OP-ed | Climate Change and Capitalism

By Klaus Markstein The environment and climate change have always been of great interest to the LLCO. We serve the planet and the natural environment just as much as we serve the people of this earth. In doing so, we look critically at the theory of productive forces brought forward by previous socialist experiments that... Continue Reading →

Yemen’s future conflicts will be over water

[ The following article examines water shortages in Yemen in light of climate change and the ongoing war there. As is typical in capitalist media, the article pins blame on Yemen’s anti-imperialist rebel forces known as the “Houthis” as the main source of conflict in the country, ignoring the role of the US-backed Saudi-led coalition,... Continue Reading →

Sanctions Are Not the Way to Help Haiti

[ Adding salt to the wounds Haiti has already suffered as a result of imperialism, U.S. legislators are now proposing that sanctions be imposed on the country, allegedly to combat gangs that have taken over much of Haiti’s capital as part of the recent turmoil there. Not only that, but a potential U.S. military intervention... Continue Reading →

Transition to revolutionary turmoil in Sri Lanka

[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 →

The Mental Illness of Anachronistic Radical Socialism

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 →

Against the Criminalization of Communists

[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 →

Women’s Rights in Afghanistan

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 →

OP-ed | The COVID-19 Pandemic – A Year Later

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 →

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