This essay is an excerpt from a rough draft of a much larger project synthesizing the standard Marxist understanding of fascism with the work of theorists who have updated it since the 1930s, extending it to cover a specifically American context, and ensuring it meets certain standards of analysis. …

Even among Communists, the term “dialectical” can cause a lot of people’s eyes to glaze over but I don’t really blame them. It’s really easy to see all of the discussions about dialectical materialism (DiaMat) and conclude it’s an obscure philosophy that isn’t useless but also isn’t very practical for…

Defining “contradiction” within Dialectical Materialism Introduction The question of what exactly a contradiction is is a question so basic that it seems silly to even ask it or discuss it among people who already have a solid familiarity with Marxism. …

Arizona is once again making headlines for statewide incidents of voter intimidation as tensions increase in the lead-up to the first national election in the wake of the January 6th Capitol Riots. Coverage of these events has typically laid the blame at the feet of “vigilantes” who are spurred on…

This article was originally written by former Chairman of the CPUSA Gus Hall and published in our theoretical journal, Political Affairs, in May of 1979. Another comrade found a copy of the article for me that I could access and I transcribed it. It will hopefully be up on marxists.org…

A short essay on the difference between dogmatists and dogmatism, reminding us to always be on guard for the latter within ourselves Dogmatism is a loaded word. Someone who’s dogmatic is someone who is hard-headed, unconcerned with evidence, and demands that others bow before the “truth” they uphold. Between the…

As part of an ongoing project to synthesize some theories of fascism, I’ve been turning to Mao’s On Contradiction to set the standards for my analysis in terms of making sure I cover all of the bases I need to cover. It turns out to the surprise of no one…

This was originally written as a Twitter thread (so excuse the abbreviations) but I’m putting it here so it’s (a) more readable and (b) easier for me to find and look back on as my investigation & modeling progress further. I’ve been studying fascism pretty intensely for ~10 years &…

I spent a while trying to figure out a good way to start this off but the best way seems to be to just rip the band-aid off. So, I’m gonna make a couple of claims that may seem ridiculous or counter-intuitive. You can either bear with me to understand…