‘Rough and ready work’: The Special Infantry Corps
Submitted by Anonymous on Jan 23 2018 22:43
Article by John Dorney telling the story of the Special Infantry Corps, a military unit set up during the civil war of 1922-3 to suppress agrarian agitation and strikes.
Zimbabwe – crawling between imperialist masters
Submitted by Internationalis... on Dec 8 2017 15:17
The removal of Mugabe means only that the ruling elite will seek new imperialist links to solve the economic mess the country is in. Zimbabwe demonstrates for the nth time that "national liberation" in the epoch of imperialism means liberation only for the indigenous bourgeoisie linked to the world order of capitalism.
The colonial question: an initial balance‑sheet
1957 article by the International Communist Party, published in 'Il Programma Comunista', author anonymous.
Silences on the suppression of workers self-emancipation: historical problems with CLR James's interpretation of V.I. Lenin
Matthew Quest, writing for Insurgent Notes, details CLR James' treatment of Lenin across decades of James' work. While CLR James broke with with Trotskyism and Trotsky as well as the Leninist party form, he never properly broke with Lenin or his works.
Algeria: The Kabyle mentality
Critical comments on the Algerian national liberation movement by Algerian anarchist Sail Mohamed in 1951.
The Gold Coast Revolution
George Padmore's analysis of the independence movement on the Gold Coast against British rule, leading to the founding of Ghana under the presidency of Kwame Nkrumah.
Maldekstra Naciismo aŭ kiel trompi koncepton
Eseo sur la ideo de Jakvo Schram pri naciismo kaj "Maldekstra-naciismo.
Nationalism and socialism - Paul Mattick
Mattick writes on nationalism, from 'American Socialist', vol. 6, Sept. 1959, No. 9, pp.16-19.
Aspects of the International Class Struggle in Africa, the Caribbean and America - Walter Rodney
Written in 1974 for the sixth Pan-African congress, this essay analyses the class struggle in Africa and its relation to the newly independent countries since the fifth congress in 1945. Rodney is intensely critical of the nationalism of 'African petty-bourgeiosie ruling class' while also drawing attention to the internationalist, class content of aspects of the anti-colonial struggles.
Amilcar Cabral’s revolutionary anti-colonialist ideas
Firoze Manji on Amilcar Cabral.
