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Revisiting value and exploitation

Revisiting value and exploitation by Prairie Fire (llco.org) When her father died in 1883 Eleanor Marx wrote an article celebrating [...]

Jun 7, 2011

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Equality and Global Alignments

Equality and Global Alignments by Prairie Fire (llco.org) “To tell the workers in the handful of rich countries where life [...]

Jun 8, 2011

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Reviewing a few scenes from Reds

Reviewing a few scenes from Reds (Warren Beatty, 1981): Goldman versus Reed versus Zinoviev by Prairie Fire (llco.org, originally published [...]

Jun 7, 2011

The Slum within the Global Countryside

The Slum within the Global Countryside: Reflections inspired by Mike Davis’ Planet of Slums by Prairie Fire (llco.org) “The brutal [...]

Jun 7, 2011

First Worldism and Popper’s challenge

Comments on First Worldism and Popper’s challenge by Prairie Fire (llco.org) False consciousness does exist. However, when First World peoples [...]

Jun 6, 2011

Beginning talking points on the Cultural Revolution era

Beginning talking points on the Cultural Revolution era (llco.org) Communism is the final goal of our revolution. There is an [...]

Jun 9, 2011

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Is people’s war universal?

Is people’s war universal? (llco.org) “Dear Leading Light Is people’s war universal? Thanx.” We are in the middle of a [...]

Jun 6, 2011

Old Power, New Power, Reform versus Revolution

Old Power, New Power, Reform versus Revolution (llco.org) One of the key battles in the history of our movement was [...]

Jun 6, 2011

A quick look at some of Mao’s errors

A quick look at some of Mao’s errors (llco.org) Mao Zedong was the greatest revolutionary of the last century. Mao [...]

Jun 6, 2011

Gringos should pay their eco-debt

Gringos should pay their eco-debt (llco.org) Recently, Brazil’s president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva or “Lula” commented on the First [...]

Jun 6, 2011

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Prachanda proposes the Dengist path for Nepal, typical

Prachanda proposes the Dengist path for Nepal, typical (llco.org) The Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) is a party that [...]

Jun 7, 2011

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Will First Worlders benefit from socialism?

Will First Worlders benefit from socialism? (llco.org) “Dear Leading Light, Will First Worlders benefit at all from socialism?” Thank you [...]

May 4, 2011

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Part1: Some of Us

Part1: Some of Us: Chinese Women Growing Up in the Mao Era (edited by Zueping Zhong, Wang Zheng, and Bai [...]

Jun 7, 2011

Female Chauvinist Pigs : Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture

Female Chauvinist Pigs : Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture Freepress, New York, 2005, 240 pp. hc. Originally reviewed [...]

Dec 10, 2011

The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein

The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein reviewed by Prairie Fire (llco.org) The Shock Doctrine (2007) by Naomi Klein was a [...]

May 10, 2010

Hundreds dead, tragedy in Bangladesh

Hundreds dead, tragedy in Bangladesh (llco.org) This week over 1,100 died when an eight-story building that housed a garment factory [...]

Apr 27, 2013

Contributions needed to prepare for summer

Contributions needed to prepare for summer (llco.org) Big victories, small defeats. We are on course. Our main work is advancing [...]

Mar 20, 2013

New! WATCH: Our Day is Coming (Video)

Our Day is Coming (llco.org) The world cries out in pain. Two futures, two roads are before us: communism or [...]

Mar 19, 2013

On the protests in Bangladesh: What is to be done?

On the protests in Bangladesht: What is to be done? (llco.org) On February 5, 2013, Bangladesh erupted. Protests began in [...]

Mar 5, 2013

Vanilla vs. Kink?

Vanilla vs. Kink? (llco.org) The following is a discussion that recently took place between KxWaal and the Leading Light. See [...]

Mar 5, 2013