/2013 by Gavin Mendel-Gleason

The period of transition between our current capitalist economic and social system and a socialist economy is a very controversial subject among socialists. Maintaining an active dialogue and critique of this period is absolutely critical to our strategic and tactical … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Politics | 4 Comments

The democratic road: marxism’s greater vehicle

Posted on 27/11/2013 by modulus

Movements are never uniform. Where humans meet to achieve a common purpose, more likely than not, divergences exist: on ends and means, on commitment and focus, on vision and motivation… Even the sort of movement Nechayev proposed in his mad … Continue reading →

Posted in Critique of the Left, Politics, Proletarian politics | 1 Comment

Is Dialectics Nonsense?

Posted on 13/11/2013 by Gavin Mendel-Gleason

In classical philosophy, the dialectic was a method of interrogating truth in its full complexity. Rather than collapse questions into a stark binary resolution of propositions into true or false, we would take a more nuanced view. The Socratic dialogues … Continue reading →

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The twilight of democracy

Posted on 13/11/2013 by modulus

There’s a certain story that can be told about popular participation in government. It begins with Athens, glorious and bright, yet outnumbered and besieged by the sinister forces of oriental despotism. It continues with Rome, a mixed constitution where power … Continue reading →

Posted in Bourgeois politics, Politics | 4 Comments