News and anaylisis from the Leading Light Communist Organization
[The following is a translation of an article that was originally published in German on Rote Fahne News, a media outlet of the Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany. The situation in Sri Lanka is one that communists must watch closely, and hopefully lead into a revolutionary, anti-capitalist direction. -NP] For weeks, the masses in Sri Lanka... Continue Reading →
Editor's Note: There has been a poverty of real Marxist analysis in the world of politics. Whether it be tailing and pandering to far-right movements, spreading COVID-19 disinformation, or championing "socialist" Chinese billionaires, it seems that there are some very confused sections of the left. In the following article, Stephen Gowans refers to these confused... Continue Reading →
[This article was written and translated from its original German by our Comrade Klaus Markstein. While it is mostly relevant to our comrades and allies in Germany, it still highlights some of the dangers communists must face within the legal systems of the entire imperialist core.] “When the Nazis came for the communists, I remained... Continue Reading →
Editor's note: The following article by Stephen Gowans was originally published on August 9, 2010 during a time when there was talk about a potential Taliban revival in Afghanistan. Although 11 years old, the article remains relevant today. Recently, the Taliban has been seeing yet another potential revival and appears to be gaining ground, seizing... Continue Reading →
By Janelle Velina In the former USSR, the Soviets understood that sports were originally supposed to be for the physical and communal benefit, as well as the genuine enjoyment, of the people. By taking capital out of the equation and by allowing the expansion and encouragement of mass participation, the arena of sports actually flourished under... Continue Reading →
By Janelle Velina "Comrades, it is impossible to imagine the dreadful situation in the typhus regions, where the population is broken, weakened, without material resources, where all life, all public life ceases. To this we say, “Comrades, we must concentrate everything on this problem. Either the lice will defeat socialism, or socialism will defeat the... Continue Reading →
While there are some legitimate criticisms that can be made of the CCP, this article linked from The Grayzone points out that the allegations of genocide are dubious at best. The person responsible for the data used to advance the US claim of genocide has highly questionable motives, and not surprisingly, there is clear evidence... Continue Reading →
By Janelle Velina It is about time that socialists in the West put their fears about nuclear power aside and consider the benefits and the greater potential that nuclear energy can bring under a socialist system. The movement against it was a negative critical point for socialism in the West, with Big Oil holding back progress. See... Continue Reading →
[While it is not complete withdrawal -- which would be morally necessary -- the Trump administration's move to reduce imperialist troops in Afghanistan and Iraq should be viewed as a positive, if minuscule, step in the right direction. Instead, the imperialist war-machine and its paid propagandists in the media are decrying the decision as a... Continue Reading →
[There is no reason to believe that a Joe Biden presidency will improve US foreign policy. As it should be obvious to anyone paying attention, the US Democratic Party is just as imperialist and dangerous to the world as the Republican Party. History has proven time and again that both major US political parties serve... Continue Reading →
[Under capitalism, most if not all facets of society are dictated by capital and profits; people are subordinated to the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie through the exploitation of human labour in order to generate value. Yet, liberal postmodernist buzzwords such as "totalitarian" and "authoritarian" are rarely if ever used to describe the system of capitalism.... Continue Reading →
[The sins of empire still abound, though they have changed their flavor in the neoliberal landscape. England continues its thieving legacy today by denying the state of Venezuela gold held in English vaults. Not only is this criminal in its own right, but this refusal comes amidst the covid-19 pandemic, and the funds demanded would... Continue Reading →
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