"We should get our comrades to understand that the twofold basic task of the leading bodies of the Communist Party is to know conditions and to master policy; the former means knowing the world and the latter changing the world." -Mao Zedong, 1941, Reform our Study
[From Winter Has Its End, a collective of revolutionary journalists that have traveled to Greece to investigate the burgeoning revolutionary … Continue reading Greece’s Young Communists Speak: “Transform society and transform ourselves.”
[From The Guardian. Part of the series Reading the Riots. This series contains both important social investigation into the causes … Continue reading Study: English riots were ‘a sort of revenge’ against the police
RI Editorial Note: On the occasion of the meeting of the World Economic Forum in Austria, a number of eastern … Continue reading June 8-9 World Economic Forum and the juggling of inter-imperialist rivalries: Statement from Anti-Imperialist, ML, and MLM orgs in Eastern and Central Europe
Article from La Voce del (nuovo) Partito comunista italiano, n. 18
mercoledì 19 luglio 2006.
R.I. Editorial Note:
Another article in our series on revolutionary military strategy in imperialist countries. This article from the (new) Communist Party of Italy reviews past experiences of armed struggle in the imperialist countries in light of their theory of Protracted Revolutionary People’s War for imperialist countries. The translation, like many from this organization, are not perfect, but the ideas are comprehensible. -R.I. -13 March 2011
From Telegraph.co.uk:
By Harriet Alexander, Marseille
The cars abandoned along the stretch of motorway leading to Marseille Airport made it look as if the inhabitants of France’s second city had fled some terrible disaster.
Their owners had in fact parked as neatly as they could and dragged their suitcases to the terminal on foot to catch flights to holiday destinations and business meetings – the only way to get past the barricades that were thrown up by protesters on Thursday morning.
Marseille has been crippled by strikers. A fleet of huge ships cruises offshore, unable to dock, their lights reflecting against the still waters of the port at night. From the air it looks like a giant game of Battleships.
In the city centre, streets are still piled high with rubbish after the refuse collectors joined dock workers, train drivers, students and airport staff who have brought the city almost to a standstill. Continue reading “Rebellion Against Austerity Measures In France”
