Politics

The revolutions of 1848 were the first important stage in the history of the working class. The second important stage of the revolutionary movement was the establishment of the International Workers' Union, the First International, at Saint Martin's Hall in London, on September 28, 1864. First International initially established branches in Switzerland, Belgium, France and Germany, starting from 1867 in many countries including Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Austria and the United States. The main goal of the First International, founded mainly on the initiative of French, British, German and Italian workers and activists, was to coordinate the developing labor movement in the newly industrialized countries of Europe. Towards this purpose, titles such as "international labor solidari...

The California  Chapter of the American Communist Party mourns the passing of our comrade, sister, and revolutionary icon, Assata Shakur. She passed away today in her home in Cuba at the age of 78. For over four decades, Comrade Shakur lived as a beacon of resistance; a testament to the unwavering spirit of those who fight against state repression and the brutal machinery of finance capital. As a member of the Black Liberation Army, she was targeted, framed, and brutalized by an FBI-led campaign of political persecution known as COINTELPRO, designed to dismantle the revolutionary movement in America. Her escape from prison and her life of political asylum in Cuba stood as a powerful challenge to U.S. imperialism. She was not a criminal; she was a political prisoner who exposed t...

By Michael Pröbsting, Revolutionary Communist International Tendency (RCIT), 16 September 2025, www.thecommunists.net In the following article we shall deal with some questions which have come up with the popular uprising in Nepal. They are, by far, not an exhaustive list of the tasks, opportunities and dangers of the struggles ahead. But we think that understanding these questions are a precondition for elaborating a revolutionary strategy for the coming period. The roots of the revolutionary wave First, it is essential to understand the international nature of the current revolutionary process in Southern and Eastern Asia and its common cause. As we noted in our statement on the uprising in Nepal, this has not been an isolated event but is rather part of a series of popular...