Today we feature a short piece from the Brazilian "Amigo Do Povo Magazine" on postmodernism. By Augusto Mazdaki Gushek In political and philosophical discussions of any kind, there is always the possibility of engaging in a debate in order to disqualify the debate itself. Philosophical agnosticism or the statement that “since we cannot access such [...]
Bertolt Brecht During the First World War In a cell of the Italian prison in San-Carlo Chock-full of deserters, marauders, tramps, A socialist soldier, with an indelible pencil, scratched on the wall: “Long live Lenin!” Written high up, near the very ceiling of the half-dark cell, those words could be hardly distinguished. But the warders [...]
By S. Mazur After publishing The Negation of Proletarian Politics, the Maoist Communist Group (MCG) replied to our criticisms here. Beyond the pretentious roleplaying of themselves as Lenin scolding an immature Nadezhdin as metaphor, they bring up dishonest allegations and arrogantly suggest that the larger living movement has a low ideological and practical level. A [...]
The Happy Face of Imperialism: Problems with the Democratic Socialists of America and why Election Boycotts are Necessary By S. Mazur The “Bernie bump,” a phenomenon referring to the swelling size of Democratic Socialist of America’s (DSA) chapters and organizations in the aftermath of the 2016 elections when Vermont senator and self-proclaimed “democratic socialist” Bernie [...]
Article by S. Mazur New York City-based Maoist Communist Group (MCG) recently published a piece entitled Four Points of Orientation On the Present Crisis which calls for “Communists” [where?] to abide by four general points informing mass work and Party “construction.” These points in fact are decent, but pompous and without any means of implementation. [...]
Editorial Board Self-Criticism and Criticism: On Human Rights and Proletarian Revolution By the Struggle Sessions Editorial Board and Tiburcio Struggle Sessions is always working to be a platform for debate and ideological struggle. We are always eager to share and promote two-line struggle, as it is what the purpose of this platform is. In the [...]
Illegal death (tribute to Helin Bölek) Poem by Facundo Rompehuevos dear artist: if your words are any good they will become illegal the artist should understand this too many don’t, and in their arrogant ignorance serve the class of men who rubber-stamp death sentences for the fellow colleagues of artists the artist who, like a [...]
Farewell to the God of Plague Poem by Mao Zedong Brief note by editors: Mao wrote this poem after not being able to fall asleep, excited after hearing snail fever had been wiped out in Yukiang County. Centuries of feudal exploitation and imperialist domination, compounded by the spread of epidemics and disease, were in the [...]
Article by Mariposa Vermelha Editors note: Edits were made to this piece on 4/1/20 after an email requesting clarity over who Li Feng-lan was and what side she took during the 1976 counterrevolution--which was revealed to have been the left line by the original author. During the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (GPCR) a great many [...]
A SINGLE WILL: Disagreements with the “Maoist Revolutionary Party” By the Struggle Sessions Editorial Board There are many contradictory arguments and incorrect ideas in the document titled “Clarifying Positions on the MRP Declaration Statement” authored by the “Maoist Revolutionary Party” MRP, as well as some generally agreeable and genuinely progressive and revolutionary views. The following [...]
