Tag: theory

  • Suggested Principles of a Pre-Party Vanguard Organization

    Originally written c. 1990-1992 The capitalist system is a slave system. One cannot make it humane any more than one could have reformed the old slave institution to make it humane.The aim of our organization is to radically transform society by ending all forms of exploitation and oppression. And nothing short of overturning the present…

  • Why do we need a People Power Movement?

    With all of the “left” and “progressive” groups out there why do we need a People Power Movement?  Doesn’t creating another group just further splinter a divided “progressive” community? To answer these questions we need to look at our organization’s Principles of Unity:   We Believe in Independent Politics.  This means that in studying history…

  • Unity

    Unity is a beautiful idea. A society of peace and justice can only be achieved if the people are united, if the oppressed and exploited are united. All those who play a constructive role and advance the struggle are to be welcomed. But the European-American who attended Tuesday night’s meeting at Highbridge called for unity…

  • Art & Truth

    With regard to art, the artist has a responsibility to tell the truth. But in art, there is an important distinction between truth as actuality and truth as verisimilitude. The fact that something actually happened which is depicted by an artist does not make it truthful, in the artistic sense. Truth in art is more…

  • Social Democracy

    The role of Social Democracy remains essentially unchanged, which is of course, to reinforce imperialist rule, and in the developing world to strengthen their own national bourgeoisie and collaboration with world imperialism. With the move to the right on a world scale, with the weakening of Communism, a weakening of the genuinely socialist forces, the…

  • On Theory

    We must remember Marx’s dictum that revolutionary theory becomes a material force when it is embraced by the masses.

  • Neoliberalism: The Present Model of Capitalism Among Developed Countries

    With the rise of big business and monopolies the economically developed countries feel they can now have free trade, allowing the monopolies of other nations to come in at the expense of small and medium size domestic businesses while in return being given free rein to go abroad and operate at the expense of small…

  • On Criticism & Self-Criticism

    No one, including myself, likes to be criticized.  Defensiveness is something we must all struggle against.  For criticism and self-criticism are the subjective means by which we advance our struggles, indispensable means. Hunger is the self-criticism of the body.  If we fail to respond to that criticism, we die.  Thirst and fatigue are similar criticisms. …

  • National Liberation and Class Struggle

    The success of national-liberation movements is intimately linked to its social content. The more the national revolution adopts a social program that embraces the burning needs of the masses, the more the masses become part of that movement, the stronger that movement, the more rapid its victory and the greater the assurance against national betrayal…