Socialism an integral part of U.S. labor history
May Day offers an opportunity to show how socialism and communism have deep roots in the struggles of exploited and oppressed in the U.S.
Israel: Base of western imperialism
Liberation School introduction The following text was published in a May 1969 pamphlet issued by the “Ad Hoc Committee on the Middle East,” which held its first conference on June 21, 1967, days after the U.S.-Israeli war against Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine. The...
Why we are running in the 2024 Presidential race
Introduction: Why we are running There are few things more vilified in the mainstream political conversation than “third party” campaigns for president. Candidacies outside the two major political parties are called spoilers. Those who vote for alternatives are...
Leila Khaled: Palestinian fighter, Marxist revolutionary
In celebration of International Women's Day, and in honor of Leila Khaled and all the women who have played a decisive role in the struggle for Palestinian national liberation, we are republishing this article originally published by Liberation School April 17, 2007....
Thomas Sankara: The Burkinabè revolution is not a replica
Four months before his assassination, Thomas Sarnkara discusses the ongoing Burkinabè revolution with a journalist from Ivoire Dimanche.
Two years after the revolution: Thomas Sankara on Franco-African relations
The first English translation of a 1985 interview with Sankara about French-African relations under the Socialist Party.
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.
La teoría marxista del Estado: Una introducción
Debido a que nuestra comprensión del estado determina nuestros objetivos, estrategias, programas y tácticas, este artículo presenta los elementos clave del Estado bajo el capitalismo y el socialismo.
Estudia, ayuna, entrena, lucha: Las raíces del Agosto Negro
Cada año se honra el “Agosto Negro” para conmemorar a los combatientes caídos del Movimiento por la Liberación Negra, para pedir la liberación de los presos políticos en Estados Unidos, para condenar las condiciones opresivas de las cárceles estadounidenses y para enfatizar la importancia continua de la lucha por la Liberación Negra.
“George Jackson: Revolucionario Negro,” por Walter Rodney
Walter Rodney narra “George Jackson: Revolucionario negro” y argumenta que Jackson fue asesinado porque estaba difundiendo la idea de la negritud como bandera para la lucha revolucionaria.
The base-superstructure: A model for analysis and action
Introduction Although Marx himself only mentioned the “base” and “superstructure” in (by my count) two of his works, the base-superstructure “problem” remains a source of serious contention for Marxists, our sympathizers, and our critics. Despite its outsized role in...
Marxism, capitalism, and nature-society relations: An introduction
Introduction Environmentalists have long stressed limits to human interaction with nature. It’s commonly argued that transgressing “natural limits” caused the environmental crises we face today. While this sentiment might direct our attention to the severity and scale...
The long history of Black and Palestinian solidarity
International solidarity in the face of racism The acquittal of racist murderer George Zimmerman sparked outrage and demonstrations not only in the United States, but all around the world—including in Palestine. Many Palestinians circulated pictures of themselves...
Estudia, ayuna, entrena, lucha: Las raíces del Agosto Negro
Nota del equipo editorial: Esta es una traducción del artículo “Study, fast, train, fight: The roots of Black August“, puede encontrar la versión original aquí. Introducción En agosto de 1619, africanos esclavizados tocaron suelo en el primer asentamiento inglés...
“George Jackson: Revolucionario Negro,” por Walter Rodney
Esta es una traducción del artículo “George Jackson: Black Revolutionary“, puede encontrar la versión original aquí. Nota del editor El siguiente artículo fue escrito por Walter Rodney para un número de 1971 de Maji Maji, la revista trimestral del ala juvenil del...
The revolutionary origins of Memorial Day and its political hijacking
A day celebrating Black liberation utilized for white supremacy Editor's note: This article was previously published on Liberation News in 2012. What we now know as Memorial Day began as "Decoration Day" in the immediate aftermath of the U.S. Civil War. It was a...
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Free audio book: Palestine, Israel, and the U.S. Empire
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!
Still fighting for Korea’s liberation: An interview with Ahn Hak-sop
This Liberation School interview features Ahn Hak-sop, 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 and chooses to remain in the south.
On China’s revolution and the quest for a socialist future
Watch a robust conversation on China’s ongoing struggle for socialism with Ken Hammond, author of “China’s Revolution and the Quest for Socialism” (1804 Books, 2023).
The IMF debt trap in Ukraine
The role of multilateral institutions like the IMF is an important but under-discussed factor driving the U.S. capitalist class’s support for the war in Ukraine.
The Leninist party in history and present
Editor's note: This essay examines the theory and practice of the Leninist party from the time of Lenin until today. We turn to Lenin's key writings and to the history of Bolshevism and the international communist movement to delineate the distinctiveness of the...
Theory and revolution: Addressing the break of ideological continuity
Editor's note: This document was initially circulated within our Party in advance of our 3rd Party Congress in April 2016 — and publicly released in September 2016. It addresses the historical and contemporary relationship between revolutionary theory and...
A time to revive socialism in the United States: report on the PSL’s Third Party Congress
The tasks of the delegates to the Congress include setting the Party’s policy and determining strategy and tactics for the next period.
Reviving the communist movement: Building organization in 2016
Editor's note: The following is part of an internal document circulated by the Central Committee of the PSL in advance of our 3rd Party Congress in 2016. Here, we focus on ways that communist organizations have historically grown in strength, size, and...
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- House committee hearing on ‘antisemitism’ takes aim at public school educators
Women’s struggle for suffrage and liberation: The road to legal equality
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...
From abolition to Title IX: Women’s fight for education
Editor's note: The following article was originally published in Breaking the Chains magazine, which you can purchase here. It is not the intelligent woman versus the ignorant woman; nor the white woman versus the [B]lack, the [B]rown, and the [R]ed — it is not even...
The courage to criticize imperialism: Thomas Sankara on the 1986 Reykjavik summit
Liberation School 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...
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...