We can certainly sympathize with the healthy instinct to “do something” to undermine the Israeli state. However, divestment suffers from a fatal flaw: it accepts the limits of capitalism as a given.
Strategy & Tactics
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Class Fighters Gather Across the US to Launch the Revolutionary Communists of America
On February 25, hundreds of comrades gathered nationwide to discuss the founding of the Revolutionary Communists of America—a new political party for the new generation of class fighters eager to get active and organized in the belly of the beast.
It Is Time to Launch a Revolutionary Communist International!
A significant stratum of workers and youth are reaching out to grasp the banner of communism with both hands. We must turn decisively outwards to meet them by building a Revolutionary Communist International.
Did Boycotts, Divestment, and Sanctions Overthrow the Apartheid Regime in South Africa?
Many earnest people in the West look to the BDS campaign as a “practical” way to show solidarity with Palestine. Its activists often point to the example of the Apartheid regime in South Africa.
Can a Socialist Revolution Happen in the United States?
It is not uncommon to encounter skepticism or even extreme pessimism about the possibility of a socialist revolution in the United States. However, revolutions have exploded in what seemed to be the most unlikely places.
Ukraine War Leads to Splits in the Communist Movement: Back to Lenin!
War poses everything in stark terms and puts all tendencies to the test. The war in Ukraine has led to splits in the communist parties in several countries.
Why Communists Sell Newspapers
As the crisis of capitalism deepens, the ruling class—which is completely unable to solve society’s most pressing problems—has resorted increasingly to censorship against any dissenting voices, particularly those who challenge capitalism itself.
Young People in Texas Are Organizing for Communism
Many people might count out Texas, but I say to those people: you’d best think again—there’s revolutionary sentiments brewing throughout the state!
Their Tactics and Ours
Whenever a new movement erupts onto the scene of history, questions over the efficacy of violence vs. non-violence, direct action, diversity of tactics are hotly debated. But what can we learn from the past experience of the class struggle?
US Perspectives 2023: The Road to the Third American Revolution
Drafted as a discussion document to be amended and voted on at the 2023 National Congress of the US section of the IMT, this text draws a balance sheet of the events that have unfolded since 2020 and their impact on mass consciousness.
Identity Politics: The Ruling Class’s Favored Weapon against the Left
Promoted by some activists as a means of combating oppression, identity politics is increasingly being used by the establishment to attack the left and the labor movement. Workers and youth must fight back with revolutionary class struggle.
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.