Praxis

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Social media and democratic centralism: Opportunities and challenges

Ben Becker

November 7, 2018

The following is an edited version of an internal document initially written in late 2015 and formed part of the basis for party-wide discussions in the Party for Socialism and Liberation in early 2016. The ...

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Espanol

La enfermedad infantil del “izquierdismo” en el comunismo y el ...

Nino Brown, traducido por Katie B

September 25, 2018

Es imprescindible para los marxistas—y para cualquier persona de la izquierda—comprender firmemente las lecciones de “La enfermedad infantil del “izquierdismo” en el comunismo” de Lenin y su relación con nuestra tarea de desarrollar partidos, de ...

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Praxis

A handbook of tactics: Some historical context for studying “Left-wing” ...

Richard Becker

August 22, 2018

It would be virtually impossible to over-state the impact of the Russian Revolution which began in February 1917. At the beginning of that year, the world was in a very dismal state. World War I, ...

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Praxis

“Left-wing” communism and the movement today

Nino Brown

August 20, 2018

It’s essential for Marxists–and anyone on the Left–to firmly grasp the lessons of Lenin’s “Left-Wing” Communism and how those lessons relate to our the tasks of party building, mass work, and advancing the struggle for social ...

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Praxis

Pedagogy of the oppressed against Trump: Communist education in the ...

Derek Ford

January 26, 2017

With the mass actions that accompanied and immediately followed Donald Trump’s inauguration, the question of how communists should relate to the mass movement has been raised in a sharp manner. While other articles have addressed ...

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Labor Struggle

The World Federation of Trade Unions 17th Congress: A report ...

Jeff Bigelow

January 2, 2017

The Party for Socialism and Liberation was honored to attend and participate in The World Federation of Trade Unions 17th Congress in Durban, South Africa, in October 2016. Below is an extensive report on the ...

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Historical experience

A diverse group of people looking at the camera with fists raised

From counterrevolution to revival: Communism and the primacy of the ...

Brian Becker

December 7, 2016

Central to our ideology is the idea that in order to understand and prepare for the class struggle in the U.S. we must first take the global situation into account, understanding that the interconnectedness of ...

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Our Party

The Leninist party in history and the present

Brian Becker

November 17, 2016

This essay examines the theory and practice of the Leninist party from the time of Lenin until today. We turn to Lenin’s key writings and to the history of Bolshevism and the international communist movement to ...

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Our Party

Theory and revolution: Addressing the break of ideological continuity

Brian Becker

September 28, 2016

The document was initially circulated within our Party in advance of our 3rd Party Congress in April 2016 — and publicly released in September 2016. It addresses the historical and contemporary relationship between revolutionary theory and revolutionary ...

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Our Party

Reviving the communist movement: Building organization in 2016

Brian Becker

April 22, 2016

The following is part of an internal document circulated by the Central Committee of the PSL in advance of our 3rd Party Congress in 2016. Here, we focus on ways that communist organizations have historically ...

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