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Nations and Soviets: The National Question in the USSR
In recent months, Soviet nationality policy has been thrust into the forefront of public conversation.
The history of class struggle from the Russian Revolution to the Cold War: An interview with Jacques Pauwels
Editor’s note: The latest installment in our Liberation School interview series provides a general overview of class struggle from the Russian Revolution to WWII & the Cold War. PSL member Gabriel Rockhill and historian Jacques Pauwels discuss the desire on the...
The history of class struggle from 1789-1917: An interview with Jacques Pauwels
Editor’s note: The latest installment in our Liberation School interview series provides a general overview of class struggle from the French Revolution of 1789 to the Russian Revolution. PSL member Gabriel Rockhill and historian Jacques Pauwels discuss the class...
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....
PSL Course: A Marxist perspective on prison abolition
This two-part course provides a Marxist analysis of mass incarceration and prison abolition.
Class: The legacy of Asian American struggle
This one-hour class focuses on Asian American resistance to oppression, from Ir Won Keun to the struggle to defend the I-hotel.
China’s foreign policy (1949-today): A 7-part podcast series
This series examines the history of China’s foreign policy since the 1949 revolution brought the Communist Party to power.
Fascism and global class struggle: A 4-part PSL course
This 4-part video and audio course studies the history of fascism to help us, as organizers, fight it.
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.
Hammer and hoe: Alabama communists during the Great Depression
“Hammer and hoe” analyzes the emergence of the communist movement in Alabama during the 1930s, focusing on the struggles communists faced in organizing unions and anti-racist campaigns and how they were able to synthesize Marxist ideology with southern Black culture.
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.
The Communist Manifesto: A working-class guide to changing the world
Editor's note: We're republishing this article, originally posted in 2008, on the 174th anniversary of the publication of the Manifesto of the Communist Party in celebration of Red Books Day. The Communist Manifesto stands among the most well-read books of all time....
Understanding and fighting gentrification: A revolutionary orientation
Introduction Cities across the U.S. are rapidly transforming. “Gentrification-style” luxury developments are replacing neighborhood landmarks and low-income housing. Sky-high rents are pushing poor residents increasingly further from city centers. These trends are...
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...
George Jackson’s “Blood in my eye:” A critical appraisal
This article accompanies our Liberation School study guide for George L. Jackson's Blood in my Eye. Originally from Chicago, Ill, George L. Jackson grew up in California. In 1961, a young Jackson convicted of armed robbery for allegedly stealing $70 from a gas...
Afro-Asian solidarity: Building the multinational unity needed for liberation
Editor's note: The article was originally published in the Winter '21-'22 issue of Breaking the Chains magazine. During the summer of 2020, tens of millions of people took to the streets to participate in the largest uprising in this country’s history. From the...
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Nazis in Ukraine: Seeing through the fog of the information war
There is indeed a deep and expansive history of fascism in Ukraine, which has been aided and abetted by the U.S. government.
Ukraine: right on NATO’s doorstep?
The Biden administration, Pentagon and NATO allies are conducting a dangerous and reckless campaign against Russia — one that has the potential to turn into a catastrophe for the people of the United States, Russia, Ukraine and the world. The aim is to strengthen the...
Class: The legacy of Asian American struggle
This one-hour class focuses on Asian American resistance to oppression, from Ir Won Keun to the struggle to defend the I-hotel.
What is imperialism? An introduction
This introductory article examines Marx’s analysis of colonialism and the transition from colonialism to imperialism.
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!
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.
Social media and democratic centralism: Opportunities and challenges
Liberation Audio · Social media and democratic centralism: Opportunities and challenges 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 Socialism and...
- Federal appeals court: Free speech doesn’t apply to Palestine
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- PSL statement: Supreme Court eviscerates abortion rights, the time to fight back is NOW!
- Senate reaches accord on insultingly weak gun reform bill
- Building Revolutionary Solidarity Across the Americas Against the Failed “Summit of the Americas”
- Biden’s Failed Summit: Latin America Resists
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...
The legacy of Vietnamese women in the national resistance struggle
Editor's note: This article was initially published in Breaking the Chains magazine, a revolutionary feminist, socialist magazine that's produced by revolutionary women organizers in the Party for Socialism and Liberation. “Reduce rents and interest rates! Equal wages...
Thomas Sankara on the founding of the Black Institute
Editorial introduction This is the first English translation of this speech—titled “Blacks must take responsibility for their own history and contribute to universal civilization"—and the second installment in a Liberation School series of previously untranslated work...
Thomas Sankara: “We didn’t import our revolution”
Sign the petition demanding the recording of Sankara's assassination trial! Editorial introduction This is the first English translation of this interview and the opening installment in a Liberation School series of previously untranslated work by Thomas Sankara. This...