Value, price, and inflation: Immediate and structural causes
Placing the immediate inflationary crisis in the broader dynamics of capitalism provides workers with the tools against inflationary pressures and to take the offensive and shift the balance of forces in our favor against the ultra-rich.
¿Qué es el imperialismo? Una introducción
Nota del equipo editorial: Esta es una traducción del artículo "What is imperialism? An Introduction", puede encontrar la versión original aquí. En el sufrimiento del Sur Global, la brutalidad del capitalismo queda expuesta. En una nota al calce al final de El...
Islamophobia and imperialism: Nazia Kazi on race and global politics
Editor’s note: The latest installment in our Liberation School interview series focuses on the relationship between Islamophobia and imperialism. Jennifer Ponce de León interviews Nazia Kazi about her work on race and global politics, with a particular focus on how to...
Whose lessons? Which direction?
Introduction As obituaries for neoliberalism pile up on our nightstands and Antonio Gramsci’s adage that the old is dying and the new cannot be born appears newly profound, we turn to the past for direction. What successes should guide us? What can we learn from our...
The courage to criticize imperialism: Thomas Sankara on the 1986 Reykjavik summit
The first English translation of an interview with Thomas Sankara on the 1986 Gorbachev-Reagan summit.
Apartheid is a cancer that must be exterminated: Radio Havana Cuba interview with Thomas Sankara
Radio Havana Cuba interviews Thomas Sankara on the 3rd anniversary of the revolution.
Thomas Sankara on the founding of the Black Institute
The first ever English translation of Sankara’s 1986 speech in the capital city of Burkina Faso.
The Russian Revolution: a view from the Third World (study guide)
Walter Rodney offers an excellent example of basing one’s conclusions and assessments on of all available evidence, data, and contextual information.
Have Black lives ever mattered?
Mumia Abu-Jamal’s book addresses the long history of racist police and state repression, offering organizers crucial lessons on stopping the war on Black America.
The state and revolution
For revolutionaries worldwide, The State and Revolution became the “new manifesto of the 20th century.” In the 21st century, the topic remains a pivotal one for revolutionaries, providing crucial theoretical weapons in the movement against racism, white supremacy, and police terror today.
Climate solutions beyond capitalism (study guide)
Tina Landis’ Climate Solutions Beyond Capitalism makes the case that socialism provides the framework for solving the crisis and demonstrates how capitalism acts as a barrier to a shift in our relationship to each other and the planet, crucial for humanity’s survival.
¿Qué es el imperialismo? Una introducción
Nota del equipo editorial: Esta es una traducción del artículo "What is imperialism? An Introduction", puede encontrar la versión original aquí. En el sufrimiento del Sur Global, la brutalidad del capitalismo queda expuesta. En una nota al calce al final de El...
¿Qué se requiere para ganar una revolución socialista?
Nota del equipo editorial: Esta es una traducción del artículo "What does it take to make a socialist revolution", puede encontrar la versión original aquí. “El paso del poder estatal de una clase a otra es el primero, el principal, el básico rastro de una revolución,...
Walter Rodney: A people’s professor
Introduction In a recent book on the ongoing relevance of Walter Rodney’s work, Karim F. Hirji notes that, “as with scores of progressive intellectuals and activists of the past, the prevailing ideology functions to relegate Rodney into the deepest, almost...
Study, fast, train, fight: The roots of Black August
Editor's note: This article was initially published on Liberation School in 2019. In August 1619, enslaved Africans touched foot in the first permanent English settlement in what is now the United States for the first time. The centuries since have seen the...
Toward a third Reconstruction: Lessons from the past for a socialist future
“The price...of slavery and civil war was the necessity of quickly assimilating into American democracy a mass of laborers...in whose hands alone for the moment lay the power of preserving the ideals of popular government...and establishing upon it an industry...
A weapon against radicalism: Debunking the myth of the conservative Black voter
Nina Turner’s loss, the primary results of Bernie Sanders, India Walton’s win—and then loss—the victory of Eric Adams, and the triumph of Cori Bush’s sit-in once again ignited the political discussion around the political make-up of the Black electorate. The general...
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¿Qué es el imperialismo? Una introducción
Marx le prestaba mucha atención a la relación entre el colonialismo y el capitalismo
Islamophobia and imperialism: Nazia Kazi on race and global politics
Jennifer Ponce de León interviews Nazia Kazi about her work on race and global politics, with a particular focus on how to understand the so-called ‘War on Terror’ and its impact on the Muslim Left.
Liberation theology and anti-imperialism across the Americas
Claudia de la Cruz is a popular educator, community organizer and theologian. She is currently the Co-Executive Director of The People’s Forum. This presentation and discussion on "Liberation theology & anti-imperialism across the Americas" took place online on...
Still fighting for Korea’s liberation: An interview with Ahn Hak-sop
Ahn Hak-sop was an officer in the Korean People’s Army of the DPRK during the Korean War. He served decades as an unconverted political prisoner in South Korea before finally winning release in 1995.
Program of the Party for Socialism and Liberation
There are only two choices for humanity today: an increasingly destructive capitalism, or socialism. The only solution to the evils of capitalism is the socialist transformation of society.
PSL Statement on Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine
The conflict currently exploding in Ukraine and rippling throughout the region and the entire world is hugely dangerous. The reckless and provocative actions of the U.S. government and its allies must cease immediately.
Palestine, Israel, and the U.S. Empire (audio book)
If you think the Israel-Palestine conflict is too complex to understand, think again. Listen to this free audio book for a partisan yet objective analysis of the struggle!
Social media and democratic centralism: Opportunities and challenges
Liberation Audio · Social media and democratic centralism: Opportunities and challenges Editor's note: The following is an edited version of an internal document initially written in late 2015 and formed part of the basis for party-wide discussions in the Party for...
- Fightback continues against Utah legislature’s attack on trans youth
- After 3 years, is the COVID-19 pandemic over?
- Columbus Starbucks files to unionize, aiming to become 4th unionized in the city
- Temple, Texas, cop who killed Michael Dean put on trial
- Tyre Nichols protests renew focus on multiple Memphis cop crimes
- Mass protests for Israeli ‘democratic rights’ silent on Palestinian oppression
Las causas principales de los ataques a los derechos reproductivos: Un análisis Marxista
Nota del editor: Esta es una traducción de un artículo originalmente publicado en la revista Breaking the Chains. Introducción Hace trece años, durante una reunión, un orador hizo hincapié en la importancia de votar por candidatos demócratas porque estaban a favor...
The root causes of the attacks on reproductive rights: A Marxist analysis
Editor's introduction: Women’s History Month is a time to recommit ourselves to the unfinished struggle for women’s liberation, and this year it is even more crucial than ever. The conservative leaning Supreme Court is considering gutting or even overturning Roe v....
Women’s struggle for suffrage and beyond
This article originally appeared as the fifth chapter in Donna Goodman’s Women Fight Back: The Centuries-Long Struggle for Liberation, published through Liberation Media and available for purchase here. Liberation School has a study and discussion guide for the book...
Assata Shakur: The making of a revolutionary woman
In commemorating Black August, we commemorate the struggle of those who have fought before us and faced violent repercussions from the state. We uplift the revolutionary history of the Black working class and its fundamental position in forging and leading the...
Amílcar Cabral: Liberator, theorist, and educator
Editor's note: We're republishing this article from two years ago to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Amílcar Cabral's assassination on January 20, 1973. Introduction Amílcar Lopes da Costa Cabral was born September 12, 1924 in Bafatá, Guinea-Bissau, one of...
The courage to criticize imperialism: Thomas Sankara on the 1986 Reykjavik summit
Translators' introduction The contemporary situation in Burkina Faso is quickly changing, and the new Prime Minister, Me Kyelem Apollinaire de Tambela, identifies with the tradition of Thomas Sankara. He has also written an important book on Sankara and the revolution...