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The Mythology of American Democracy Came Crashing Down Last Night—Fight for a Working Class Alternative!
Last night saw the great mythology of the United States—of free expression, compromise, and democracy—come crashing down in fire, smoke, pepper spray, curfews, and police abuse. It became clear beyond any doubt that the only thing holding the American government in place is violence, of the police and military. In nine states and territories the…
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Minnesota Has Risen Up: Fight Across the Country for Community Control of Police!
On May 25th, George Floyd, an aspiring truck driver and current security guard, was murdered by four police officers responding to a “forgery in progress.” The police pinned Floyd on the ground with a knee to his neck for many minutes, ignoring pleas from Floyd and bystanders to let him breathe. In this protracted, needless,…
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“We Will Put Our Destiny Back Into Our Hands!” Statement on COVID-19 in Russia
The following statement was produced by the International Labor Working Group of Russia The coronavirus pandemic that hit the world in the beginning of 2020 was not taken seriously by the Russian government until the end of March, when the state announced a self-isolation regime throughout Russia which continues up to this day. In his…
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Unity and Struggle, Journal of the ICMLPO, #40
Below, you will find the 40th issue of Unity and Struggle, a journal contributed to by members of the International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations. Click here for the PDF of Issue #40 Hard copies of this issue can be purchased at Red Star Publishers.
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Communist Party of Spain (Marxist-Leninist): “Call for Unity in the Face of the Coronavirus and Economic Crises.”
The situation caused by the coronavirus has openly and starkly exposed all the flaws of the capitalist system and, in particular, of the monarchical regime of the oligarchy. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated and deepened an already announced economic crisis. We are witnessing a debacle for the whole of the popular classes but especially for…
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Marxist-Leninist Communist Party (Ecuador): “The Indigenous and Popular Uprising of October. Its Lessons and the Perspectives for Revolutionary Struggle.”
The country was shaken by the outbreak and development of great struggles of the indigenous peoples and nationalities, of the workers of the city and countryside, the working class and poor peasantry, small merchants, the inhabitants of popular neighborhoods in the cities, the teachers and the progressive intelligentsia, of the great demonstrations of the insurgence…
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Workers Party (Tunisia): “About the Second Wave of Revolutionary Processes in the Arab World.”
At the end of 2018 some Arab countries experienced the outbreak of popular uprisings which formed what is now called the “second revolutionary wave”, which followed the first wave that broke out in late 2010 in Tunisia and spread to other countries. The second wave began in October 2018 in Algeria after the ruling party…
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National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression: “Statement on the Lynching of Ahmaud Arbery.”
This past Thursday, May 7th, Gregory McMichael and Travis McMichael, a father and son lynch crew, were arrested for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-yearold Black man on the eve of his 26th birthday. We’ve all seen the video of this racist, lynch-style murder that went public more than two months ago. A Black…
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Revolutionary Communist Party (Brazil): “How to Advance Our Work With the Masses?”
How to Advance Our Work with the Masses? “They [the Bolsheviks], like Antaeus (a hero of Greek mythology), are strong because they maintain connection with their mother, the masses who gave birth to them, suckled them and reared them. And as long as they maintain connection with their mother, with the people, they have every…
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Democratic Way (Morocco): “For a Broad Dialog Among Marxist Miltants, As a Necessary Step on the Road to Building a Party of the Moroccan Working Class
Theoretical preamble When Marxists engage in dialogue, they do so for change, not just for interpretation or understanding. In order for the dialogue among Marxists to set this goal, one must have as an orientation an essential question if answered, the practice will have progressed and they will have obtained tangible results in…
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