The Heat Will Kill You First – A Book Review Janelle Velina17 November 2024LLCO.org Let us not, however, flatter ourselves overmuch on account of our human conquest over nature. For each such conquest takes its revenge on us. Each of them, it is true, has in the first place the consequences on which we counted, but in the second and …
Category: Imperialism
Statement on the Ongoing Situation in Occupied Palestine
The Leading Light Communist Organization unequivocally condemns the ongoing occupation and genocide being perpetrated by the apartheid Israeli regime against the Palestinian people. Despite what Israel wants the world to believe, history does not start and stop at the leisure of hasbara propagandists. The resistance operation carried out on October 7th was not the beginning of the war, but a …
The LLCO reports from the First World Congress of the United Front
17 October 2023LLCO.org The First World Congress of the United Front was held in Truckenthal, Germany, on 4-6 September 2023, deciding on an official statute, a name, and electing a consultative committee of nine persons. The United Front strengthened its position as an international umbrella organization against fascism, imperialism, and environmental destruction. The congress counted in total 650 participants from …
The Paradox of ‘Anti-War’ Capitalism: Peace Movements, Disarmament, and the War in Ukraine
The Paradox of ‘Anti-War’ Capitalism: Peace Movements, Disarmament, and the War in Ukraine Janelle Velina23 May 2023LLCO.org Throughout the duration of the Russia-Ukraine War, the poverty of real Marxist analysis is very apparent in some very confused sections of the left[1] (as well as those who are purportedly left, but are clearly aligned with right-wing forces) who have committed themselves …
Understanding Soviet Revisionism
Understanding Soviet Revisionism Klaus MarksteinJanosik20 February 2023LLCO.org Table of Contents Introduction 1 Definitions 2 Dialectics of Societal Change 3 Economic Analysis 3.1 Distribution of Wealth 3.2 State Investment 3.3 Exploitation 3.4 The Black Market 3.5 A New Kind of Capitalism? 4 Political Analysis 4.1 The Communist Party 4.2 Trade Unions 4.3 Soviet Democracy 5 Relations with other Countries 5.1 Economic …
Solidarity With Cuba Against Imperialist Provocations
Solidarity With Cuba Against Imperialist Provocations 13 July 2021LLCO.org Because of the 60-year long illegal and inhumane blockade imposed on the country by the United States, Cuba has faced undue hardship that includes food shortages, lack of medical supplies, and power outages. And due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it is being exacerbated. A relatively small demonstration took place in …
The DPRK, Nuclear Weapons, and ‘Morality’
The DPRK, Nuclear Weapons, and ‘Morality’ Janelle Velina26 April 2021LLCO.org Objective, material reality can be measured. In accordance with that, beliefs about the nature of novel viruses[1] or beliefs about our Solar System evolve over time and are subject to change; and it is because of ongoing observations, measurements, and advances in science.[2] In contrast to that, morality– or rather, bourgeois morality, …
Overturning Vulgar Third Worldism: A Practical Internationalist Approach to Revolution
Overturning Vulgar Third Worldism: A Practical Internationalist Approach to Revolution Medved Pobedy 23 June 2020 LLCO.org Last updated 14 August 2020 Contents IntroductionWhat Is “Vulgar” Third Worldism?The Roots of the Labor AristocracyThe Reactionary and Foolish Nature of the Labor AristocracyThe Many Contradictions of CapitalismConvergent and Divergent InterestsPrivilege, Propaganda, and False ConsciousnessThe Problems of Vulgar Third WorldismEstablishing an Effective Internationalist PracticeConclusionSources …
75th Anniversary of Victory Day
75th Anniversary of Victory Day 9 May 2020LLCO.org This year marks the 75th anniversary of Victory Day, the end of the Great Patriotic War which was on May 9, 1945. It was the day when Germany officially surrendered. The event took place nine days after the Red Army victory at the Battle of Berlin (April 30, 1945), where Soviet troops …
“Peace” at Home on the Western Front, Exporting Terrorism Abroad: Social Antagonisms and the Contradictions of Capitalism
Left photo: 2016 video footage in the Syrian district of Aleppo, several months before liberation, of a group “moderate rebels” mocking a kidnapped 10-12 year old Palestinian boy moments before they beheaded him on camera. Right photo: members of the ultra-right Svoboda party holding a 2017 torch rally commemorating the anniversary of the Ukrainian offensive, led by the Nazi-allied organization of …