Category: Editorial
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Children of the Proletariat
There is an ongoing, nation-wide, student protest in college campuses against the genocide and ethnic cleansing being carried out by the U.S. backed imperialist and settler-colonial outpost, Israel. Many college students and, to some limited extent, faculty members across the country are forming encampments in their own respective college campuses to withdraw from the educational…
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Lightning and the Sophistry: Aleksander Dugin’s Roots in Nazi Iconography and Esoteric Fascism
When speaking to an audience, he embodies the stereotypical figure of a philosopher; a wizened old man with a retreating hairline, a grim expression broken up by a pair of modest glasses and a bushy beard, using big words like ‘hegemony’ and ‘dialectics’. It wasn’t so long ago that Aleksander Dugin, the perfect embodiment of…
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The Fascist Mimicry of Anti-Imperialism
A little more than a century ago the world’s superpower was the British Empire. Despite being a constitutional monarchy where the aristocracy and monarchy still retained significant power, the British Empire was arguably the birthplace of the industrial revolution and it played a significant role in spreading capitalism around the world through colonialism. From around…
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Producerism: Socialism and Anti-Imperialism For Fools
There is an old saying, known among socialists, that antisemitism is socialism for fools. I think something similar can be said about producerism: Producerism is socialism for fools. But what exactly is producerism? It is not exactly a well-formulated and systematized theory or doctrine, but rather it is a vague and reactionary populist outlook of…
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SPA endorses Claudia De La Cruz and Karina Garcia
SOCIALIST PARTY OF AMERICA MEMBERSHIP UNANIMOUSLY VOTE TO ENDORSE CLAUDIA DE LA CRUZ FOR PRESIDENT AND KARINA GARCIA FOR VICE PRESIDENT. In 1920, Lenin wrote in “Leftism: An Infantile Disorder” that participation in elections is obligatory for revolutionaries, specifically for the purpose of educating the working class; a necessary step in awakening the masses. This…
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When Communists Sue Communists
Should communists ever weaponize the capitalist state’s legal system and intellectual property laws against other communists? On May 15, 2023, a lawsuit was filed against American Council of Bolsheviks (ACB) by the private for-profit company called Ideological Fightback, Inc., claiming to represent The Party of Communists, USA (PCUSA). PCUSA was formed by Dr. Angelo D’Angelo…
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The Spectre of Wokeness
A spectre is haunting America, the spectre of Wokeness. From Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ Sisyphean struggle against Disney, to Philosopher & NATO court jester Slavoj Zizek proclaiming ‘Wokeness is Here to Stay’; All the powers of cultural production have gathered to exorcize the contagion known as the ‘Woke Mind Virus’. In his Compact Magazine piece,…
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The Case for The Outsider
Within the world of art and music, there is a concept of “the outsider.” This concept applies to people who create idiosyncratic art or music that isn’t from a place of professional training or an attempt at seeking fame and fortune. The creative work of “outsiders” doesn’t look or sound like other art and music,…
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The Left Needs To Take Back The Anti-War Label
The left needs to take back the anti-war label. But to do this, the left needs to actually understand the words that they use on a regular basis. There is a current trend in online discourse of focusing entirely upon labels like “anti-imperialist” and “anti-war” while ignoring the fact that capitalism is the basis for…
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Toward a Real Dream of Proletarian Compatriotism
America is neither a dream, nor a reality but a hyper-reality. It is a hyper-reality because it is a utopia that behaves from the very beginning as though it were already achieved. Jean Baudrillard, America The working class finds itself, for better or worse, reexamining the issue of patriotism in organizing the American people. As…