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International Notes: July 27, 2016
South African Communist Party condemns firing of journalists The South African Communist Party (SACP) is denouncing the firing of a number of employees of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) last week. The SACP is also calling for the dismissal of the SABC’s Chief Operations Officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng. The eight top staff dismissed include Contributing Editor Vuyo Mvoko, Economics Editor Thandeka Qhibule, senior radio producer Suna Venter, senior editor Foeta...
International Notes: June 29, 2016
Colombia: Colombian Communist Party Praises Havana Peace Accords. The Colombian Communist Party is praising the cease fire accords between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC-EP) and the government of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, signed in Havana, Cuba last week. In an article on the party’s website, Carlos A. Lozano Guillen, editor of the party’s newspaper “Voz” (“the Voice”), called for left wing unity going forward, in spite of...
Dissecting a coup, fighting the right, and mourning a lost comrade occupy CPs
Neoliberal fascism in India, Lula's conviction in Brazil, the failed coup in Turkey and more in this week's International Notes.
Stop the war! End the occupation! Free Palestine!
The CPUSA expresses its growing alarm and concern at the horrific violence in Palestine and Israel over the weekend. We join with the Communist Party of Israel, the Democratic Front for Equality and Peace (Hadash), our fraternal parties in Palestine and other democratic and progressive forces around the world in placing full responsibility on Israel’s government for this weekend’s rapid escalation of military confrontation between Hamas and Israeli forces....
Marxist IQ: In celebration of International Women's Day
The struggle for women's equality continues. Test your knowledge of this history here.
Strategies for organizational unity and action
By helping lead movements on relevant issues we will build a mass, revolutionary party. This, however, will only be possible when all levels of the party are equipped with the skills and tools necessary for this. Thank you for reading this submission, onwards to the 32nd National Convention!
Our Electoral Strategy is Grounded in Marxist-Leninist Theory and Practice
Our most crucial electoral priority at this moment in time must be to win a strategic defeat against the most reactionary elements of the ruling class.
The United States is not a fascist country
Insisting that fascism is already here, or the Democratic party is fascist, or that Democratic party voters are voting for fascism, is to disarm workers against the fascist threat.
The changing character of the extreme right
As communists, we should think of voting as a strategic act, and vote in a way that affords us the space to rally the working class on the political terrain of our choosing.
Excerpts from the Classics: Fascism and the Fight Against It
Fascism and the Fight Against It Dimitrov, George, "Against Fascism & War", Report to the 7th World Congress, Communist International, 1935 (Excerpts) "But it is characteristic of the victory of fascism that this victory, on the one hand, bears witness to the weakness of the proletariat, disorganized and paralyzed by the disruptive Social- Democratic policy of class collaboration with the bourgeoisie, and, on the other, expresses the weakness of...