The Gains of the Cuban Revolution
The Cuban Revolution has held on for nearly seventy years, right under the nose of the most powerful imperialist country on earth—which has tried every possible means to overthrow it.
Ken Burns’s The American Revolution
The American ruling class would like nothing more than for workers to think that revolution is alien to the US. But Ken Burns’ new docuseries, The American Revolution, is a powerful refutation of this prejudice.
Hugo Chávez and the Venezuelan Revolution
Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution was a watershed moment in the history of the class struggle. Long before the 2008 crisis, BLM, or the rise of Sanders or Mamdani, it gave credibility to anti-capitalism, anti-imperialism, and socialism.
How the Communist International Was Built
World War I brought about the collapse of the Second International at its beginning, and a wave of revolutions towards its end. It was in this context that Lenin successfully built the Third (Communist) International.
Five Years Since George Floyd: A Glimpse of Revolution
Five years ago, George Floyd’s tragic murder ignited the largest mass movement in US history. It sparked fear in the hearts of the ruling class, and sent Donald Trump scurrying into an underground bunker.
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.