Communists of America

Democrats tossed out, Trump won, what's next? The RCA remains as optimistic as ever about the revolutionary future of this country. ✊ Join the fight against Trump & capitalism: https://communistusa.org/join/. "Is Trump a Fascist" video: https://youtu.be/LOC0r3xRrwI. More videos on the election: https://www.youtube.com/@AgainsttheStream. Read more: https://communistusa.org/democrats-tossed-out-defeat-trumpism-with-communism/. Read more: https://marxist.com/trump-victory-2024.htm. 🚩 Donate to build your party: https://communistusa.org/donate/. 📰 Get The Communist issue 8: https://www.marxistbooks.com/. products/the-communist-issue-8-november-2024.

✊ Join the communists! Join the fight against Trump ! https://communistusa.org/join/ ✊ Donate to build your party! https://communistusa.org/donate/ 📰 Get The Communist issue 7: https://www.marxistbooks.com/collections/magazines/products/the-communist-issue-7-october-2024

Venezuela is used by right-wing propaganda to scaremonger against the supposed "horrors of socialism." Is Venezuela socialist? What is the truth about the Venezuelan revolution? We provide the history, lessons, and a first-hand account of the Bolivarian revolution at this year's NYC communist cadre school. 📕 Get your copy of "Permanent Revolution in Latin America":https://wellred-books.com/permanent-revolution-in-latin-america/ 📰 Get The Communist issue 7: https://www.marxistbooks.com/collections/magazines/products/the-communist-issue-7-october-2024 ✊Join the communists: https://communistusa.org/join/ ✊ Donate to build your party! https://communistusa.org/donate/

Capitalism is ruining childhood. Millions of young people are turning towards revolution rather than doomerism. Hear from the communists organized in High Schools across the country in the Revolutionary Communists of America. Join us: https://communistusa.org/join/ Get The Communist issue 7: https://www.marxistbooks.com/collections/magazines/products/the-communist-issue-7-october-2024 Join the communists! Join the fight against Trump and Harris! https://communistusa.org/join/

In State and Revolution, Lenin said: "Democracy for an insignificant minority, democracy for the rich—that is the democracy of capitalist society." We explain exactly how the wealthy dominate every sphere of our lives to control and limit working class participation in politics. Get The Communist issue 7: https://www.marxistbooks.com/collections/magazines/products/the-communist-issue-7-october-2024 Join the communists! Join the fight against Trump and Harris! https://communistusa.org/join/

This week we are republishing an episode from our international podcast: Spectre of Communism. If you haven't subscribed to their podcast, please do so here: https://podcast.marxist.com/subscribe-to-podcast/ The situation in the Middle East is escalating dramatically. Israel’s current invasion of Lebanon has sent shockwaves throughout the region and represents a further step towards the outbreak of a region-wide conflict, risking open war with Iran. As the Middle East grows more unstable, communists need a clear understanding of these events and what we can do to fight against militarism and imperialism wherever we are. This week’s episode of Spectre of Communism Podcast welcomes Fred Weston, from the International Secretariat of the Revolutionary Communist International. Fred discusses recent events in Israel’s escalating military campaign, and explains the need for communists to fight for the real interests of workers and youth, which has nothing to do with the hypocritical warmongering of the ruling class internationally. For further reading on Israel’s war on Lebanon, we recommend this article published on 1 October: https://www.marxist.com/israel-invasion-of-lebanon-starts-fight-war-fight-imperialism.htm For more from Fred on recent events in the Middle East, we recommend his latest article on the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah: https://www.marxist.com/the-killing-of-nasrallah-netanyahu-is-provoking-iran-to-enter-war.htm ----more----

Capitalism is collapsing and destroying our lives. By what method can a communist party direct the masses toward a successful revolution? Pete Walsh outlines what the transitional method is, its usage by Lenin and Trotsky, and how we can wield this method today. 📖Read the Transitional Program: https://www.marxistbooks.com/collections/books/products/marxist-classics-volume-one Get The Communist issue 6: https://www.marxistbooks.com/collections/paper-and-magazine-indivual-current-issues/products/the-communist-issue-6-september-2024 Join the communists! Join the fight against Trump and Harris! https://communistusa.org/join/

From our 2024 founding congress: Fred Weston, outlines the historic crisis facing world capitalism, which is burdened by economic instability, unprecedented debt levels, political polarization, and heightened military tensions. These factors are pushing every country on earth towards an explosion in the class struggle in the coming years. Get The Communist issue 6: https://www.marxistbooks.com/collections/paper-and-magazine-indivual-current-issues/products/the-communist-issue-6-september-2024 Join the communists! Join the fight against Trump and Harris! https://communistusa.org/join/

Without a correct diagnosis of Trumpism, it is impossible to understand where US society is headed. Throughout Trump’s rise, liberals have argued that fascism and dictatorship are on the horizon in the US. But is this the case? We give the Marxist appraisal of fascism and discuss what Trumpism really represents. Buy The Communist issue 6, which includes the new article "What is Trumpism?" https://www.marxistbooks.com/collections/paper-and-magazine-indivual-current-issues/products/the-communist-issue-6-september-2024 Read Ted Grant's "The Menace of Fascism: What it Is and How to Fight It" https://www.marxist.com/ted-grant-the-menace-of-fascism.htm Buy Germany 1918-1933: Socialism or Barbarism https://www.marxistbooks.com/collections/books/products/germany-1918-1933-socialism-or-barbarism Buy Revolution and Counterrevolution in Spain https://www.marxistbooks.com/products/revolution-counterrevolution-in-spain/ Join the communists! Join the fight against Trump and Harris! https://communistusa.org/join/

Our comrades report back after the first week of the Class War 2024 campaign. Class War 2024 is a coast-to-coast effort to declare our total opposition to both rotten capitalist parties, to inject a class-struggle perspective, and fight to build a party for the working class. Print the materials for your part in the campaign: https://communistusa.org/posters-class-war-2024-campaign/ Join the party: https://communistusa.org/join About Class War 2024: https://communistusa.org/class-war-2024 Donate: https://communistusa.org/donate

The newly founded Revolutionary Communists of America is launching Class War 2024 this Saturday, August 24. The campaign is a coast-to-coast effort to declare our total opposition to both rotten capitalist parties, to inject a class-struggle perspective, and fight to build a party for the working class. Join the party: https://communistusa.org/join About Class War 2024: https://communistusa.org/class-war-2024 Donate: https://communistusa.org/donate

John Peterson gives an overview on the political conditions in the US, and the perspectives and tasks of communists. This talk was recorded at our founding congress in Philadelphia, where over 400 communists launched the Revolutionary Communists of America. Join the party: https://communistusa.org/join Donate: https://communistusa.org/donate RCA Manifesto: https://communistusa.org/manifesto

Help us found the party that will overthrow capitalism. Our congress is in Philadelphia, PA on July 27 & 28, 2024. Join the party and attend the founding congress of the RCA: https://communistusa.org/join Donate: https://communistusa.org/donate RCA Manifesto: https://communistusa.org/manifesto

We discuss the attempted assassination of Trump & the accelerated decline of US capitalism. This event is another step—a significant one—in the direction we’ve already been heading: one of instability, political crises, and growing political violence. Read our article: https://socialistrevolution.org/trump-assassination-attempt/ Join the party and attend the founding congress of the RCA: https://communistusa.org/join Donate: https://communistusa.org/donate RCA Manifesto: https://communistusa.org/manifesto

In the second of two episodes, we discuss the history of the US labor movement and the role of the communists in building the unions. Part 1: https://podcast.communistusa.org/e/class-war-pt-1-the-resurgence-of-the-us-labor-movement/ Join the party and attend the founding congress of the RCA: https://communistusa.org/join. Donate: https://communistusa.org/donate. RCA Manifesto: https://communistusa.org/manifesto.

After an embarrassing display by both parties' candidates, the US ruling class is reeling. How can we explain this pathetic performance? What can communists do to tap into the reignited discontent of the American working class? Join the Party: https://communistusa.org/join Subscribe to the communist newspaper: https://socialistrevolution.org/subscribe Donate: https://communistusa.org/donate

There are potentially tens of millions of unorganized communists in the US. How can we find this most advanced, radicalized layer and get them into a party? How do you build and maintain a cell? We talk to members across the country and hear their experience and advice. Join our Party: https://communistusa.org/join How to convince someone to join the fight for socialism: https://socialistrevolution.org/how-to-convince-someone-to-join-the-fight-for-communism/ How to build communist cells (From our Canadian Section): https://www.marxist.ca/article/how-to-build-communist-cells The Fundamentals of Marxism: A Short Reading List: https://socialistrevolution.org/marxist-fundamentals-reading-list/ Subscribe to the communist paper for news and analysis: https://socialistrevolution.org/subscribe/#communist Communist Correspondents Portal: https://communistusa.org/reports/ Donate: https://communistusa.org/donate

The imperialist wars in Ukraine and Gaza characterize the horror without end that is capitalism. How can we understand why these wars and subjugation of nations happen? John Peterson explains the Marxist theory of imperialism, as well as a history of US imperialism - the most powerful force on the planet. Read the full report on the RCI founding conference: https://www.marxist.com/the-revolutionary-communist-international-has-arrived.htm Find all the recorded sessions right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTEkvx0FabU&list=PLmkivsu9EhGAdQG1hbn36TPMYLquG6vPt&pp=iAQB Join our Party: https://communistusa.org/join Donate: https://communistusa.org/donate

How did the Bolshevik party endure the adversity it faced leading up to 1917? Antonio Balmer explains how a granite foundation of Marxist theory, firmness in principle, and flexibility in tactics led to the greatest event in human history - the October revolution. Read the full report on the RCI founding conference: https://www.marxist.com/the-revolutionary-communist-international-has-arrived.htm Find all the recorded sessions right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTEkvx0FabU&list=PLmkivsu9EhGAdQG1hbn36TPMYLquG6vPt&pp=iAQB Join our Party: https://communistusa.org/join Donate: https://communistusa.org/donate

Our communist cell in MSP airport distributed leaflets to coworkers with public data about wages. When they became too popular in the workplace, the bosses called in law enforcement. Our comrade, Milos could face 90 days in jail for giving leaflets to coworkers. Make a donation to the RCA’s fighting fund and send Milos your words of support: https://communistusa.org/donate Join the party: https://communistusa.org/join Read the Leaflet: http://youtube.com/post/UgkxdSSfeaH-UY4TwOXXRofm-7dYvBG_zE8R?si=lnE0dKdSjNxK--Hy Communist International Conference Registration: https://schoolofcommunism.com

The starting point for all of our activities is political clarity. Only by building in quality will we succeed in building in quantity. But have we fully grasped all that this entails? Antonio Balmer leads off a discussion to shed fresh light on a familiar task we are all engaged in—the task of becoming Marxists. This leadoff was recorded at the 2023 National Congress of what was formerly Socialist Revolution. In July 2024, we will found the Revolutionary Communists of America. If you are a genuine communist and want to take part in this historic event, join the party: https://communistusa.org/join. Find all the books mentioned: https://www.marxistbooks.com/collections/books Donate: https://communistusa.org/donate.

We're interrupting our planned schedule for the Communists of America podcast with a special episode. UAW Local 4811, which represents 48,000 workers at the University of California system, has called a political strike in response to the brutal repression of the Gaza solidarity encampments. Tom Trottier, Antonio Balmer, and a rank-and-file member of the union at UC San Diego discuss how this struggle can escalate to a point of victory. Join the party: https://communistusa.org/join. On the UAW Strike: https://communistusa.org/uaw-strike-palestine. Donate: https://communistusa.org/donate. Communist International Conference Registration: https://schoolofcommunism.com.

The US is living through a revival in the class struggle. There's a fresh layer of the working class that supports unions, and wants to organize and fight for workers rights and for a better society. In the first of two episodes, Tom Trottier discusses the situation in the US labor movement today and the role of communists. Join the party: https://communistusa.org/join. UAW Organizing: https://communistusa.org/uaw-vw-victory. Donate: https://communistusa.org/donate. Communist International Conference Registration: https://schoolofcommunism.com. RCA Manifesto: https://communistusa.org/manifesto.

Student activists have escalated the Palestine solidarity movement significantly over the past week, establishing encampments at campuses across the country. The goal of the students is to divest—that is, cut all financial ties—from companies that are aiding Israel’s war. The Revolutionary Communists of America wholeheartedly support this movement and seek to help escalate it however possible. We encourage all communists, pro-Palestinian workers, and young people to help build this movement nationwide. In this episode, we offer our proposals for how we can collectively escalate the movement further.

Vladimir Lenin was the greatest revolutionary in history. He built the Bolshevik Party, which led the working class to power in the Russian Revolution of 1917—the greatest event in human history to date. Lenin may have died 100 years ago, but the RCA is building a party following in his footsteps. Join the party: https://communistusa.org/join. Open letter to CPUSA: https://communistusa.org/open-letter-cpusa. Study Lenin: https://marxistbooks.com/lenin-book. Donate: https://communistusa.org/donate.

The Communist is the official newspaper of the Revolutionary Communists of America. We’re not the kind of internet leftists who stay inside and “do politics” online. The physical paper is an instrument for building a real-life organization—a genuine Communist Party of fighters. It is a tool for organizing in the streets, at protests and strikes, for building communist cells in our neighborhoods, workplaces, and campuses. Join the party: https://communistusa.org/join. Communist cell starter kit: https://marxistbooks.com/cell. Submit to the paper: https://communistusa.org/reports. Subscribe to The Communist: https://communistusa.org/subscribe. Comintern Guidelines: https://bit.ly/comintern-guidelines.

The Revolutionary Communists of America are a product of this new period in history. We are here for the complete overthrow of capitalism. If you consider yourself a communist, if you're committed to carrying out a revolution in our lifetime, this is your podcast. Join the party: communistusa.org/join. Donate: communistusa.org/donate.

Fred Weston leads off a discussion on the global crisis of capitalism. To see more of the communist perspective on world events, go to marxist.com Read our recent Editorial "Why “Genocide Joe” and Trump’s System Has to Go": https://socialistrevolution.org/election-2024-why-genocide-joe-and-trumps-system-has-to-go/ Are you a communist? Get organized: srev.org/join Donate & subscribe to our magazine: socialistrevolution.org/donate

Executive editor of Socialist Revolution, John Peterson, gives a history of Israel and Palestine, and explains what communists can do to free Palestine. Intifada Until Victory! Read our recent Editorial "Why “Genocide Joe” and Trump’s System Has to Go": https://socialistrevolution.org/election-2024-why-genocide-joe-and-trumps-system-has-to-go/ Are you a communist? Get organized: srev.org/join.

A Marxist analysis of the American hemisphere in the age of imperialism. John Peterson, the executive editor of Socialist Revolution, explains Lenin's brilliant analysis of capitalist imperialism, and directs that analysis to the subsequent history of the Americas that Lenin was not alive to see. Are you a communist? Get organized: srev.org/join

Socialist Revolution Editor Tom Trottier outlines the history of the Communist Party in the United States, and what communists today can learn from their successes and mistakes. The booklet Tom mentions can be found here: https://www.marxistbooks.com/collections/booklets/products/the-fight-for-a-mass-workers-party-in-the-us This talk was part of the NYC Marxist School, which gathered some 200 communists from across the Northeast and Canada for a weekend of discussions on Marxist theory and revolutionary strategy. Read a full report of the event here: https://srev.org/nycms23 Are you a communist? Get organized: communistusa.org/join -----

In this talk, Jon Lange explains the history and conditions leading up to the Chinese revolution of 1949, and the lessons that communists can learn from one of the greatest events in human history. To learn a more detailed history of China from a Marxist perspective, see our book here: https://www.marxistbooks.com/collections/books/products/china-from-permanent-revolution-to-counter-revolution This talk was part of the NYC Marxist School, which gathered some 200 communists from across the Northeast and Canada for a weekend of discussions on Marxist theory and revolutionary strategy. Read a full report of the event here: https://srev.org/nycms23 Are you a communist? Get organized: srev.org/join

In this talk, Jack Halinski-Fitzpatrick explains the development of the Russian Revolution and what lessons communists can take away from the greatest event in human history. This talk was part of the NYC Marxist School, which gathered some 200 communists from across the Northeast and Canada for a weekend of discussions on Marxist theory and revolutionary strategy. Read a full report of the event here: https://srev.org/nycms23 Are you a communist? Get organized: srev.org/join Donate & subscribe to our magazine: socialistrevolution.org/donate

A new communist movement is being born. How can it turn into a force for revolution? How can communism win? Socialist Revolution editor Antonio Balmer explains the foundations of communism and why we need to study Marxist theory to achieve a successful socialist revolution in our lifetime. This talk was part of the NYC Marxist School, which gathered some 200 communists from across the Northeast and Canada on October 7–8 for a weekend of discussions on Marxism and revolutionary strategy. Watch the video here: srev.org/nycms23-vid1. About the NYC Marxist School: srev.org/nycms23. Join the communists: srev.org/join.

Millions of people around the world are witnessing the horrific scenes of Gaza being massacred by the Israeli army. In this episode, we explain why US imperialism is just as responsible as the Israeli government for the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people—and what communists can do to fight back. Read more: srev.org/israel-war-us. Join the communists: srev.org/join. Palestine union resolution: socialist.net/palestinemotion.

We republish a special episode of International Marxist Radio where Marxist.com editor Fred Weston analyzes the sudden turn in events in Palestine and explains how communists around the world should respond. While bourgeois commentators hypocritically denounce any and every act of violence by the oppressed Palestinians, they turn a blind eye to the crushing dominance of the Israeli military. We say: End the occupation! Defend Gaza! Intifada until victory! Read the IMT statement: srev.org/israel-war-statement. On the history of the region: marxistbooks.com/israel-palestine. Join the communists: srev.org/join.

As the pace of history accelerates, humanity is approaching a decisive crossroads, and we must have a sense of urgency. Fortunately, the communists are not merely coming—we are already here! Editorial for issue 42 of Socialist Revolution. Subscribe to the magazine: srev.org/subscribe. Join the communists: srev.org/join.

Capitalism is on the brink. An entire generation has known only crisis, exploitation, and climate catastrophe. People in the US and around the world are correctly beginning to draw the conclusion that the root of the problem is the capitalism itself. In this episode, we launch our "Are You a Communist?" campaign, discuss the potential for building a mass communist party in the US, and why you should join the communists! Join the communists: srev.org/join.

The 80-year anniversary of Stalin's dissolution of the Communist International is an opportunity to explore theoretical and historical questions that led to its degeneration. In this three-part series, John Peterson digs deeper into the differences between genuine Bolshevism and Leninism, and its bureaucratic opposites of Zinovievism and Stalinism. Read the article on this topic: srev.org/comintern-degeneration. Read "The First 4 Years of the Comintern": marxistbooks.com/5-comintern. Join the fight for socialism in our lifetime: srev.org/join.

The 80-year anniversary of Stalin's dissolution of the Communist International is an opportunity to explore theoretical and historical questions that led to its degeneration. In this three-part series, John Peterson digs deeper into the differences between genuine Bolshevism and Leninism, and its bureaucratic opposites of Zinovievism and Stalinism. Read the article on this topic: srev.org/comintern-degeneration. Join the fight for socialism in our lifetime: srev.org/join.

80 years ago, on May 15, 1943, Stalin dissolved the Communist International. This anniversary is an opportunity to explore key theoretical and historical questions that led to the Comintern's degeneration. In this three-part series, John Peterson digs deeper into the differences between genuine Bolshevism and Leninism, and its bureaucratic opposites of Zinovievism and Stalinism. Read the article on this topic: srev.org/comintern-degeneration. Join the fight for socialism in our lifetime: srev.org/join.

Our comrade Tom Trottier was interviewed by Joe Attard from our international headquarters in London about the exciting developments in the US labor movement. We are borrowing this content from the International Marxist Radio podcast—all their weekly episodes are available at podcast.marxist.com. Read our interview of Chris Smalls: srev.org/chris-smalls. Join the fight for socialism in our lifetime: srev.org/join.

More fuel has been poured into the dumpster fire of US politics. For the first time in history, criminal charges have been filed against a former president of the United States. The fact that Trump is the current front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination sends the country even deeper into “unprecedented” and “uncharted” waters as the crisis of the regime intensifies. Editorial for issue 39 of Socialist Revolution. Subscribe to the magazine: srev.org/subscribe. Join the fight for socialism in our lifetime: srev.org/join.

In this episode, comrades Erica L and Josh Bennett talk about piracy, poverty, and why it's so difficult to make it as an artist under capitalism. Above all, they explore who is to blame for these problems, and how they can be addressed in a socialist society. Read the article: srev.org/capitalism-artists. Join the fight for socialism in our lifetime: srev.org/join. Watch the video "IMT vs. TPUSA": srev.org/imt-vs-tpusa. Booklet on "Art and the Class Struggle": marxistbooks.com/booklet-art.

The sad attempt at provoking a new Red Scare in Washington doesn’t have any serious traction. But the communists are, indeed, coming. They’re coming, not to reform capitalism, but to abolish it. Editorial for issue 38 of Socialist Revolution. Subscribe to the magazine: srev.org/subscribe. Join the fight for socialism in our lifetime: srev.org/join.

Marxists understand that mistakes in theory can lead to catastrophes in practice, and the Finnish Revolution is one of the most tragic examples. In this final episode, John Peterson explains how the White terror drowned the revolution in blood after the Social-Democratic leaders' vacillation prevented the working class from seizing power. Intro music: Finnish revolutionary song "Punaorvon Vala" (youtu.be/VF3XqDQCPZA). Read the article on this topic: srev.org/finnish-revolution. Join the fight for socialism in our lifetime: srev.org/join.

The second episode of this podcast series explores how, inspired by the Russian Revolution, the Finnish workers rose up and gained the upper hand on the streets and in the factories. Even though the revolution had broad support among the population, the Social-Democratic party leaders derailed the mass workers' struggle into parliamentary and constitutional channels. Intro music: Finnish revolutionary song "Punaorvon Vala" (youtu.be/VF3XqDQCPZA). Read the article on this topic: srev.org/finnish-revolution. Join the fight for socialism in our lifetime: srev.org/join.

Commonly referred to as the Finnish Civil War, the Finnish Revolution of 1917–18 is a proud chapter in the history of the international working class. Tragically, despite the tremendous energy expended by the masses, the forces of counterrevolution defeated the working class and drained the revolution in blood. What lessons can we draw from this experience? In this three-part series, Socialist Revolution editor John Peterson provides a Marxist overview and analysis of these events. Intro music: Finnish revolutionary song "Punaorvon Vala" (youtu.be/VF3XqDQCPZA). Read the article on this topic: srev.org/finnish-revolution. Join the fight for socialism in our lifetime: srev.org/join.

Wherever you look, it's doom and gloom for the serious analysts of capitalism. Combustible material is piled high everywhere, and any number of potential sparks will eventually set it alight. Editorial for issue 37 of Socialist Revolution. Subscribe to the magazine: srev.org/subscribe. Join the fight for socialism in our lifetime: srev.org/join.

This year marks the 100-year anniversary of the founding of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the USSR. In this episode, John Peterson provides a brief history and background on the USSR, what it was, and what it achieved—and why it was hated by the capitalist world. Join the fight for socialism in our lifetime: srev.org/join. Reading list: The Revolution Betrayed (Leon Trotsky). Stalin (Leon Trotsky). If America Should Go Communist (Leon Trotsky). The History of the Russian Revolution (Leon Trotsky). Russia: From Revolution to Counterrevolution (Ted Grant & Alan Woods).