Socialist Revolution

As the pace of history accelerates, humanity is approaching a decisive crossroads, and we must have a sense of urgency. Fortunately, the communists are not merely coming—we are already here! 
Editorial for issue 42 of Socialist Revolution. Subscribe to the magazine: srev.org/subscribe. 
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Capitalism is on the brink. An entire generation has known only crisis, exploitation, and climate catastrophe. People in the US and around the world are correctly beginning to draw the conclusion that the root of the problem is the capitalism itself. In this episode, Stanton and Laura launch our "Are You a Communist?" campaign, discuss the potential for building a mass communist party in the US, and why you should join the communists! 
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The 80-year anniversary of Stalin's dissolution of the Communist International is an opportunity to explore theoretical and historical questions that led to its degeneration. In this three-part series, John Peterson digs deeper into the differences between genuine Bolshevism and Leninism, and its bureaucratic opposites of Zinovievism and Stalinism. 
Read the article on this topic: srev.org/comintern-degeneration. 
Read "The First 4 Years of the Comintern": marxistbooks.com/5-comintern. 
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The 80-year anniversary of Stalin's dissolution of the Communist International is an opportunity to explore theoretical and historical questions that led to its degeneration. In this three-part series, John Peterson digs deeper into the differences between genuine Bolshevism and Leninism, and its bureaucratic opposites of Zinovievism and Stalinism. 
Read the article on this topic: srev.org/comintern-degeneration. 
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80 years ago, on May 15, 1943, Stalin dissolved the Communist International. This anniversary is an opportunity to explore key theoretical and historical questions that led to the Comintern's degeneration. In this three-part series, John Peterson digs deeper into the differences between genuine Bolshevism and Leninism, and its bureaucratic opposites of Zinovievism and Stalinism. 
Read the article on this topic: srev.org/comintern-degeneration. 
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Our comrade Tom Trottier was interviewed by Joe Attard from our international headquarters in London about the exciting developments in the US labor movement. We are borrowing this content from the International Marxist Radio podcast—all their weekly episodes are available at podcast.marxist.com. 
Read our interview of Chris Smalls: srev.org/chris-smalls. 
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More fuel has been poured into the dumpster fire of US politics. For the first time in history, criminal charges have been filed against a former president of the United States. The fact that Trump is the current front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination sends the country even deeper into “unprecedented” and “uncharted” waters as the crisis of the regime intensifies. 
Editorial for issue 39 of Socialist Revolution. Subscribe to the magazine: srev.org/subscribe. 
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In this episode, comrades Erica L and Josh Bennett talk about piracy, poverty, and why it's so difficult to make it as an artist under capitalism. Above all, they explore who is to blame for these problems, and how they can be addressed in a socialist society. 
Read the article: srev.org/capitalism-artists. 
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Watch the video "IMT vs. TPUSA": srev.org/imt-vs-tpusa. 
Booklet on "Art and the Class Struggle": marxistbooks.com/booklet-art.

The sad attempt at provoking a new Red Scare in Washington doesn’t have any serious traction. But the communists are, indeed, coming. They’re coming, not to reform capitalism, but to abolish it. 
Editorial for issue 38 of Socialist Revolution. Subscribe to the magazine: srev.org/subscribe. 
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Marxists understand that mistakes in theory can lead to catastrophes in practice, and the Finnish Revolution is one of the most tragic examples. In this final episode, John Peterson explains how the White terror drowned the revolution in blood after the Social-Democratic leaders' vacillation prevented the working class from seizing power. 
Intro music: Finnish revolutionary song "Punaorvon Vala" (youtu.be/VF3XqDQCPZA). 
Read the article on this topic: srev.org/finnish-revolution. 
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