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• Editorial: The US Left and the Iran Protests

  By Alfonso Casal on January 10, 2018

  

  It is the stated position of the American Party of Labor that we do not publicly criticize other Marxist-Leninist organizations.  Our stance has always been that our fight is with capitalism and imperialism, and the multitude of oppressions and injustices… Read More ›

• “The Unelected King:” Communique of the Communist Party of Spain (Marxist-Leninist)

  By Alfonso Casal on October 4, 2017

  

  Translated by Red Phoenix staff. The unelected King, the son of the designee named by the criminal Franco, Juan Carlos I, who in 1975 confirmed his commitment to the dictatorship with these words: “I swear by God and the Holy… Read More ›

• Statement of the American Party of Labor in Solidarity with the People of Catalonia

  By Alfonso Casal on October 3, 2017

  

  The ongoing developments with respect to the Catalan national question and the violent repression meted out by the Spanish government have rightfully provoked impassioned responses from revolutionary parties and proletarian forces across the globe. Scenes of jackbooted riot cops wading… Read More ›

• “In Face of Escalating Repression:” Statement of the Communist Party of Spain (Marxist-Leninist) on the Events in Catalonia

  By Alfonso Casal on October 3, 2017

  

  Translated by Red Phoenix staff. The Rajoy Government has more than fulfilled its threats, setting in motion all its repressive machinery as soon as the Generalitat de Catalunya formalized its call for a referendum for October 1st.  As has been… Read More ›

• William Z. Foster on Puerto Rico:  An Open Letter to President Harry Truman (1948)

  By Alfonso Casal on September 30, 2017

  

  In 1948, CPUSA National Chairman William Z. Foster visited the island of Puerto Rico.  Upon his return, he made the following speech in the form of a open letter to US President Harry Truman. It was quite in line, Mr…. Read More ›

• “Here in the very belly of imperialism, you have comrades”: National Spokesperson for the American Party of Labor (APL), Alfonso Casal, spoke to Evrensel

  By Alfonso Casal on July 24, 2017

  

  Alfonso Casal, National Spokesperson for the American Party of Labor, spoke to Evrensel about the APL and the U.S. policies. We are in the years when the imperialists’ rivalry to grab the share of the international scene has accelerated, and… Read More ›

• Comrade Pablo Alfonso Rosario Has Died

  By Alfonso Casal on July 16, 2017

  

  Comrade Pablo Alfonso Rosario, Vice-Chair of the Dominican Workers Party (PTD), died yesterday, 7/15/17, of a sudden myocardial infarction. Comrade Rosario was a founding member of the PTD and the Chair of its Santiago Section. A communist militant with decades… Read More ›

• Comrade Fidel Castro Has Died

  By Alfonso Casal on November 26, 2016

  

  “Todo el mundo tercero vaa enterrar su dolor.Con granizo de plomo harásu agujero de honor, su canción” Silvio Rodriguez. A revolutionary star has fallen from the heavens. The BBC, citing Cuban television, has announced that Comrade Fidel Castro Ruz has… Read More ›

• The French Revolution: Now and Then, Now and Again

  By Alfonso Casal on July 14, 2016

  

  by Alfonso Casal “I will not begin my speech by saying that the French Republic is a drooling, stinking bitch. I will not say it, because everyone knows!” (O’Shea, 1989). Such were the words spoken, not so very long ago,… Read More ›

• From the Central Committee: Statement on the Massacre in Orlando

  By Alfonso Casal on June 13, 2016

  

  FROM THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE: On June 12, 2016 at approximately 2 a.m., a lone gunman opened fire on an Orlando nightclub with an assault rifle, killing 50 people and wounding another 53. This was the largest attack of its type… Read More ›

• Revisionism and the Process of Capitalist Restoration

  By Alfonso Casal on June 10, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  by Alfonso Casal Most people reading this can agree on two incontestable facts: namely, that in 1956 a revisionist clique headed by Nikita Khrushchev took control of the Soviet party and state; and in 1991, the Soviet Union was dismembered and… Read More ›

• Review of Grover Furr’s “Khrushchev Lied”

  By Alfonso Casal on January 12, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  by Alfonso Casal There are certain assumptions one can make, with a high degree of certainty, regarding Grover Furr’s Khrushchev Lied. The first is that, had Furr written a similar book in any area of historical specialization other than Soviet-era… Read More ›

• APL Speech from 19th of January Anti-Fascist Protest against Golden Dawn in Chicago

  By Alfonso Casal on January 22, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Greetings fellow anti-fascists and comrades. Welcome to this solidarity action with immigrant rights groups and anti-fascists in Athens, across Greece and around the world. We have a few speakers today who will talk about Greece’s critical struggle against the rising… Read More ›

• Speech & Photos from 19th of January Anti-Fascist Protest in Chicago against Golden Dawn

  By Alfonso Casal on January 22, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  The following statement was read aloud by the comrades of the No Golden Dawn in Chicago Working Group in front of the Greek consulate NoGoldenDawnChicago@gmail.com | http://www.facebook.com/NoFascistGoldenDawnPartyInChicago | @NoGoldenDawnChi | 312-446-4939 January 19, 2013 The Honorable Ioanna Efthymiadou Consul General in… Read More ›

• A Brief History of the Spanish Civil War

  By Alfonso Casal on March 17, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  The Spanish Civil War (1936 – 1939) has come to symbolize the clash between the ideologies of liberalism, socialism and communism versus conservatism, traditionalism and fascism. Spain, at the dawn of the 20th century, was caught in a crisis of… Read More ›