Category: English

‘For a Workers’ Theatre’ by Moissaye Olgin from the Daily Worker Saturday Supplement. Vol. 4 No. 68 & 74. April 2 & 9, 1927.

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Culture is a fundamental field of battle in the necessary transformation, without which revolutions are impossible, of the working class from a ‘class in itself’ to a ‘class for itself’. ‘Artistic’ vehicles like film dominate the presentation of dominant ideas today. Previously, it was theater. Moissaye Olgin looks at the state of artistic production and presents these seven theses for the establishment of a workers’ theater in the U.S. ‘For a Workers’ Theatre’ by Moissaye Olgin from the Daily Worker Saturday Supplement. Vol. 4 No. 68 & 74. April 2…

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“Culture and Imperialism”

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“Culture and Imperialism” by Edward W. Said is a seminal work that explores the relationship between imperialism and culture. Here are 10 lessons from the book: 1. The Interconnectedness of Culture and Imperialism: Said argues that culture is deeply intertwined with imperialism. Imperial powers often use culture as a tool for domination, while imperial processes shape cultural production and representation. 2. Imperialism’s Influence on Literature and Art: Said demonstrates how imperialism influences literature, art, and other forms of cultural expression. He examines how colonial experiences are reflected and contested in…

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A Short History of the Paris Commune

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Author Florian Grams 150 years ago, the world witnessed the emergence of the first-ever workers’ republic. Not so long ago, the spot where today Sacré-Coeur—the basilica nicknamed the “Alabaster wedding cake”—now stands atop Montmartre in Paris, was once an insalubrious neighbourhood, home to proletarians, day labourers, and sex workers. It was also the birthplace of what Karl Marx saw as a harbinger of things to come: the Paris Commune. One-and-a-half centuries ago, it was here, perched at the top of Montmartre, that its residents stationed artillery they had acquired through…

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“LET’S RENT A TRAIN!”

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Life in the Toronto Branch of the League for Socialist Action, 1961-1977 – video 93 minutes – “LET’S RENT A TRAIN!” is an unprecedented historical film about the rise and fall of a militant revolutionary group that profoundly altered Canada’s political landscape. During the social upheaval of the 1960s and 1970s, several hundred highly disciplined activists led Canada’s antiwar movement against the U.S. invasion of Vietnam, and exposed Ottawa’s financial and diplomatic complicity with the Pentagon. The League for Socialist Action (LSA), also played a key role in winning the…

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Excellent and huge news! Resolution sponsored by NMU Palestinian Solidarity Organization (an affiliate of the SA BDS Coalition).

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Resolution – 6 May 2024 Believing that the worsening situation in Gaza and the urgency of taking measures to achieve lasting peace, places a responsibility on all academic institutions to respond to this ongoing crisis. Senate therefore resolved to: Support the call for an immediate ceasefire and the free flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza, unhindered by the Israeli Defence Force and Israeli civilians. Demand the return of captured civilians and political prisoners who have not been found guilty of any gross human rights violations by impartial courts of law…

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY COMRADE KARL HENRY MARX!!!

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On the 5th of May, Karl Henry Marx was born at TRIR in RHINE province (GERMAN). He is PRUSSIA-GERMAN Philosopher, Sociologist, Economist, Writer, Poet, Political Journalist, Linguist, Public Figure, Historien. The most famous works are the MANIFESTO OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY (1848 in co-authorship with Friedrich Engels) and ‘CAPITAL’ criticism of Political Economy (1867-1883). Marx’s Political and Philosophical though had a huge impact on subsequent intellectual, economic and political history. Marx proved that human society at each stage is developing as a result of class struggle caused by contradictions in…

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Argentina Towards the 6th International Ecosocialist Meeting

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Argentina Towards the 6th International Ecosocialist Meeting 2 May by Maria Elena Saludas On 9, 10 and 11 May 2024, the 6th International Ecosocialist Meeting and the 1st Latin American and Caribbean Ecosocialist Meeting will be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.. What is ecosocialism and what does it advocate? Our aim is to put the (vast) theoretical and political ecosocialist trajectory of the North and South into dialogue. Ecosocialism is a political doctrine that emerged during the transition from the 20th to the 21st century and articulates the fundamental ideas…

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