This September will be the 150th anniversary of the publication of Volume I of Karl Marx’s Capital. It will also mark 9 years since Lehman Brothers went under, ultimately resulting in the international financial crisis from which we are still trying to recover.

In the years since the height of the crisis, Marx’s work, and especially Capital, has been thrown back into public discourse. Many of us have been radicalized in this atmosphere, coming to believe that the capitalist mode of production is inherently unstable and crisis-prone, and that no amount of regulation or de-regulation can save it from itself. In this sense, the Marxian critique is still important, and is perhaps more relevant now than it ever was.

But we are more than critics, and it is also important to reflect on the history of struggle and practice. For this reason, we must reckon with the Russian Revolution at its centenary. Its outcome has been particularly influential on socialist movements around the world, and we cannot ignore it.



In particular, we are well aware of the polarizing nature of the Soviet legacy, but as editors and Marxists we are committed to open discussion and interested in responses from leftists of all factions to the so-called Soviet question.

In the next issue of ΔMagazine, we are looking for submissions that deal with both topics.

Examples of acceptable themes include:

crisis theory

histories of Capital and capitalism

and capitalism reflections on the Russian Revolution and the Soviet impact on global socialism

“actually existing socialism”



Submissions should be between 2000 and 15000 words in length and should adhere to Chicago style. Submissions should represent original work. All finished submissions and inquiries should be sent to deltamagstaff@gmail.com by November 1st.