By itself, revolutionary consciousness cannot create wealth and material well-being for most of the population except in the mind of hyper voluntarists such as Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong and Ernesto (Che) Guevara.
Category: Left Politics
Can Xi Jinping’s “Chinese Model” Supplant Capitalist Democracies and Why Should Western Socialists Care? – Part 1
Xi’s “new type civilization” is the opposite of all this. Instead of enlightenment, emancipation, freedom, critical thinking, science and democracy.
The Cuban Government’s Persecution of a Left-wing Dissident
Alina Bárbara López Hernández
In the closing address to the tenth congress of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR -the street level vigilance committees) that took place on September 28 of this year, the president of the Cuban . . .
A Divided MAS Roils Bolivia
It is undeniabe that Luis Arce, the President of Bolivia, is no longer responding to the demands of his ex-boss, former President Evo Morales.
We are anti-imperialists, not alter-imperialists.
The Left and Ukraine: Anti-Imperialism or Alter-Imperialism?
How should the left respond to NATO expansionism and Western imperialist policy? As anti-imperialists we reject both NATO imperialism and Putin’s imperialist reaction to it.
Zionist Volksgemeinschaft
On the völkisch nature of Zionism and its relation to imperialism
In this essay, I attempt to offer a Marxist examination of Zionism and some of its essential features: its völkisch character, its settler colonial character, and its relation to imperialism.
Struggle for Memory Continues 50 Years After Chile Coup
We must continue to remember so that no one is forgotten, so that no face is forgotten, and so that our experience is not forgotten.
Cornel West for President? Part 4 – Angela Davis for Vice-President 1984 and 1988
Davis’ loyalty to the CP led her in 1980 and 1984 to accept the party’s assignment that she be the running mate of diehard Stalinist party leader Gus Hall.
From The Mass Strike, The Political Party, and the Trade Unions
In this classic work, Rosa Luxemburg situates mass strikes at the center of revolutionary political dynamics.
Beyond Capitalism: A Participatory Economy
What do those who are fed up with capitalism propose to put in its place?
review
Revisiting Rosa Luxemburg’s Writings on the 1905 Russian Revolution
Robert Ovetz describes the significance of a new collection of Rosa Luxemburg’s writings on revolution from 1906 to 1909, recently published in English.
Searching for the American Worker
Kevin Van Meter discusses the 1947 pamphlet “the American Worker,” its international impact and the significance of workers’ inquiry.
review
The Limits of State-Centric Analysis of the Latin American Left
In their review of Gaudichaud et al.’s book, “The Impasse of the Latin American Left,” Paley and Whitener call for greater focus on autonomous social movements.
The Cuban Reality
Lynn Cruz calls for situating Cuban politics in the context of the world capitalist system
Introduction to Marginalized Discourse: Voices from the Critical Left in Cuba
James Buckwalter-Arias introduces the collection of contributions from critical leftists in Cuba.
The Historical Burden of Actually Existing Socialism
Alexander Hall Lujardo develops the emancipatory anti-capitalist critique of Cuban state socialism.
Cuba and the World
Lisbeth Moya González discusses how the international left can be in solidarity with the critical Cuban left.
Ukraine and the Indian Left
An Interview with Kavita Krishnan
The ties between India and Russia, and a call for the Indian left to support Ukraine against the Russian invasion.
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