Category: History
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Working Women and the Class Struggle in Gastonia
By Charlotte Revolutionary Study Group Editor’s Note: Charlotte RSG has submitted this essay on the contributions of working class Communist women to the Loray Mill Strike of 1929 to mark its 75th anniversary and Women’s History Month. We thank the comrades in Charlotte, you can find more of their work @cltrevstudy on Instagram and contact…
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Hold Your Own Red Flags High, Until We Retake the Banner of the Commune
By Comrade Kagi Editor’s note: Two days ago on March 18 the global proletariat marked the 153rd anniversary of the foundation of the Paris Commune. In honor of this historic occasion, we have taken a look back on the history of the commune’s most powerful and well known symbol, the red flag. In July 1924, Anna…
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International Working Women’s Day 2024
By the Editorial Board of The Masses On this spectacular international holiday, we celebrate all proletarian women from the past and future, but especially those women who revolted against the capitalist-imperialist system to build a better future; a shining path to Communism! IWWD is called as such not to exclude disabled women or those working…
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Problems of Strike Strategy: Preface
By William F. Dunne | Red International Union of Labor Revolutionary strike strategy – the strategy which must be worked out and applied by the Trade Union Unity League and its affiliated unions – is designed to secure the victory of the working class both in its everyday “bread and butter” struggles and in the…
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In the Footsteps of Phoenix
by the India Committee Editor’s Note: the Editorial Board received correspondence shortly after operation Al-Aqsa Flood began from a group called the Forum Against Corporatization and Militarization based in Delhi, India. It is our distinct pleasure to publish this first piece by the newly formed India Committee, it covers a particular instance of the anti-camp…
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Some Remarks on the National Question in Caucasia
By Comrade Harold A few weeks ago, The Masses published a short article regarding the Azerbaijani invasion of Nagorno-Karabakh and the subsequent ethnic cleansing of the majority Armenian population there, which had established the de facto, but unrecognized, state of Artsakh which persisted for a little over thirty years. We described the events of September…