While the ruling class treated Malcolm X with derision and hostility, his bold example continues to inspire revolutionary fighters around the world.
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Lost Soviet Document Vindicates Trotsky: There Really Was “No Better Bolshevik!”
“Trotsky said long ago that unification is impossible. Trotsky understood this and from that time on there has been no better Bolshevik.” Vladimir Lenin delivered this statement to the Bolshevik Petrograd Committee.
The Tet Offensive: Turning Point in the Vietnam War
To mark the 50th anniversary of the US defeat in Vietnam, we republish Alan Wood’s 2008 analysis of the events that led to the Vietnam War and the significance of the Tet Offensive in bringing about the defeat of American imperialism.
What Caused the Great Depression?
Every time an economic crisis erupts, capitalism’s apologists are quick to point the finger at some superficial cause or unpredictable accident beyond their control. Marxists dive deeper to discover the truth.
World War II: Setting the Record Straight—Issue 49 of “In Defence of Marxism” Magazine Out Now!
For decades, we’ve been subjected to a barrage of propaganda which suggests that Hitler was defeated mainly by the Americans and British, but the Soviet Union was the most decisive power in that epic struggle.
The Class Roots of the American Constitution
The US Constitution is deliberately shrouded in mystery, portrayed as a holy, ever-lasting protector of individual rights. But it exists to protect the property and interests of the ruling class.
When Immigrant Workers Were Kicked Out, the Economy Collapsed
The American ruling class has a long history of scapegoating immigrant workers in order to divert and undermine the class struggle. One of the first examples was the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.
The German Catastrophe of 1923
In the summer of 1923, Germany found itself in the grip of an intense revolutionary ferment. But this historic opportunity for the working class to seize power was squandered, with devastating implications.
Frantz Fanon’s Wretched of the Earth: A Marxist Critique
The name of Frantz Fanon is intimately associated with the anticolonial struggle of the postwar period, and his major work, The Wretched of the Earth, is regularly cited as a handbook for anti-imperialist struggle around the world.
The 1780 Rebellion of Tupac Amaru II and Micaela Bastidas in Colonial Peru
In 1780, the Spanish Viceroyalty of Perú was shaken by a massive rebellion, led by Túpac Amaru II. Tens of thousands flocked to Túpac Amaru’s army, and war raged across the Andes in the greatest challenge Spanish colonial rule had ever faced.
50 Years since the Ethiopian Revolution
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Ethiopian Revolution, which began as an uprising against the despotism of Haile Selassie and culminated in the abolition of capitalism in the country.
Lenin’s Last Struggle
As his health deteriorated, Lenin spent the last years of his life waging a struggle against the bureaucratic degeneration of the Soviet state and the ringleader of the bureaucratic faction in the Communist Party, Joseph Stalin.
The Communist: Voice of America’s Communist Generation
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.