Kshama Sawant’s results and the votes for self-proclaimed socialists in Democrat primaries show the enormous potential to build support for revolutionary socialist—i.e., communist—ideas.
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Desperate Times and Desperate Measures for the US Treasury
The United States Treasury Department announced this week that it will double the buying of its own bonds. These are desperate measures indeed.
Why Does Everyone Dress Like It’s 1994?
A photo of my mother from 1994 has her in a nearly identical outfit to what I would wear today—baggy jeans, crop top, oversized button down, Doc Martens. While she handpicked her outfit during days spent roaming the mall, mine was curated through visits to thrift shops and secondhand sites.
The Existential Crisis of European Capitalism
The following is based on a speech delivered by Jorge Martín at a recent meeting of the international leadership of the Revolutionary Communist International. In it, he analyzes the existential crisis of European capitalism, and the impact this will have on the class struggle.
Get the Flock Outta Here: Mass Surveillance Sparks Mass Anger
American workers are sick of being spied on. From Suffolk, VA to Southern California, AI surveillance cameras are being sawed down, smashed, and snatched off the streets.
Is Gen Z Going Back to Church?
Is Gen Z really going back to church? Or is it a red herring by the ruling class, intended to obscure smoldering class rage building up in society?
53 Days of Struggle: A Balance of the Bolivian Mass Movement
For 53 days, Bolivia witnessed an intense struggle that reached insurrectionary proportions. The movement demanded the resignation of President Rodrigo Paz, and might well have succeeded. Instead, it ended with the government declaring a state of emergency, the persecution of the movement’s leaders, and the continuing of the government’s programme of capitalist austerity. What happened?
The Stark Fate of Kashmir
The situation in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir is on a knife edge. The mass movement, which was forged over the last three years and which has now reached revolutionary proportions, is on the move. As it has grown in size, so have its demands. By such actions, it has thrown down the gauntlet to the Kashmiri authorities and the Pakistan government.
Your Textbook Is Lying to You About Communism
Marx and Engels long ago explained that “the ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.” Under capitalism, the education system is another pillar of bourgeois ideological dominance.
US Imperialism Weakened in Southeast Asia, but the Specter of Militarism Looms
In recent times, US imperialism’s increasingly apparent decline and erratic behavior on the world stage has seen it losing wars and losing friends. As a result, its grip is also loosening over Southeast Asia, pushing many of its traditional allies to look elsewhere.
Grads Rage Against the Machines
The graduation ceremony once signified achievement, celebration, and hope for the future. Unfortunately, not many grads can still say the same.
Remembering Fidel at 100
100 years ago , Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro was born. Today, the Cuban Revolution is facing a greater threat than at any point in its history. Held at the throat by US imperialism, the recent policies adopted by the Cuban National Assembly are laying the ground for the restoration of capitalism.
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.