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On homosexuality in the USSR
By Alfonso Casal, National Chair of the American Party of Labor. The fact that homosexuality was criminally sanctioned under Soviet law is something that is often thrown in the face of communists in general, and used to “discredit” Comrade Stalin… Read More ›
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On women’s rights and abortion in the USSR
By Alfonso Casal, National Chair of the American Party of Labor. The status of women under socialism: (Constitution of the U.S.S.R., Article 122.)Commentary by J. Stalin. “Women in the U.S.S.R. are accorded equal rights with men in all spheres of… Read More ›
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Editorial: On “Patriotic Socialism” and “MAGA Communism”
“The dialectics of history were such that the theoretical victory of Marxism compelled its enemies to disguise themselves as Marxists.” -V.I. Lenin, “The Historical Destiny of the Doctrine of Karl Marx.” By: Alfonso Casal, National Spokesperson of the American Party… Read More ›
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Statement of Fraternal Greetings to the Communist Party of Albania
The American Party of Labor sends its deepest and most heart-felt fraternal greetings to the Communist Party of Albania on the occasion of its 16th party congress. The heroic centuries long struggle waged by the Albanian people against foreign domination,… Read More ›
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ICMLPO: ALL WORKING WOMEN OF THE WORLD! LET’S UNITE AGAINST EXPLOITATION, VIOLENCE AND FASCIST AGGRESSION RISEN WITH THE PANDEMIC!
It has been a year since the coronavirus pandemic has begun. 95 percent of the earth with human population has been infected. Covid-19 has not only become a public health crisis which had an impact on the billions of human… Read More ›
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Labour Party of Iran (Toufan): Imperialism. Enemy of the Peoples and States!
a) Independence and National Sovereignty Freedom in its basic sense is nothing but the liberation of human beings from the constraints of nature and society. Freedom is achievable only when human beings are capable of gaining knowledge about nature and… Read More ›
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Birthing a Super Power: US Society and Imperialism from World War I to World War II. A Brief Historical Narrative.
The United States Enters the Great War. World War I (1914–1918) was arguably the formative event of the twentieth century, yet the United States had stayed out of the opening rounds of the war. Reelected in 1916 using the campaign… Read More ›
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Editorial: How Not to Fight Liberalism
Quite a lot, and sadly more and more, people supposedly on the “Left” are clueless as to the fact that there is a socialist critique of Liberalism and a reactionary one. These critiques are radically distinct, criticize Liberalism from opposite… Read More ›
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Stalin at the Movies
It is strange to say that, considering he was one of the most significant figures in world history, Joseph Stalin has rarely appeared on the silver screen. Certainly, when compared to the number of films portraying individuals as widely diverse… Read More ›
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Historical Sketch: American Conservatism and the New Right, 1960 – 2008
Conservatism and Crisis The Civil Rights, Women’s, anti-war, and social change movements of the 1960s and 1970s, spawned a conservative backlash that manifested itself in various ways. From the pagers of National Review magazine, to the conspiracy theories of the… Read More ›
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Film Review: “Conspiracy” (2001)
On January 20, 1942, fifteen high-ranking members of the Nazi Party, the SS, the fascist economic administration, and the government bureaucracy were summoned to a top-secret meeting in the quiet Berlin suburb of Wansee. There was only one item on the… Read More ›
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Editorial: Rising Waters
“I heard the roar of a wave that could drown the whole world.” Bob Dylan, A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall The rain is falling very hard indeed. In a move that might very well signal the reversal of the social-democratic… Read More ›
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Editorial: On the APL and the CPUSA
By Alfonso Casal, National Chair, APL The American Party of Labor has always made it a point to never publicly attack other Marxist-Leninist parties. We have always said that our battle is with capitalist imperialism and racism, and the various… Read More ›
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Editorial: There is No Such Thing as an “Ex” Nazi
Sure, people can join and leave neo-Nazi movements; but that’s not what I’m getting at. There are certain things from which, if you go there, there is no turning back. Being a Nazi is one of them. There is no… Read More ›
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Antifascism is More Than Just a T-shirt
Statement of the Communist Youth of Spain (Marxist-Leninist). January 13, 2018 Translation by Red Phoenix staff. Fascism is the last tool of the oligarchy for the defense of its power and economic interests. When their ballot boxes and their “democratic” circuses… Read More ›
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