Light and Air
The blog of Marxist Unity Group. These articles reflect the positions of our members on a variety of topics, including history, theory, and current events.
Towards a Mandated, Nationalized, and Disloyalist Congressional Endorsement Strategy
The following is Marxist Unity Group's position on the Initiate a Deliberative Membership Engagement & Debate Process Regarding the Congressional Endorsements resolution, as well as our broader electoral vision.
MUG on the NPC Vol. 4: Putting Political Governance in Command
Sup comrades! The December NPC meeting demonstrated the need to speak on our approach to governance on the NPC.
MUG on the NPC Vol. 3: It’s Raining Comrades
Sup Comrades, welcome to MUG on the NPC Vol 3!
Perspectives of MUG (2023)
Adopted by Marxist Unity Group’s Second Congress in November 2023
MUG on the NPC Vol. 2
Sup comrades! Welcome to Volume 2 of MUG on the NPC, our post-NPC meeting report series, covering our work to advance DSA’s anti-imperialist platform, position DSA as a leader in the fight for democracy, and transform DSA into an independent mass socialist party.
MUG on the NPC Vol. 1
Welcome to Volume 1 of MUG on the NPC! We’re excited to join the post-NPC report-back party started by Bread & Roses, followed by Red Star, and then Socialist Majority Caucus.
The Firm Ground of History and the Plateau of Politics
Luke Pickrell offers his latest polemic in the ongoing debate with Henry DeGroot around Marxist Unity Group’s call for a Democratic Republic.
Read Le Blanc. Be Careful.
Cliff Connolly reviews Paul LeBlanc’s latest work ‘Lenin: Responding to Catastrophe, Forging Revolution’, available from Pluto Press on September 20th. Cliff will be speaking on a panel regarding this book at the upcoming Socialism 2023 Conference titled Lenin: Catastrophe and Revolution.
Marxist Clarity in Times of Confusion and Despair
Donald Parkinson, the editor-in-chief of Cosmonaut, gives a short historical overview of Cosmonaut and Marxist Unity Group and introduces crucial member-written articles to help clarify our strategic vision. This was written as the preface for Fight the Constitution: Selected Writings from Marxist Unity Group, available now.
Taking Democracy Seriously
An argument in support of the “Winning the Battle for Democracy" resolution at the upcoming national convention.
by GIL SCHAEFFER - 2023 DSA NATIONAL CONVENTION DISCUSSION
Stories Set Our Movement on Fire!
An argument in support of the "For a Political, Prolific and Democratic DSA Editorial Board" resolution for the national convention.
by JACK LUNDQUIST - 2023 DSA NATIONAL CONVENTION DISCUSSION
For an Independent Socialist Movement: An Open Letter to the Democratic Socialists in Congress
Thoughts on the national convention from the Marxist Unity Group caucus.
by MARXIST UNITY GROUP - 2023 DSA NATIONAL CONVENTION DISCUSSION
How Marxists Fight the Right
An argument against the "Uniting Against the Ultra-Right" resolution at the upcoming national convention.
by PARKER MCQUEENEY - 2023 DSA NATIONAL CONVENTION DISCUSSION
Socialists Don’t Vote for Cop Budgets
An argument in favor of the “Towards a Party-Like Electoral Strategy” resolution for the upcoming national convention.
by JACK LUNDQUIST - 2023 DSA NATIONAL CONVENTION DISCUSSION
The NPC Needs Improvements. But “Democratize DSA” Isn’t It.
An argument against the “Democratize DSA 2023" resolution at the upcoming national convention.
by CONNELL HEADY - 2023 DSA NATIONAL CONVENTION DISCUSSION
Red Pride
Glen Hardie reflects on the way in which the work of communist activist and Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM) co-founder Mark Ashton is presented in 2014 film ‘Pride’ and argues that socialists, like the queer community represented by the real LGSM, must be ‘out’: open and explicit about who and what they are.