Communists of America

Help us found the party that will overthrow capitalism. Our congress is in Philadelphia, PA on July 27 & 28, 2024. Join the party and attend the founding congress of the RCA: https://communistusa.org/join Donate: https://communistusa.org/donate RCA Manifesto: https://communistusa.org/manifesto

Antonio Balmer and Laura Brown discuss the attempted assassination of Trump & the accelerated decline of US capitalism. This event is another step—a significant one—in the direction we’ve already been heading: one of instability, political crises, and growing political violence. Read our article: https://socialistrevolution.org/trump-assassination-attempt/ Join the party and attend the founding congress of the RCA: https://communistusa.org/join Donate: https://communistusa.org/donate RCA Manifesto: https://communistusa.org/manifesto

In the second of two episodes, Tom Trottier and Laura Brown discuss the history of the US labor movement and the role of the communists in building the unions. Part 1: https://podcast.communistusa.org/e/class-war-pt-1-the-resurgence-of-the-us-labor-movement/ Join the party and attend the founding congress of the RCA: https://communistusa.org/join. Donate: https://communistusa.org/donate. RCA Manifesto: https://communistusa.org/manifesto.

After an embarrassing display by both parties' candidates, the US ruling class is reeling. How can we explain this pathetic performance? What can communists do to tap into the reignited discontent of the American working class? Join the Party: https://communistusa.org/join Subscribe to the communist newspaper: https://socialistrevolution.org/subscribe Donate: https://communistusa.org/donate

There are potentially tens of millions of unorganized communists in the US. How can we find this most advanced, radicalized layer and get them into a party? How do you build and maintain a cell? We talk to members across the country and hear their experience and advice. Join our Party: https://communistusa.org/join How to convince someone to join the fight for socialism: https://socialistrevolution.org/how-to-convince-someone-to-join-the-fight-for-communism/ How to build communist cells (From our Canadian Section): https://www.marxist.ca/article/how-to-build-communist-cells The Fundamentals of Marxism: A Short Reading List: https://socialistrevolution.org/marxist-fundamentals-reading-list/ Subscribe to the communist paper for news and analysis: https://socialistrevolution.org/subscribe/#communist Communist Correspondents Portal: https://communistusa.org/reports/ Donate: https://communistusa.org/donate

The imperialist wars in Ukraine and Gaza characterize the horror without end that is capitalism. How can we understand why these wars and subjugation of nations happen? John Peterson explains the Marxist theory of imperialism, as well as a history of US imperialism - the most powerful force on the planet. Read the full report on the RCI founding conference: https://www.marxist.com/the-revolutionary-communist-international-has-arrived.htm Find all the recorded sessions right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTEkvx0FabU&list=PLmkivsu9EhGAdQG1hbn36TPMYLquG6vPt&pp=iAQB Join our Party: https://communistusa.org/join Donate: https://communistusa.org/donate

How did the Bolshevik party endure the adversity it faced leading up to 1917? Antonio Balmer explains how a granite foundation of Marxist theory, firmness in principle, and flexibility in tactics led to the greatest event in human history - the October revolution. Read the full report on the RCI founding conference: https://www.marxist.com/the-revolutionary-communist-international-has-arrived.htm Find all the recorded sessions right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTEkvx0FabU&list=PLmkivsu9EhGAdQG1hbn36TPMYLquG6vPt&pp=iAQB Join our Party: https://communistusa.org/join Donate: https://communistusa.org/donate

Our communist cell in MSP airport distributed leaflets to coworkers with public data about wages. When they became too popular in the workplace, the bosses called in law enforcement. Our comrade, Milos could face 90 days in jail for giving leaflets to coworkers. Make a donation to the RCA’s fighting fund and send Milos your words of support: https://communistusa.org/donate Join the party: https://communistusa.org/join Read the Leaflet: http://youtube.com/post/UgkxdSSfeaH-UY4TwOXXRofm-7dYvBG_zE8R?si=lnE0dKdSjNxK--Hy Communist International Conference Registration: https://schoolofcommunism.com

The starting point for all of our activities is political clarity. Only by building in quality will we succeed in building in quantity. But have we fully grasped all that this entails? Antonio Balmer leads off a discussion to shed fresh light on a familiar task we are all engaged in—the task of becoming Marxists. This leadoff was recorded at the 2023 National Congress of what was formerly Socialist Revolution. In July 2024, we will found the Revolutionary Communists of America. If you are a genuine communist and want to take part in this historic event, join the party: https://communistusa.org/join. Find all the books mentioned: https://www.marxistbooks.com/collections/books Donate: https://communistusa.org/donate. Communist International Conference Registration: https://schoolofcommunism.com.

We're interrupting our planned schedule for the Communists of America podcast with a special episode. UAW Local 4811, which represents 48,000 workers at the University of California system, has called a political strike in response to the brutal repression of the Gaza solidarity encampments. Tom Trottier, Antonio Balmer, and a rank-and-file member of the union at UC San Diego discuss how this struggle can escalate to a point of victory. Join the party: https://communistusa.org/join. On the UAW Strike: https://communistusa.org/uaw-strike-palestine. Donate: https://communistusa.org/donate. Communist International Conference Registration: https://schoolofcommunism.com.

The US is living through a revival in the class struggle. There's a fresh layer of the working class that supports unions, and wants to organize and fight for workers rights and for a better society. In the first of two episodes, Tom Trottier discusses the situation in the US labor movement today and the role of communists. Join the party: https://communistusa.org/join. UAW Organizing: https://communistusa.org/uaw-vw-victory. Donate: https://communistusa.org/donate. Communist International Conference Registration: https://schoolofcommunism.com. RCA Manifesto: https://communistusa.org/manifesto.

Student activists have escalated the Palestine solidarity movement significantly over the past week, establishing encampments at campuses across the country. The goal of the students is to divest—that is, cut all financial ties—from companies that are aiding Israel’s war. The Revolutionary Communists of America wholeheartedly support this movement and seek to help escalate it however possible. We encourage all communists, pro-Palestinian workers, and young people to help build this movement nationwide. In this episode, we offer our proposals for how we can collectively escalate the movement further. Links: Join the party!. Organize the Mass Struggle! A Communist Program to Escalate the Gaza Solidarity Encampments Donate here! Communist International Conference Registration Link. RCI Manifesto.

Vladimir Lenin was the greatest revolutionary in history. He built the Bolshevik Party, which led the working class to power in the Russian Revolution of 1917—the greatest event in human history to date. Lenin may have died 100 years ago, but the RCA is building a party following in his footsteps. Join the party: https://communistusa.org/join. Open letter to CPUSA: https://communistusa.org/open-letter-cpusa. Study Lenin: https://marxistbooks.com/lenin-book. Donate: https://communistusa.org/donate. Communist International Conference Registration: https://schoolofcommunism.com. RCI Manifesto: https://srev.org/rci-manifesto.

The Communist is the official newspaper of the Revolutionary Communists of America. We’re not the kind of internet leftists who stay inside and “do politics” online. The physical paper is an instrument for building a real-life organization—a genuine Communist Party of fighters. It is a tool for organizing in the streets, at protests and strikes, for building communist cells in our neighborhoods, workplaces, and campuses. Join the party: https://communistusa.org/join. Communist cell starter kit: https://marxistbooks.com/cell. Submit to the paper: https://communistusa.org/reports. Subscribe to The Communist: https://communistusa.org/subscribe. Comintern Guidelines: https://bit.ly/comintern-guidelines.

The Revolutionary Communists of America are a product of this new period in history. We are here for the complete overthrow of capitalism. If you consider yourself a communist, if you're committed to carrying out a revolution in our lifetime, this is your podcast. Join the party: communistusa.org/join. Donate: communistusa.org/donate.

Fred Weston leads off a discussion on the global crisis of capitalism. To see more of the communist perspective on world events, go to marxist.com Read our recent Editorial "Why “Genocide Joe” and Trump’s System Has to Go": https://socialistrevolution.org/election-2024-why-genocide-joe-and-trumps-system-has-to-go/ Are you a communist? Get organized: srev.org/join Subscribe to the podcast: socialistrevolution.tv Donate & subscribe to our magazine: socialistrevolution.org/donate

Executive editor of Socialist Revolution, John Peterson, gives a history of Israel and Palestine, and explains what communists can do to free Palestine. Intifada Until Victory! Read our recent Editorial "Why “Genocide Joe” and Trump’s System Has to Go": https://socialistrevolution.org/election-2024-why-genocide-joe-and-trumps-system-has-to-go/ Are you a communist? Get organized: srev.org/join Subscribe to the podcast: socialistrevolution.tv Donate & subscribe to our magazine: socialistrevolution.org/donate

A Marxist analysis of the American hemisphere in the age of imperialism. John Peterson, the executive editor of Socialist Revolution, explains Lenin's brilliant analysis of capitalist imperialism, and directs that analysis to the subsequent history of the Americas that Lenin was not alive to see. Are you a communist? Get organized: srev.org/join Subscribe to the podcast: socialistrevolution.tv Donate & subscribe to our magazine: socialistrevolution.org/donate -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Socialist Revolution Editor Tom Trottier outlines the history of the Communist Party in the United States, and what communists today can learn from their successes and mistakes. The booklet Tom mentions can be found here: https://www.marxistbooks.com/collections/booklets/products/the-fight-for-a-mass-workers-party-in-the-us This talk was part of the NYC Marxist School, which gathered some 200 communists from across the Northeast and Canada for a weekend of discussions on Marxist theory and revolutionary strategy. Read a full report of the event here: https://srev.org/nycms23 Are you a communist? Get organized: srev.org/join Subscribe to the podcast: socialistrevolution.tv Donate & subscribe to our magazine: socialistrevolution.org/donate -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

In this talk, Jon Lange explains the history and conditions leading up to the Chinese revolution of 1949, and the lessons that communists can learn from one of the greatest events in human history. To learn a more detailed history of China from a Marxist perspective, see our book here: https://www.marxistbooks.com/collections/books/products/china-from-permanent-revolution-to-counter-revolution This talk was part of the NYC Marxist School, which gathered some 200 communists from across the Northeast and Canada for a weekend of discussions on Marxist theory and revolutionary strategy. Read a full report of the event here: https://srev.org/nycms23 Are you a communist? Get organized: srev.org/join Subscribe to the podcast: socialistrevolution.tv Donate & subscribe to our magazine: socialistrevolution.org/donate