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• The Rise of Historical Materialism II

  By The Red Phoenix on December 24, 2008 • ( 0 )

  

  The subject matter of historical materialism is the study of society and the laws of its development. These laws are as objective, i.e., independent of man’s consciousness, as the laws of nature’s development. Like the laws of nature, they are… Read More ›

• The Rise of Historical Materialism I

  By The Red Phoenix on December 17, 2008 • ( 0 )

  

  Marx and Engels revealed the dialectical-materialist character of development not only of nature but also of society, creating thereby the only scientific theory of social development: historical materialism.We shall now explain what historical materialism is. First of all, let us… Read More ›

• The Tasks Before Us

  By The Red Phoenix on December 10, 2008 • ( 0 )

  

  This year of 2008, the second half, witnessed the beginning of the activities of the American Party of Labor. At the present time, the most urgent business to be attended to is that of the practice of the APL. I… Read More ›

• Labor Theory of Value, a Simple Explanation

  By The Red Phoenix on December 9, 2008 • ( 0 )

  We will start this explanation of the labor theory of value with an analogy from outside the sphere of economics. A teenage boy is arguing with his mother about borrowing the car. A shrink watches their interaction and he doesn’t… Read More ›

• Marxist-Leninist Ideology

  By The Red Phoenix on December 8, 2008 • ( 0 )

  

  Marxist-Leninist ideology radically differs from all the preceding ideologies both in terms of class content, and the aims and tasks which it pursues. The first of these distinctions is that, unlike all the preceding ideologies, it serves the working class… Read More ›