– The U.S. has sought to overthrow the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea ever since its inception At the end of World War II, Yeo Un-hyung was elected as the President of the People’s Republic of Korea (PRK), governed by… Read More ›
History
International Platform of the ICMLPO (Unity & Struggle)
The following international platform has been endorsed and adopted by the APL. ON CAPITALISM, THE WORKING CLASS AND THE FIGHT FOR COMMUNISM I. Capitalism and the Working Class 1. Since society has split into classes, the whole of history has… Read More ›
The French Revolution: Now and Then, Now and Again
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 ›
The Greek Debt Crisis: A Misnomer for the European Imperialist Crisis
August 2015 Hari Kumar 1. An Introduction to Greece 2. The Truman Doctrine – Greece becomes dependent upon the USA after the Second World War 3. The Greek Junta – Greece by now fully a client state of the USA… Read More ›
The Rise and Fall of Third Worldism – Part 1
PART ONE: “Two, Three, many Vietnams”: National Liberation and the Rise of the Third World (1945 – 1991) Asia, Africa and Latin America in the Early Years of the Century With the exception of Latin America, and several noteworthy cases… Read More ›
Are the Popular Fronts Necessary?
By Raul Marcos Member of the PCE/ML The answer is a resounding YES. They are necessary and indispensable given the condition of oppression and exploitation, that are worsening, and which the people are suffering. The proletariat, with its party at… Read More ›
Revisionism and the Process of Capitalist Restoration
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 ›
Editorial: Outrage
In 1099, the city of Jerusalem fell to the knights of the first crusade. What happened following the capture of the city is one of the blackest marks on Western Christendom throughout its entire history. The city’s population was put… Read More ›
Statement on the 20th Anniversary of the International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations
In the 21st century the world continues to be divided. The contradiction between Labor and Capital in all spheres is the division that reflects the antagonism between labor and the increasing socialization of production on the one hand, and the… Read More ›
Response to Lawrence & Wishart statement on MECW
We are intrigued by the Lawrence & Wishart statement on the Marx Engels Collected Works published on April 25, 2014 via their web site. The reaction of the “Marxist community” at large has been wholly negative to the actions — completely legal… Read More ›
Fascists take deputy prime minister and other posts in Ukraine’s new government
By Tash Shifrin Fascists are now part of Ukraine’s government. Oleksandr Sych, of the fascist Svoboda party, has been appointed as deputy prime minister of Ukraine. He will take the post under prime minister Arseniy Yatseniuk of the neo-liberal, conservative Batkivshchyna (“Fatherland”)… Read More ›
New Munich agreement
Neoliberal whitewashing of neo-Nazis in Ukraine There is no such ‘miracle’ that cannot be done with the help of just media whitewashing. As if with a wave of a magic wand, those who were first portrayed as reactionary thugs suddenly… Read More ›
Editorial: Get off that Bandwagon
By George Bialek. If you’re a Facebook user chances are you’ve probably seen a popular “meme” regarding Iceland. It’s the one that supposedly quotes some Icelandic politician who was asked something like “Why has Iceland managed to do so well… Read More ›
On this day sixty-nine years ago, the Red Army liberated Auschwitz-Birkenau
Red Army liberators recall shock of Auschwitz By Natalia Reiter With additional reporting by Ron Popeski Dated: 26 Jan 2005 KRAKOW, Poland, Jan 26 (Reuters) — When 60 years ago Anatoly Shapiro commanded his Red Army troops to secure a… Read More ›
MLK Day: the Lessons of Pacifism & the Civil Rights Movement
Today is the celebration of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday in the United States. While it is ostensibly celebrated to promote the Civil Rights Movement, one wonders why MLK, among all other more active and progressive civil rights… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix 