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In January 1959, the people of a small island just 90 miles off the coast of Florida decided to become masters of their own destiny against the arrogant brutality of US imperialism. The heroic survival of the Cuban Revolution is a daily reminder to US imperialism of its humiliating defeat.
“Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal—the architect of a horrific genocide against the Palestinian people,” said Zohran Mamdani in his most watched video statement to date. These words rang true in the ears of millions who oppose Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
On January 10, 2025, before the start of Trump’s second term, we published an article titled “Trump’s Empire of Chaos and the Delusion of ‘Fortress America.’” Given the many unknowns at the time, it holds up quite well overall. However, we made at least one glaring mistake. And that was to try to anticipate Trump’s actions rationally.
The Communist is the official newspaper of the party of the Revolutionary Communists of America. It is different from any other publication you’ll find in the US today. Behind this newspaper, there’s a vast network of communist activity from coast to coast. It is a tool for organizing in the streets, at protests and strikes, for building communist cells in our neighborhoods, workplaces, and campuses.
The RCA is on a mission to carry Bolshevism into the political arena of a country that’s ripe for it. Yes, we’re Bolsheviks living in the digital age, and we also use social media and our podcast to spread the communist program. But we’re not the kind of internet leftists who stay inside and “do politics” online. That’s why we need something we can carry with us into the streets and put into people’s hands. The physical paper is an instrument for building a real-life organization—a genuine Communist Party of fighters.