Editor's Note: Liberation School continues our Black Communist History series with a transcription of an interview with "Queen Mother Moore," a legendary figure in the Black liberation struggle. These interviews were...
Ken Hammond
US-Saudi ties: Drenched in blood, oil, and deceit
Why do Donald Trump and the CIA disagree about the recent killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Turkey? The CIA concluded that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, personally ordered the murder...
What is democracy?
“Bourgeois democracy, although a great historical advance in comparison with medievalism, always remains, and under capitalism is bound to remain, restricted, truncated, false and hypocritical, a paradise for the rich and a snare and deception for the exploited, for...
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...
Women and socialism: Three revolutionary case studies
The people of the United States have been taught nonstop for almost 100 years that the socialist revolutions in Russia (1917), China (1949) and Cuba (1959) constituted a danger to the world. Every U.S. president has demonized each country and its leadership. As such...
Angela Davis on why she’s a communist (1972)
Angela Davis: And they all ask one main question, which is, "Why is Angela Davis a communist?" It is a very hard question to answer, mainly because I don't feel I've been taught the true meaning of communism. This...
Williana Burroughs: Communist housing organizer
Williana Burroughs was a dynamic and dedicated communist in Depression-era Harlem. Bringing her radical politics into the struggles Black Harlemites faced, and vice versa, Burroughs helped establish trust between the Communist Party and the community. And she fought...
La enfermedad infantil del “izquierdismo” en el comunismo y el movimiento hoy
Nota del equipo editorial: Esta es una traducción del artículo “'Left-Wing' Communism and the Movement Today“, puede encontrar la versión original aquí. Es imprescindible para los marxistas—y para cualquier persona de la izquierda—comprender firmemente las lecciones...
“Left-wing” Communism: Reading and discussion guides
In July-October 2018, the Party for Socialism and Liberation undertook a party-wide study of Lenin's "Left-Wing" Communism: An Infantile Disorder. Here we share our edited materials so other communists and progressives can collectively study this key work. These...