This article was originally published in Liberation News, July 10th, 2024. Taking down the “Soviet Menace” in America, was, as we saw in part 1 [1], not a response to any real “national security threat,” but a very real threat to corporate profits and neocolonial...
American inquisition part 1: The origins of the Cold War and McCarthyism
This article was originally published in Liberation News, July 5th, 2024. The ghost of “Tail-Gunner Joe” McCarthy is haunting the U.S. Congress. Republicans, in particular, during their various TikTok hearings, have resurrected some of his hallmarks in their...
Nations and Soviets: The National Question in the USSR
Editor’s note: This article was originally published on Liberation News on June 6, 2022. Skip to a section - The prison house of nations - Dawning of a new era - Socialism against oppression - Challenging changes - Towards a socialist future The past, as they say, is...
Theory and revolution: Addressing the break of ideological continuity
Editor's note: This 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...
What is the real legacy of the Soviet Union? An overview
The first time the people had the power The capitalist class and its well-paid intellectuals and pundits continue to argue that the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 means that socialism and communism are impossible. A stereotyped and negative image of the Soviet Union...
The history of IWD: Women’s power is people’s power!
March 8 marks the 99th anniversary of International Women’s Day. The date honors the economic, political and social achievements of working-class women worldwide. The first International Women’s Day was celebrated in the United States on Feb. 28, 1909, following a...
Socialism and the legacy of the Soviet Union
The single biggest event that shaped global politics in the 20th century was the Russian Revolution of 1917, which gave birth to the Soviet Union. The first socialist government’s existence was the pivot for world events in history’s most turbulent and dynamic...