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J. Sykes

@ComradeSykes

3 months

Now is a great time to study the Revolutionary Science of Marxism-Leninism

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J. Sykes

@ComradeSykes

2 years

Why communists don't organize with MAGA: Its not because we're opposed to those people correcting their backwards views and joining the struggle. It's because that's not an efficient use of our energy. Mao explained how communists should organize people using the Mass Line. (1/4)

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@niacerise You got it. You decolonize mission work by just going home.

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Remembering the great Marxist-Leninist, Mao Zedong, on the anniversary of his death. It’s always a good time to read and put into practice what he wrote.

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If you think there’s a peaceful road to socialism just say it. Don’t equivocate. I’ll start. I don’t think there is.

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Now is a great time to read the PFLP's Marxist-Leninist analysis of the Palestinian liberation movement, "Strategy for the Liberation of Palestine" Here's the PDF from @FLP_books

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Marxism-Leninism is the science of revolution.

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My Marx Engels Lenin Stalin Mao shelf

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In the course of struggle, the intermediate will become active, & the backwards will change their position or be isolated and defeated. But we must not tail behind them or opportunistically change our message to align with their wrong views. Read: (4/4)

Some Points on the Mass Line - Freedom Road Socialist Organization | FRSO

PDF version

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... and must rely on them to raise the level of the intermediate elements and to win over the backward elements." Focus on the advanced fighters among the masses. Don't waste your energy on the intermediate who aren't active or the backwards who resist progress. (3/4)

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"The masses in any given place are generally composed of three parts, the relatively active, the intermediate and the relatively backward. The leaders must therefore be skilled in uniting the small number of active elements around the leadership ... (2/4)

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"The supreme objective of the Palestinian liberation movement is the total liberation of Palestine, the dismantlement of the Zionist state apparatus, and the construction of a socialist society in which both Arabs and Jews can live in peace and harmony." - Leila Khaled, PFLP

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The three best books on contemporary China.

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J. Sykes

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Happy birthday to the great Marxist-Leninist theorist and revolutionary leader, Harry Haywood! Everyone interested in socialism in the US should study his works closely.

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Solidarity with the union cat.

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Someone said “Jorts”

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J. Sykes

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If you’re looking for readings to understand the Palestinian Liberation struggle better. 🇵🇸📚

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Today is the 60th Anniversary of the Victory of the Great Fatherland Liberation War. Here are some book recommendations to learn more about it and the DPRK.

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156 years ago today, on September 14, 1867, volume one of Karl Marx's 'Capital' was published.

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Rail workers have the power! If they don't get it, SHUT IT DOWN!

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@_timhernandez Condemn Israel. After 100 years of colonialism and 75 years of ethnic cleansing and apartheid, the Palestinian people have the right to resist occupation by any means necessary.

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"Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle." — Lenin, 1910

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"We say primarily that the priority of this struggle is class. That Marx and Lenin and Che Guevara and Mao Tse-Tung, and anybody else who ever said or knew or practiced anything about revolution, always said that a revolution is a class struggle." - Fred Hampton

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J. Sykes

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What began on October 7th in Gaza was the present day equivalent of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, and you are on the side of the Nazis.

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I affirmed to Prime Minister Netanyahu that the United States will continue to make sure Israel has what it needs to defend itself and its people.

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Lenin on left unity: "Before we can unite, and in order that we may unite, we must first of all draw firm and definite lines of demarcation. Otherwise our unity will be purely fictitious."

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Three of my favorite books of 2023. Even if I am a bit biased on that middle one.

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@JortsTheCat @kelios I would follow @JortsTheCat extra if I could.

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J. Sykes

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Every revolutionary organizer in the US should read these two books.

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@PeterSweden7 You are literally describing capitalism.

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J. Sykes

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If you want to understand the national question in the U.S., you should study these texts.

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Mao Zedong on the possibility of WWIII.

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“Marxism comprises many principles, but in the final analysis they can all be brought back to a single sentence: it is right to rebel." - Mao Zedong

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J. Sykes

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Word to the wise: don’t just study revolution. Study counter-revolution as well. Know your enemy. They know you.

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Clara Zetkin with Friedrich Engels

FRSO | Freedom Road Socialist Organization

@freedomroadorg

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#OnThisDay June 20, 1933: Clara Zetkin died. Zetkin was a German Marxist theorist, activist, and advocate for women's rights. In 1911, she organized the first International Women's Day. #TodayInHistory #TDIH #OTD

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"The weapon of criticism obviously cannot replace the criticism of weapons. Material force must be overthrown by material force. But theory also becomes a material force once it has gripped the masses." - Karl Marx

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I'm for the PFLP's goal for a single, democratic, secular state: "The aim of the Palestinian liberation movement is to establish a democratic national state in Palestine in which both Arabs and Jews will live as citizens with equal rights and obligations"

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J. Sykes

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The Social Democratic politicians are falling over each other to condemn the just Palestinian resistance. 🇵🇸

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@maxberger @Dock_Currie @elonmusk be like

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Study Marxism-Leninism for the purpose of applying it to the development of the revolution in the United States

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J. Sykes

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People talk about Domenico Losurdo’s book on Stalin a lot, thanks to the new edition coming out from @iskrabooks , but do not sleep on this extraordinary study.

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J. Sykes

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Remember: when Mao said it was liberalism “to hear incorrect views without rebutting them” he meant within your organization and mass work. Twitter didn’t exist, and he didn’t mean you should endlessly argue with everyone who is wrong on the internet. Focus on the advanced.

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J. Sykes

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I first read Harry Haywood in 2005. No other communist theorist outside of the classics of Marxism-Leninism (Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin, Mao) has had such a profound impact on my thinking.

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J. Sykes

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Harry Haywood led an amazing life. He was a leader of the Communist Party USA in the 1930s, and of the October League / Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) in the 70s. He was a child of slaves, a veteran of WWI and WWII, and, as a member of the CPUSA Politburo, the highest (1/5)

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J. Sykes

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Racist ideology will persist in US society until it’s material basis, imperialist national oppression, is eliminated.

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Please note the Jacksonville gunman was in his early 20s. Implying that racism will simply evaporate after a certain generation is foolish and naive. It also absolves people from having to do any real work. Racism + white supremacy are thriving problems in our society that are

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@CofIndustry They are. However, in imperialist society, the petite-bourgeoisie can be drawn into the united front, since monopoly capitalism threatens them too. They're an inconsistent class. This section of the FRSO program on class and strategy breaks it down well.

Class in the U.S. and Our Strategy for Revolution - Freedom Road Socialist Organization | FRSO

PDF version | En Español

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Todays the 125th anniversary of the birth of Harry Haywood. I sincerely believe he is the most important figure in the history of the US communist movement, and everyone should study his works.

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@stealyoredbull More communists should read these.

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Happy Birthday Ho Chi Minh! Check out @LunaOi_VN ’s excellent YouTube channel to learn more about Vietnamese socialism!

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Domenico Losurdo’s book is one of the three great Marxist-Leninist works on Stalin, and I’m excited for the new translation from @iskrabooks

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Red salute

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@LunaOi_VN How to respond to “MAGA communists”

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@LazyPajamas I have reading recommendations for them.

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@pulangbatikan That's what some anarchists call themselves when they're too embarrassed by the other anarchists to want to be associated with them.

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The history of the socialist countries is a history of phenomenal come from behind victories while imperialism uses everything in its arsenal to try and hold them back.

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This is war propaganda.

President Biden

@POTUS

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The brutality of Hamas, the blood-thirstiness, brings to mind the worst rampages of ISIS. This is terrorism.

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Palestine will win 🇵🇸

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Two of the best books on bourgeois philosophy I’ve read.

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They’ve always got money for war.

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Here’s an example of a clear position on this point from the @freedomroadorg Program

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Marxist-Leninist Reprints available from

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Remembering the communist poet and dramatist Bertolt Brecht, born February 10, 1898.

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Birrete

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@RedPrincess203 Stalin was a genocidal psychopath dictator. The same Khrushchev who replaced him said it in his speech when he replaced the tyrant

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Bernard T. Joy

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Is there a single book that has informed your politics more than any other?

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@MarxistPaul You can just remove one word and it would be really good. "Communism is love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy."

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"From the River to the Sea, Palestine Will Be Free" This means no partition, from the River Jordan in the east to the Mediterranean Sea in the west: a single, secular & democratic Palestine, where Jews & Arabs live together as equal citizens. It means ending apartheid forever.

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@davidrkadler "The Economist is a journal which speaks for British millionaires.” - V.I. Lenin.

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@ChaosIsMel They make communists look bad like its their job. Wait... 🤔

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FRSO Resolution in Support of the Palestinian Struggle for Self-Determination, Liberation, and Return

Resolution in Support of the Palestinian Struggle for Self-Determination, Liberation, and Return -...

Adopted at the 9th Congress of Freedom Road Socialist Organization in spring 2022.

frso.org

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The best books on Stalin from a Marxist-Leninist point of view.

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When Marxist-Leninists talk about imperialism, we don't just mean wars of conquest. We mean an entire stage of capitalism — monopoly capitalism — that feeds on national oppression.

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@Jerusalem_Post @RashidaTlaib @ZvikaKlein She’s correct.

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First @freedomroadorg marches against the RNC. Next FRSO marches against the DNC. Join the organization that stands against the ruling class!

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Victory to the Student Intifada 🇵🇸

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Netanyahu and every imperialist politician who has enabled him and his regime should be tried for war crimes and sent to the Hague.

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I wrote a book about Marxism, called "The Revolutionary Science of Marxism-Leninism." The book explains, in a concise and accessible way, how Marxism can be used to understand and change society. Buy it here: Read a review here:

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Helpful books to contextualizes the Palestinian liberation struggle 🇵🇸📚

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The only future for the working class is socialism.

The Spectator Index

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Due to the impact of inflation, Generation Z and millennials should aim to have $3 million to retire comfortably, according to analysis by Wealthcare Financial.

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Durruti Dub

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Apart from Marx, Engels, Lenin etc. What one book would you recommend for someone (me!) looking to develop their socialist literacy? I have book tokens, and they are getting used today!

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The price of a US/NATO proxy war against Russia.

Kyiv. The City of Courage

@Kyiv

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The price of peace in Europe.

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There are many important ideological and practical differences that shouldn’t be dismissed, but these two differences are enormous.

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Leslie Feinberg made important contributions to the Marxist understanding of gender liberation. Hir books Transgender Warriors and Trans Liberation in particular are essential reading.

FRSO | Freedom Road Socialist Organization

@freedomroadorg

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#OnThisDay September 1, 1949: Leslie Feinberg (ze/hir), communist, anti-racist organizer, journalist and author who revolutionized the struggle for transgender rights was born. Leslie passed away in November 2014. #TodayInHistory #Transrights #transliberation

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There are 33 vacant properties per 1 homeless person in the US. Housing is abundant & should be cheap. But the rich hoard housing, driving up prices by creating false scarcity, so that the working class has not choice but to rent from the hoarders or live on the streets.

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Liberal politicians keep saying that a rail strike would be "devastating" to the economy. Better give them an acceptable contract then.

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No sanctions on the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea!

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1) in and of themselves, the student movement can strike blows against the U.S. ruling class, 2) the activity of the student movement can spread advanced ideas to society as a whole, and 3) advanced students can take up Marxism-Leninism and join the struggles of the working class

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Happy holidays! 🎄

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@ninaturner @POTUS While we're abolishing stuff let's just abolish the filibuster AND the Supreme Court.

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@theonlyjordan__ @vijayprashad @TaroaZuniga Only if you don't ask real communists.

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All of these bourgeois politicians KNOW that Israel is an apartheid state that commits endless atrocities against the Palestinians. Biden, Bernie, AOC. All of them. They know, but they continue to enable it. They could say “end US aid to Israel.” But they don’t. Grow a spine.

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@ComradeKimDawn Marxism-Leninism is the only ideology that is consistently & thoroughly anti-imperialist, understands that the contradiction between the imperialists & the oppressed nations is the principal contradiction on a world scale, & sees the U.S. as the main danger to the world's people.

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Check out this new ongoing, weekly series of short articles for @fightbacknews , the newspaper of @freedomroadorg , on Marxist-Leninist theory. The articles are meant to provide a relatively accessible entry point to people who want to study fundamentals. (Thread: 1/x)

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Average Biden scandal: genocide

Cardinal Dr. Diamond Bill 🥥🌴🎄🎃🍔🍟🍩☕

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Average Biden scandal: 15 minutes late to church Average Trump scandal: raped someone Polls: Trump 47% Biden 46%

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When they lie about atrocities, it is to justify the atrocities they themselves are committing, or are about to commit.

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Biden lied about seeing photos of beheaded Israeli children

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The only people defending freedom in the US imperialist war against Vietnam were the Vietnamese communists.

Senator John Fetterman

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This National Vietnam War Veterans Day, I’m reflecting on the service and sacrifice of the brave men and women from the Commonwealth who defended our freedoms in Vietnam. Our end of the bargain is caring for them here at home—a sacred promise we've got to keep delivering on.

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Claudia Jones is essential US Marxist-Leninist reading. Everyone should study "We Seek Full Equality for Women", "An End to the Neglect of the Problems of the Negro Woman", & "On the Right to Self-Determination for the Negro People in the Black Belt".

Claudia Jones: Beyond Containment

Claudia Jones, intellectual genius and staunch activist against racist and gender oppression founded two of Black Briton’s most important institutions; the first black newspaper, the West Indian...

www.amazon.com

FRSO | Freedom Road Socialist Organization

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#OnThisDay December 7, 1955: Communist Party leader Claudia Jones was deported from the US after a long struggle against McCarthyist repression. Quote from 'Caribbean News', June 1956 interview with Claudia Jones, after her deportation from the US

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