Constructive Criticism

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May 6, 2024
Red Seder Haggadah
This Pesach, I helped organize a Seder for lefty Jews. For this we wrote a haggadah, which focuses on the actual history of the Jews with an eye toward understanding the phenomenon of Zionism. You can find the …
Mar 1, 2024
Concise definitions of dialectical & historical materialsm
Dialectical materialism is the philosophical foundation of Marxism, and historical materialism is its scientific foundation. Both concepts are thus very important for communists1 to understand. Their claims are …
Feb 14, 2024
Mondragón 1: More an island of kinder capitalism, than an aircraft carrier for communism
Mondragón is a famous complex of cooperatives, primarily based in the Basque country. It has been widely acclaimed for providing stable employment to tens of thousands, a degree of internal democracy, and …
Nov 28, 2023
Poem: Blenders
Poetry flows from the fingertips like threads of silk Birds have nests and spiders webs And humans friendships. But webs too. And nests come to think of it. Looking a little closer we see a big blender of some …
Sep 29, 2023
Specifying communism: autonomous access to the means of subsistence
Soren Mau’s ‘Mute Compulsion’ does an excellent job of calling attention to the ways that our environment – physical, social, technological – mutely compels us to act in certain …