The 1968 Belgrade Student Revolution
Submitted by Reddebrek on Aug 11 2018 16:50
An interview with Sonia Licht about the student protests she took part in at Belgrade University against the `Red Bourgeoisie` in1968.
Open Letter to the Uruguayan Communist Party and CGT - Simon Radowitzky, 1936
An open letter written in prison by Simon Radowitzky, an anarchist who assassinated Bueno Aires Police Chief Ramon Falcon, to the Uruguayan Communist Party and National Confederation of Labour (CGT), rejecting their use of him in their propoganda.
How the NKVD framed the POUM
Submitted by Steven. on Jun 18 2018 14:42
An extract of the memoirs of Jesús Hernández, a leading member of the Spanish Communist Party and minister in the republican government during the Spanish civil war, explaining how Soviet secret police framed and persecuted the anti-Stalinist communist group the POUM during the conflict.
Excerpt from Marx's review of the Reichstag debate, 1878
English translation of an excerpt from Marx's review of the Reichstag debate. The review is based on reports made and sent by Wilhelm Bracke.
Everything you ever wanted to know about tankies, but were afraid to ask
Submitted by Mike Harman on Mar 8 2018 21:45
One of the stranger developments of the past five years has been the resurrection of the word tankie. It's time for an explainer.
Bim-Bom, Bang Bang! Chekists and Clowns
Submitted by Battlescarred on Mar 6 2018 18:27
A short account of the circus clown duo Bim-Bom and their encounter with the Cheka in revolutionary Russia.
North Korea: development of national capitalism
HERE IS THE WHOLE TEXT (not yet proofread).
All the quotations (Karl Marx, Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il, Mao Zedong, Guy Sabatier...) are taken from "official" translations published on internet, except the second part of Sabatier's quote in note number 10 (still in Spanish).
Lenin orders the massacre of sex workers, 1918
Lenin's letter to G. F. Fyodorov ordering "mass terror, shoot and deport the hundreds of prostitutes who are making drunkards of the soldiers, former officers and the like." in Nizhni, where the Czech white forces were amassing. Kaganovich implemented the terror although while there is some evidence of a sex industry operating in Nizhni (see comments) actual executions during the terror are estimated to be in the low hundreds and predominately men.
Migration and national social democracy in Britain
Submitted by AngryWorkersWorld on Jan 15 2018 11:04
We look at the recent history of migration to the UK and the current discussion about migration and wage decline, in particular within the nation state policies of Labour. We criticise the effort of trying to reconcile a largely liberal 'pro-migrant' position with Labour's national perspective and share our experiences of working and organising amongst migrant workers in west London.
Chomsky and Pol Pot's genocidal regime in Cambodia
Submitted by hedgehog on Oct 22 2017 19:49
Chomsky has repeatedly been criticised as an apologist for the Pol Pot regime in Cambodia in the 1970s. Understandably, a common reaction on the left is to dismiss such criticism as nothing more than a right-wing smear. But it is often forgotten that one of Chomsky's earliest critics on this issue was himself a leftist, the Marxist academic, Steven Lukes.
For anyone who wants to get a handle on this complex controversy, here's a pdf of the relevant chapter from Chomsky's 1979 book, 'After the Cataclysm', followed by the subsequent debate in the 'Times Higher Education Supplement':
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