Ali Shariati: Ideologue of the Iranian Revolution
Lydia Apolinar writes on Ali Shariati and his use and misuse during the Iranian Revolution. One of Ali Shariati’s principal influences, Frantz Fanon, once wrote …
Month: November 2019
Stealing Fire From the Gods: Interview with Amelia Davenport
Parker and Donald sit down with Amelia Davenport to discuss her article ‘Organizing for Power: Stealing Fire From the Gods’ and touch on a variety …
‘The United Front’ by Jose Carlos Mariategui
Translation and introduction by Renato Flores. Jose Carlos Mariategui was a Peruvian Marxist, who became the founder of the precursor to the Peruvian Communist Party. …
Organizing for Power: Stealing Fire From the Gods
Amelia Davenport argues for leftist organizers to reclaim the ideas of Taylor’s Scientific Management, making a broader argument for the relevance of cybernetics, cultural revolution …
Revolutionary Reels: Soviet Propaganda Film and the Russian Revolution
Shalon Van Tine provides an overview of Soviet Film and its development in relation to the politics of the USSR and Bolshevik Revolution. The Rise …
Remembering Noel Ignatiev
Gus Breslauer commemorates Noel Ignatiev, a communist and race abolitionist who died this month while leaving behind a legacy that should serve as an inspiration …
Which Side Are You On?: The Challenge of the 1974 Ethiopian Revolution
The Ethiopian Revolution teaches modern leftists an important lesson about international solidarity, argues Ian Scott Horst. Way back in 1848, the young Karl Marx and …
Carrying the Burden of Communist Man
Donald Parkinson weighs in how communists should relate to our difficult history. We can neither be in denial of our failures or refuse to own …