A national tribunal recently convicted Efrain Ríos Montt, the former dictator of Guatemala, for crimes of genocide committed during his reign from 1982 to 1983. This was the first time a head of state has been convicted of genocide in a national court. Yet recent events changed the tone. As of May 20th 2013 the top court […]
Category Archives: Revolution
May
21
Rios Montt’s Conviction of Genocide in Guatemala Overturned; The Struggle Continues
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May
19
Video shows US-backed opposition fighter cannibalizing Syrian soldier
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By Alex Lantier A gruesome video posted on YouTube shows Khalid al-Hamad, the leader of the opposition Farouq Brigade, desecrating the corpse of a Syrian soldier, cutting out his internal organs and biting into one of them. The video makes clear the barbaric character of the Sunni Islamist militias Washington has mobilized in its proxy war against […]
May
13
Carbon in atmosphere hits 400ppm, capitalism or natural environment must perish
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This past week, a milestone was reached in human impact on the environment. Carbon levels in the atmosphere exceeded the 400 parts per million level. According to a report from National Geographic: “The last time the concentration of Earth’s main greenhouse gas reached this mark, horses and camels lived in the high Arctic. Seas were […]
April
19
A Terrifying Silence and Order in Boston
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Last Monday, two explosions occurred near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Many people are injured and some killed in what has been described as an act of terrorism. Bostonians and others around the country describe themselves as being in a state of shock over the event. Louder than the twin explosions and chaos […]
April
15
RAIM: An Open Letter Against First Worldism in the ICM
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Bangla, Italian, Spanish, and Turkish translations included.
US, Nepal Armies conduct joint exercises
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This is what revisionism leads to: collusion with imperialism. The Unified Communist Party of Nepal has not merely given up the struggle for revolution. It is activity taking part in training exercises conducted by the United States. The actions of the UCPN not only aid imperialism within Nepal, regionally, and globally. Its willingness to openly collude […]
Four points on Hugo Chavez, Bourgeois Nationalism, the United Front, Socialism, and the Struggle for Communism.
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The news of the recent passing of Hugo Chavez has swept through nominally leftist circles over the past week. Due to his leading stature in contemporary anti-hegemonic struggles, many organizations and websites (including Anti-Imperialism.com) posted commemorations. Now that the news has settled, Chavez’s death affords and demands a discussion on various aspects of the revolutionary […]
March
07
Hugo Chavez, Anti-Imperialist Stalwart: 1954-2013
posted by siglodelucha
On March 5, 2013 Hugo Chavez, the president of Venezuela, passed away after a two year battle with cancer. Chavez will be remembered as a leader who was created by the conditions of Venezuela at the time, one who was created by the peoples struggles for justice. He was an anti-imperialist who stood up to […]
Indian Masses Strike Against Imperialism
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February 20th and 21st witnessed nation-wide strikes by Indian workers against anti-people policies of the imperialist-backed Indian state. The strike, supported by organizations such as the Revolutionary Democratic Front, indicates a growing class consciousness among Indian masses. Nearly 70% of Indians live on less that $2 a day, a result of neo-colonial policies which favor western […]
NEW After Sorrow Comes Joy podacst
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Check out the new After Sorrow Comes Joy mini-cast. Hosted by Nick Brown, ASCJ features news, analysis, and a few bangers. Listen Now!
100 communist rebels attack vast pineapple plantation in the southern Philippines
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MANILA, Philippines — More than 100 communist guerrillas stormed one of the world’s largest pineapple plantations in the southern Philippines, killing a guard and torching farm equipment in their biggest attack this year, officials said Wednesday. At least two other guards and a villager were shot and wounded by the New People’s Army guerrillas, who […]
December
11
U.S. ramps up militarism amid Obama re-election, people’s war and united front will prevail
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U.S. ramps up militarism amid Obama re-election, people’s war and united front will prevail Amid re-election victory, Barack Obama is leading the U.S. “forward” to increase aggression against the world’s people. More a sign of weakness than strength, U.S. militarism can be defeated by people’s wars and a united front against imperialism. A struggle must […]
Lenin: Imperialism and the Split in Socialism
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In light of all the hoopla around the election and specifically in response to all the ‘leftist’ and ‘socialist’ tailing and support for Barry Obama and the Demoncratic Party, is it appropriate to repost this short article by V.I. Lenin, entitled ‘Imperialism and the Split in Socialism.’ Lenin was prescience in regards to a phenomena, the ‘labor aristocracy,’ […]
In Honor of the Russian Revolution
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November 7th marks is 95th anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Led by the Bolshevik Party, the Russian Revolution was the first clearly proletarian revolution in which state power was seized, reactionaries vanquished, and socialism built among the hardships of civil conflict and imperialist aggression. Though the history of the Soviet Union, which the Russian Revolution founded, was […]
What is Maoism-Third Worldism?
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Maoism-Third Worldism is a theoretical culmination of historical revolutionary practice, a science of understanding the world so as to change it. It is the Marxism of today. Maoism-Third Worldism includes several historical and new paradigmatic shifts in understandings regarding class struggle. These include: All hitherto history is the history of class struggle! Maoism-Third Worldism reaffirms […]
An Introduction to Stalin
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The following is Bruce Franklin’s introduction to his book, ‘The Essential Stalin.’ As always, reposting here does not imply agreement, endorsement, or affiliation. I used to think of Joseph Stalin as a tyrant and butcher who jailed and killed millions, betrayed the Russian revolution, sold out liberation struggles around the world, and ended up a […]
Telling the truth may be more radical than smashing windows
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This article was authored and published by MIM-Prisons. Recently comrades at Anti-Imperialism.com have brought up the question of how First Worldism sets back the revolutionary movement within the oppressor nation itself.(1) When anti-imperialists begin banging their heads against walls of cops, it seems a good time to consider this question. Over the Amerikan KKKolumbus Day […]
Reformation of RIM?
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The following resolutions adopted by a meeting of Maoist parties held earlier this year reflect a growing trend in calling for the reformation of the Revolutionary Internationalist Movement. Posting the following documents, while not implying endorsement, affiliation, or full agreement, does relate to the need to study developments in the international arena of revolutionary forces. […]
Mao, ‘Cadres’
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“Cadres are a decisive factor, once the political line is determined. Therefore, it is our fighting task to train large numbers of new cadres in a planned way.”
India’s Red Tide
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The aim in posting this short video, entitled India’s Red Tide, is not to imply uncritical support for the Naxalites but to better understand how social and economic conditions in the global south give rise to the possibility of a people’s war model of revolutionary class struggle, as well as its potentials and limitations. As the […]
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