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Statement of the American Party of Labor in Solidarity with the People of Catalonia
The ongoing developments with respect to the Catalan national question and the violent repression meted out by the Spanish government have rightfully provoked impassioned responses from revolutionary parties and proletarian forces across the globe. Scenes of jackbooted riot cops wading… Read More ›
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“In Face of Escalating Repression:” Statement of the Communist Party of Spain (Marxist-Leninist) on the Events in Catalonia
Translated by Red Phoenix staff. The Rajoy Government has more than fulfilled its threats, setting in motion all its repressive machinery as soon as the Generalitat de Catalunya formalized its call for a referendum for October 1st. As has been… Read More ›
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William Z. Foster on Puerto Rico: An Open Letter to President Harry Truman (1948)
In 1948, CPUSA National Chairman William Z. Foster visited the island of Puerto Rico. Upon his return, he made the following speech in the form of a open letter to US President Harry Truman. It was quite in line, Mr…. Read More ›
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“Here in the very belly of imperialism, you have comrades”: National Spokesperson for the American Party of Labor (APL), Alfonso Casal, spoke to Evrensel
Alfonso Casal, National Spokesperson for the American Party of Labor, spoke to Evrensel about the APL and the U.S. policies. We are in the years when the imperialists’ rivalry to grab the share of the international scene has accelerated, and… Read More ›
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Comrade Pablo Alfonso Rosario Has Died
Comrade Pablo Alfonso Rosario, Vice-Chair of the Dominican Workers Party (PTD), died yesterday, 7/15/17, of a sudden myocardial infarction. Comrade Rosario was a founding member of the PTD and the Chair of its Santiago Section. A communist militant with decades… Read More ›
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Comrade Fidel Castro Has Died
“Todo el mundo tercero vaa enterrar su dolor.Con granizo de plomo harásu agujero de honor, su canción” Silvio Rodriguez. A revolutionary star has fallen from the heavens. The BBC, citing Cuban television, has announced that Comrade Fidel Castro Ruz has… Read More ›
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The French Revolution: Now and Then, Now and Again
by Alfonso Casal “I will not begin my speech by saying that the French Republic is a drooling, stinking bitch. I will not say it, because everyone knows!” (O’Shea, 1989). Such were the words spoken, not so very long ago,… Read More ›
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From the Central Committee: Statement on the Massacre in Orlando
FROM THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE: On June 12, 2016 at approximately 2 a.m., a lone gunman opened fire on an Orlando nightclub with an assault rifle, killing 50 people and wounding another 53. This was the largest attack of its type… Read More ›
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Revisionism and the Process of Capitalist Restoration
by Alfonso Casal Most people reading this can agree on two incontestable facts: namely, that in 1956 a revisionist clique headed by Nikita Khrushchev took control of the Soviet party and state; and in 1991, the Soviet Union was dismembered and… Read More ›
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Review of Grover Furr’s “Khrushchev Lied”
by Alfonso Casal There are certain assumptions one can make, with a high degree of certainty, regarding Grover Furr’s Khrushchev Lied. The first is that, had Furr written a similar book in any area of historical specialization other than Soviet-era… Read More ›
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APL Speech from 19th of January Anti-Fascist Protest against Golden Dawn in Chicago
Greetings fellow anti-fascists and comrades. Welcome to this solidarity action with immigrant rights groups and anti-fascists in Athens, across Greece and around the world. We have a few speakers today who will talk about Greece’s critical struggle against the rising… Read More ›
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Speech & Photos from 19th of January Anti-Fascist Protest in Chicago against Golden Dawn
The following statement was read aloud by the comrades of the No Golden Dawn in Chicago Working Group in front of the Greek consulate NoGoldenDawnChicago@gmail.com | http://www.facebook.com/NoFascistGoldenDawnPartyInChicago | @NoGoldenDawnChi | 312-446-4939 January 19, 2013 The Honorable Ioanna Efthymiadou Consul General in… Read More ›
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A Brief History of the Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War (1936 – 1939) has come to symbolize the clash between the ideologies of liberalism, socialism and communism versus conservatism, traditionalism and fascism. Spain, at the dawn of the 20th century, was caught in a crisis of… Read More ›
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Fascism: Origins and Ideology
Post War Chaos The social and political upheaval that accompanied the end of World War I fused the various attitudes (elitism, racism, irrationalism, anti-modernism) that characterized the radical right of the early years of the century into a cohesive political… Read More ›
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The Deep Roots of Reaction: the Radical Right
The triumphant liberal capitalism of the 19th century faced two challenges by the close of the 1800s, the first, socialism, was its direct dialectical antithesis and would culminate in the development of the science of Marxism-Leninism. The other, which claimed… Read More ›
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