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.
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“The Greatest Event in Human History”: Lenin and the Russian Revolution
107 years ago, the Russian working class conquered power. For the first time ever, workers and peasants overthrew the dictatorship of the rich, and took control of society themselves.
What Can the History of the American Civil War Tell Us About 2024?
There are clear parallels between our time and the period leading up to the American Civil War. But does this mean we’re heading for another all-out civil war?
Stalin’s Responsibility in the Creation of Israel and its Disastrous Consequences
Genuine revolutionary Communists always opposed Zionist ideology. Why then did Stalin abandon the position of one state for the two peoples, Palestinian and Jewish, and come out in support of partition in 1947?
The Fall of Woman: Property, Oppression and the Family
The oppression of women and the origins of the family as we know it remain key issues facing anyone who wishes to fight for a better world today.
What We Can Learn from the Last Time America Had 100,000 Communists
The last great radicalization of American workers gives us an idea of what’s in store for today’s communist movement.
Is Fascism on the Rise?
The chaos of American capitalism—from the 2024 election farce to brutal attacks by Zionist thugs and police on Palestine solidarity encampments—has many wondering whether fascism is on the rise.
The Crushing of the Kronstadt Rebellion: A Tragic Necessity
On March 2, 1921, sailors in Kronstadt took up arms against the young Soviet government. The tale of the short-lived rebellion has been told and retold with little concern for facts and serious analysis.
The Communist: The 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.