'The United Front' by Jose Carlos Mariategui
Renato Flores, November 23, 2019
Translation and introduction by Renato Flores. Read Article.
Organizing for Power: Stealing Fire From the Gods
Amelia Davenport, November 19, 2019
Amelia Davenport argues for leftist organizers to reclaim the ideas of Taylor's Scientific Management, making a broader argument for the relevance of cybernetics, cultural revolution in the workers' movement, and a Promethean vision of socialism. Reading: Cliff Connolly. Listen to an interview with the author here. Read Article.
Revolutionary Reels: Soviet Propaganda Film and the Russian Revolution
Shalon Van Tine, November 15, 2019
Shalon Van Tine provides an overview of Soviet Film and its development in relation to the politics of the USSR and Bolshevik Revolution. Read Article.
Remembering Noel Ignatiev
Gus Breslauer, November 12, 2019
Gus Breslauer commemorates Noel Ignatiev, a communist and race abolitionist who died this month while leaving behind a legacy that should serve as an inspiration to all dedicated to a world beyond exploitation and oppression. Read Article.
Which Side Are You On?: The Challenge of the 1974 Ethiopian Revolution
Ian Scott Horst, November 7, 2019
The Ethiopian Revolution teaches modern leftists an important lesson about international solidarity, argues Ian Scott Horst. Read Article.
Carrying the Burden of Communist Man
Donald Parkinson, November 1, 2019
Donald Parkinson weighs in how communists should relate to our difficult history. We can neither be in denial of our failures or refuse to own up to them. Reading: Cliff Connolly. Read Article.
"Socially Organized Society: Socialist Society" by Alexander Bogdanov
Amelia Davenport, October 25, 2019
Introduction by Amelia Davenport. From A Short Course of Economic Science. Read Article.
Criticism and Self-Criticism: Red Guards or Iron Guards?
Konstantin Sverdlov, October 17, 2019
As socialists, we need to have each other's backs. We all have our differences and they are often of a serious nature. Yet in the end, we should aim to be on the same side of the barricades. The task of building a better world leaves no time for the narcissism of small differences endlessly dividing our own camp. But who exactly is in our own camp? What happens when a group crosses the line and ends up on the other side of the barricades? An example of a group that has done this is the combination of front groups and collectives associated with the organization Red Guards Austin, or Committee for the Reconstitution of the Communist Party USA. Konstantin Sverdlov argues that groups like the Red Guards have fully crossed the line to the point where they deserve to be treated as if they are class enemies just like fascists. By violently attacking other leftist organizations the Red Guards have joined the camp of the class enemy. We must point our guns at the enemy, not at those who fight at our side, even if they use methods we find ineffective or ideologies we find misguided. Yesterday was the anniversary of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry. John Brown knew to take aim at the slaveocracy, not the moderate Republicans with reformist views. In this sense, we must be like John Brown. Read Article.
Reparations and Self-Determination: Loosening the Black-Belt
Renato Flores, October 13, 2019
Renato Flores argues for self-determination and reparations for Black Americans as a key part of the revolutionary struggle in the USA. Reading: Robert Fish. Read Article.
For the Unity of Marxists with the Dispossessed: The Bolsheviks and the State, 1912-1917
Medway Baker, October 9, 2019
A reply by Medway Baker to Sophia Burns' article "For the Unity of Marxists, or the Unity of the Dispossessed?" Read Article.