The Great Left Divide A brief history of the "Reaffirmist" and "Rejectionist" factions of the Philippine left which emerged from a schism in the Communist Party of the…
Capitalism under the Red Banner: Seventy Years of the People's Republic of China Seventy years ago, on 1 October 1949, the People's Republic of China was proclaimed by Mao. Here we…
Class Struggle in China The role of China in the imperialist pecking order has been covered many times on our website (leftcom.org). Here we deal with China’s evolution…
Mao's China and After: A History of the People's Republic - Maurice Meisner Fantastic in-depth critical history of the failure of China's 'transition to socialism', analysing…
Workers of all Identities, Unite! For the past few years, but particularly in the aftermath of the 2016 US Presidential election, the theme of identity politics has dominated…
Putting it all on Red - The Michael Laski Story A tale of gambling, violence and betrayal in 60s America. Starring a romantic rebel hounded by his inner demons.
Beyond waving the red flag: towards a political critique of the Revolutionary Communist Party and the Revolutionary Student Movement - Gary Kinsman and J. Charbonneau Critique of a Canadian neo-Maoist organization and its student front.
Review: ‘Revolution in the Air’ by Max Elbaum - Loren Goldner Loren Goldner reviews Max Elbaum's 'Revolution in the Air', and in the process critically examines…
Militancy: highest stage of alienation - Part 2 Published in France 2 years after part 1, part 2 puts part 1 in into the political context it was published in and expands on its themes.
In Defense of Anarchism, In Defense of Anti-Autoritarianism by Ron Tabor, July 28, 1996 A wide-ranging debate within the Love and Rage Revolutionary Anarchist Federation was sparked by Ron…
Chinese roads to state capitalism: Stalinism and Bukharinism in China's industrial revolution - Bill Russell From Root & Branch number 8 (1979)