On Revolutionary Optimism

One of our members reflects on the current moment and the need for revolutionary optimism in a capitalist world designed to wear us down: What Capitalism Produces Most Of All Are Its Own Gravediggers There’s a revolution coming. I can hear it in the mornings, in the steady beat of a hundred feet moving inContinue reading “On Revolutionary Optimism”

The October Revolution And Queer Liberation

The Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 was a moment when the working class took power into its own hands and sought to transform the world. It has, naturally, been a subject of intense debate and discussion among socialists ever since. There are more aspects to the revolution than any one article can hope to cover andContinue reading “The October Revolution And Queer Liberation”

How To Be A Good Communist

“Whoever does not care to return to Moses, Christ or Mohammed; whoever is not satisfied with eclectic hodge-podges must acknowledge that morality is a product of social development; that there is nothing invariable about it; that it serves social interests; that these interests are contradictory; that morality more than any other form of ideology hasContinue reading “How To Be A Good Communist”

Marxism And The State

As CSWO studies the relationship between class society and the state using Lenin’s The State And Revolution, one of our members reflects on the work and the strategic consequences of different views of how the state interacts with society. Perfect agreement on abstract theoretical points is not necessary for working together in the struggle forContinue reading “Marxism And The State”

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