The following interview was conducted with veteran American communist Jack Shulman shortly before his passing in 1999. This section, dealing with Comrade Shulman’s experience as a member of the anti-fascist Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War will be… Read More ›
History
In Remembering Baseball’s Racist Past and Present, Today’s Players Continue the Fight for a Radical Future
Major league baseball players recently displayed powerful class and racial unity during the sport’s annual celebration of Jackie Robinson’s courageous legacy. Just as Robinson’s story reflected the history of postwar America, today’s players understand that the game has been and is intimately connected with the tenor of the country’s racial relations.
A Bright Red Star Has Joined the Heavens
We are deeply saddened to report that today, February 26, 2020, at the age of 99, Comrade Nexhmije Hoxha has died. In a lifetime that spanned nearly a century, Comrade Nexhmije was at the forefront of some of the most… Read More ›
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 ›
Communist Party of Mexico (Marxist-Leninist): The Influence of the Communist International in Mexico
Translated by Red Star Publishers. The Foundation of the Communist Party of Mexico and the Communist International The Communist International (CI) was founded in Moscow, in March 1919 under the leadership of the Bolshevik Communist Party of the USSR, headed… Read More ›
US Financed Dictatorships in South America Killed Thousands
by Rafael Freire Originally published in Averdade (July 2019) Translated by Red Star Publications “In 1964, Che Guevara showed me, in his office in Havana, that Batista’s Cuba was not merely sugar: the Imperium’s blind fury against the revolution was… Read More ›
Geoffrey Servante, Last Surving British International Brigader, Has Died.
Originally published by the International Brigade Memorial Trust (http://www.international-brigades.org.uk/content/farewell-geoffrey-servante-our-last-man-standing). All rights reserved to the author and/or The International Brigade Memorial Trust. By Jim Jump Farewell to Geoffrey Servante, our last man standing Geoffrey Servante, almost certainly the last surviving British… Read More ›
Stalin: “On The Death Of Lenin” (A Speech Delivered at the Second All-union Congress of Soviets)
Courtesy of Marxist Internet Archive First Published: Pravda, January 30, 1924; Source: J. V. Stalin, Selected Works, The “8 Nëntori” Publishing House, Albania, 1979; Transcription and Mark-up: B. and Mike B., August 2004 Comrades, we Communists are people of a special mould. We are… Read More ›
Lenin: “Letter to American Workers.”
Courtesy Marxist Internet Archive Translated (and edited): Jim Riordan Transcription/HTML Markup: David Walters Online Version: V.I.Lenin Internet Archive, 2002 Comrades! A Russian Bolshevik who took part in the 1905 Revolution, and who lived in your country for many years afterwards, has offered… Read More ›
Women’s Emancipation in Socialist Albania
From: New Albania: A Small Country. A Great Contribution. (1980) Originally published by the USA – Albania Friendship Association. The emancipation and advancement of women are glorious achievements of Socialist Albania. Before liberation, the suppression of women was brutal,… Read More ›
Clara Zetkin: “Only in Conjunction With the Proletarian Woman Will Socialism Be Victorious”
Source: Speech at the Party Congress of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Gotha, October 16th, 1896. Berlin. Published: Clara Zetkin: Selected Writings, ed. by Philip Foner, trans. by Kai Schoenhals, International… Read More ›
Alexandra Kollontai on International Working Women’s Day
First Published: Mezhdunarodnyi den’ rabotnitz, Moscow 1920; Translated: Alix Holt 1972; Transcribed: Tom Condit for marx.org, 1997; Proofed: and corrected by Chris Clayton 2006. From the Marxist Intenet Archive — https://www.marxists.org/archive/kollonta/1920/womens-day.htm?fbclid=IwAR1XrhtjSHWfDgL4KnBQ9e1g44R8Kp9QSqMNVT4sQ0JgAVeff3y7d-otmDc A Militant Celebration Women’s Day or Working Women’s Day is a day of international… Read More ›
Communist Party of Mexico (Marxist-Leninist): “The 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist International”
Translated by Red Phoenix staff. Around the world, revolutionaries commemorate this historic date 2019 marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Third International, Communist International or Comintern, the organization of the proletarians, workers and workers of the world,… Read More ›
Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Venezuela: “What Does the Situation in Venezuela Demand from Revolutionaries?”
Translation courtesy of Red Star Publishers (www.RedStarPublishers.org) The people of Venezuela have been subjected to an attack that is expressed in different ways and with different tactics in order to undermine their ability to fight. The imperialist hawks know that… Read More ›
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 ›