Capitalism and Marxism

Capitalism and Marxism

Lenin: ‘Strikes teach the workers to unite’

January 22, 2020 V.I. Lenin
Russian revolutionary leader V.I. Lenin studied the importance of strikes and shared this knowledge with the working class. Following are excerpts from his early article, “On Strikes”: Strikes, which arise out of the very nature […]
Capitalism and Marxism

Know your enemy: What is imperialism?

January 12, 2020 Melinda Butterfield
The word “imperialism” is used a lot by people in the progressive and revolutionary movement. What does it mean? Some people think imperialism is just a cuss word that radicals use to put down rotten […]
Capitalism and Marxism

Lenin: How to oppose an unjust war

January 9, 2020 Melinda Butterfield
The Leninist view of how to fight against imperialist war remains one of the most controversial and defining characteristics of the communist movement, because it means standing up to the capitalist class at the moment […]
Capitalism and Marxism

Salute to Communist Party of the Philippines on 51st anniversary

December 31, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
Solidarity and Greetings from Struggle-La Lucha and the Partido de Socialismo Unido / Socialist Unity Party to the Communist Party of the Philippines on its 51st Anniversary Dear kasamas/comrades, We send revolutionary greetings and congratulations […]
Capitalism and Marxism

Behind the 1989 reactionary coup in Romania

December 28, 2019 Sam Marcy
Struggle-La Lucha is publishing this article by Sam Marcy, one of the leading Marxist thinkers and fighters of the second half of the 20th century, to mark the 30th anniversary of the counterrevolutionary developments in […]
Capitalism and Marxism

I believe that socialism is the key to a better world

November 9, 2019 Gloria Verdieu
From a talk by Gloria Verdieu at Queen Bee’s Art and Cultural Center in San Diego. Verdieu shared the stage with poets from the San Diego / Tijuana reEvolutionary Poets Brigade at an evening of […]
Capitalism and Marxism

The Russian Revolution changed the world forever

November 7, 2019 Stephen Millies
One-hundred-and-two years ago on Nov. 7, 1917, workers and peasants overthrew the capitalist government in Russia. Two million soldiers in the Russian army had died in World War I. Russia was ruled by the cruel […]
1917

Lessons of October: The struggle against imperialist war

November 7, 2019 Sam Marcy
November 7, 2019, marks the 102nd anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution in Russia, led by the Bolshevik Party. Struggle-La Lucha is sharing this article by Sam Marcy, a leading Marxist thinker and fighter […]
Capitalism and Marxism

What does Wall Street’s repo crisis mean?

October 29, 2019 Gary Wilson
In the week of Sept. 16, the U.S. financial system ran out of cash. It was a modern version of a bank run, and it’s not over yet. That week, the rate of interest on […]
Capitalism and Marxism

The coming economic crisis, Part 2: Socialism is the solution!

October 24, 2019 Greg Butterfield
Dear friends, Last time, we talked about the signs of an impending recession — what Marxists call a crisis of capitalist overproduction. What causes it, and what can we do to fight back? A lot […]