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 ›
United States History
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
Presentation of the Delegation of the American Party of Labor to the XXVI International Democratic, Anti-Fascist and Anti-Imperialist Youth Camp
Three comrades attended the XXVI International Democratic, Anti-fascist and Anti-Imperialist Youth Camp held in Mexico City from July 31st to August 5th of this year. They made the following presentation on behalf of the American Party of Labor: Good morning,… Read More ›
“Karl Marx’s Legacy in the Reinvigoration of the US Labor Movement:” Presentation by the American Party of Labor at the 22nd International Seminar on the Problems of the Revolution in Latin America.
Quito, Ecuador (July 26, 2018) This presentation was delivered by Comrade John Palameda at the 22nd International Seminar as a delegate representing the American Party of Labor. A year has passed since the national secretary of the American Party of… Read More ›
International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations (ICMLPO) Statement on the Recent NATO Summit
On the occasion of NATO’s summit, in Brussels, in July 2018 and of all the mobilisations that will be organized to denounce this war mongering military alliance, we say : No to NATO No to European war policy International solidarity… Read More ›
Frederick Douglass: “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?”
Mr. President, Friends and Fellow Citizens: He who could address this audience without a quailing sensation, has stronger nerves than I have. I do not remember ever to have appeared as a speaker before any assembly more shrinkingly, nor with… Read More ›
An Interview With Mumia Abu Jamal
By Ekim KILIÇ Originally published in Evrensel (07/03/2018) Mumia Abu Jamal: “The Black struggle will not end until repression is over.” The former member of the Black Panthers and Evrensel’s contributor Mumia Abu-Jamal answered our questions from the State Correctional Institution… Read More ›
Global Campaign Against US/NATO Military Bases: Global Unity Statement
Global Unity Statement We, the undersigned peace, justice and environmental organizations and individuals from around the world, endorse the following Statement of Unity and commit ourselves to working together in a broad-based international campaign to organize an International Conference Against… Read More ›
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 ›
Statement of the Party of Labour of Iran (Toufan) on the U.S. withdrawal from “The Nuclear Deal”, Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action-JCPOA
The results of the Iranian government’s betrayal of the national interests of the country and trust in imperialism. The U.S. president Trump, as he had promised in his presidential campaign, withdrew from the Nuclear Deal, and again relies on lies,… Read More ›
Editorial: Antifascism in Deeds, Not Words
Antifascism in word but not in deed is to spit on the legacy of the Marxist-Leninists who came before us. To allow fascists to organize unopposed in our cities, in our countryside, and in our neighborhoods is to admit that… Read More ›
Statement of the Workers Communist Party of France: No to the Trivialization of French Military Interventions
Originally published in Revolutionary Democracy (04/23/2018) This is the first time that Macron, as head of state, has decided to fire missiles in Syria, in close collaboration with Trump and Teresa May. He thus joins the leaders of this troika… Read More ›