TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1. THE VIEWS OF LENIN: THE TERMINOLOGY : “BLACK NATION” i) Lenin’s First Citation: “Draft Theses On the National -Colonial Question” ii) Lenin’s Second Citation: “New Data on the Laws Governing the Development of Capitalism in Agriculture” iii) Lenin’s Third Citation : “Statistics and Sociology” iv) Other Discussions by Lenin BearingContinue reading “Alliance Marxist-Leninist: The Theory of the ‘Black Nation’ in the U.S.A.”
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Georgi Dimitrov to Stalin on the Question of “Social-Fascism”
Dimitrov to Stalin, 1 July 1934. Original in Russian. Type-written, with handwritten comments by Stalin. 1.7.34 From C. Dimitrov Dear Com. Stalin! The enclosed draft outline of [my] speech shows how I see the essence of the speech regarding the 2nd point of the agenda of the congress. In addition, I would like to raiseContinue reading “Georgi Dimitrov to Stalin on the Question of “Social-Fascism””
Dimitrov to Stalin on the Dissolution of the Polish Communist Party
Dimitrov to Stalin, 28 November 1937, with enclosed draft resolution of the ECCI. Original in Russian. Typewritten with handwritten comments by Stalin. Top secret, [1] Dear Comrade Stalin! We are thinking of passing the attached resolution on the dissolution of the Polish Communist Party in the ECCI Presidium, and then publishing it. After publishing thisContinue reading “Dimitrov to Stalin on the Dissolution of the Polish Communist Party”
V.I. Lenin on the Fourth Anniversary of the October Revolution
The fourth anniversary of October 25 (November 7) is approaching. The farther that great day recedes from us, the more clearly we see the significance of the proletarian revolution in Russia, and the more deeply we reflect upon the practical experience of our work as a whole. Very briefly and, of course, in very incompleteContinue reading “V.I. Lenin on the Fourth Anniversary of the October Revolution”
Mao Apologised to Yugoslavian Delegates, told Stalin Blocked our Revolution
It has always been our understanding on Mao, that he was a revisionist and an Anti-Marxist Leninist. With new documents and papers coming out of various Archives, our view has been solidified in light of such information. Mao, had always adopted a vacillating position when it came to matter of international import that concerned theContinue reading “Mao Apologised to Yugoslavian Delegates, told Stalin Blocked our Revolution”
Lin Biaoism and the Third World: How Idealism Distorts Class
by Espresso Stalinist An odd phenomenon is haunting the halls of Maoism – a chauvinist set of ideas loosely forged from the writings of Chinese military officer and politician Lin Biao. These ideas, to the extent to which they form coherent ideology at all, can roughly be termed “Lin Biaoism.” To be perfectly clear, IContinue reading “Lin Biaoism and the Third World: How Idealism Distorts Class”
Engels in the Struggle for Revolutionary Marxism
D.Z. Manuilsky Speech on the Fortieth Anniversary of the death of Friedrich Engels, delivered at the Seventh Congress of the Communist International, August 5, 1935 The Seventh World Congress of the Communist International was held in Moscow from July 25 to August 20, 1935. Contents I. Engels and His Role in the Creation of ScientificContinue reading “Engels in the Struggle for Revolutionary Marxism”
Bill Bland: The “Cult of the Individual” (1934-52)
A paper read by Bill Bland to the Stalin Society in May 1991. Introduction Bland was the founder of the Stalin Society (UK), but was expelled some years later for daring to challenge assumptions (“truths”) about Mao and the Comintern, and only finally re-instated as a member just before his death. He detested all attemptsContinue reading “Bill Bland: The “Cult of the Individual” (1934-52)”
Communist Platform – Gramsci: a Bolshevik
One of the greatest inaccuracies spread by the opportunist politicians and the bourgeois intellectuals about Antonio Gramsci is the alleged distance, or even opposition, between his positions and those supported by Lenin and Stalin, and consequently his closeness to the ideas of Trotsky. The origins of this legend are remote and well orchestrated, beginning withContinue reading “Communist Platform – Gramsci: a Bolshevik”
The Great Soviet Encyclopedia on the Spanish Civil War
Spanish Revolution of 1931–39 a revolution during which there evolved in Spain a democratic republic which for about three years from the middle of 1936 struggled for its existence, waging a national revolutionary war against fascist insurgents and Italo-German invaders. The specific features of the Spanish Revolution were in large measure attributable to certain distinctiveContinue reading “The Great Soviet Encyclopedia on the Spanish Civil War”
Are Popular Fronts Necessary Today?
Raul Marcos Member of the Communist Party of Spain ML August 2014 The answer is a resounding YES. They are necessary and indispensable given the condition of oppression and exploitation that are worsening, and from which the people are suffering. The proletariat, with its party at the forefront, should be at the head of theContinue reading “Are Popular Fronts Necessary Today?”
“Legalizing” the Formation of the State of Israel by the United Nations Partition & the USSR Recognition – 1947
This article was published by Alliance (Marxist-Leninist) as part of the publication Alliance, issue #30, “Marx, Lenin and Stalin on Zionism.” At the early stages of the Comintern, the views of Lenin were still unchallenged by the later revisionist opposition, who would finally succeed in hi-jacking the Comintern, only by 1928. Even when Stalin tookContinue reading ““Legalizing” the Formation of the State of Israel by the United Nations Partition & the USSR Recognition – 1947”
1929 Comintern Resolution on Palestine and Arabistan
This article was published by Alliance (Marxist-Leninist) as part of the publication Alliance, issue #51, “Pan-Arabic or Pan-Islamic ‘Socialism.’” From Editor Jane Degras: Documents of the Communist International 1919-1943″; Volume 3; London 1971 EXTRACTS FROM A RESOLUTION OF THE ECCI POLITICAL SECRETARIAT ON THE INSURRECTION MOVEMENT IN ARABISTAN 16 October 1929 Inprekorr, x, 11, P.Continue reading “1929 Comintern Resolution on Palestine and Arabistan”
Communist Platform: The European People’s Democracies of the 20th Century: A Specific Form of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat
From Unity & Struggle No. 25, Spring/Summer 2013 Italy 1. Between August 1944 and May 1945 the Red Army, in its unbeatable advance toward Berlin, freed Poland, Hungary, Rumania, Czechoslovakia and eastern Germany from Nazi rule, also aiding the liberation of Yugoslavia and Albania. In those countries anti-fascist fronts were set up against the Nazi occupiersContinue reading “Communist Platform: The European People’s Democracies of the 20th Century: A Specific Form of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat”
Communist Party of Labor (PCT): The theory of the revolution and how it is expressed in the Dominican Republic
From Unity & Struggle No. 25, Spring/Summer 2013 Dominican Republic The proletarian revolution is the result of the conscious action of the workers and peoples, and can only succeed if the revolutionary theory and practice are combined. The greatness of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels was that they provided the oppressed with a theory to transformContinue reading “Communist Party of Labor (PCT): The theory of the revolution and how it is expressed in the Dominican Republic”
The Espresso Stalinist 