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In defense of Foster from the slander of “Settlers”

In defense of Foster from the slander of “Settlers”

Published by Victor Vaughn on March 8, 2024

By Leon V., Red Phoenix correspondent, Florida. Published in the 1980’s, J. Sakai’s Settlers has enjoyed a cult following among portions of American revisionists. Sakai pulls no punches in attacking everything he considers an aspect of “settler-colonialism,” some of which are worthy of criticism and others which are nothing but boldly inaccurate. Sakai’s conception and narrative of William Z. Foster falls into the latter. Sakai launches brash claims against the legacy of one of the foremost influential labor organizers of the 20th century by assessing that Foster was chauvinist and sought to inspire a race war between laborers. “In his…

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‘All things are quite silent’ – but not quite – her songs live on

‘All things are quite silent’ – but not quite – her songs live on

Published by Hari Kumar on February 13, 2022

Reflections on English folk music and the life of Norma Waterson (1939-2022) Hari Kumar, February 10, 2022 What is folk music? Is it different from other genres of popular music? How does it relate to working peoples’s struggles? A great singer has recently died. Perhaps Norma Waterson was one of the last of a particular generation of traditional English folk singers. Things might indeed really become ‘silent’ – but only if it was solely her voice that rang out those songs. Indeed we are deprived of the great pleasure of hearing her live again. But fortunately, Norma Waterson herself stressed…

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Book Review: “Stalinist Terror, New Perspectives.”

Book Review: “Stalinist Terror, New Perspectives.”

Published by Hari Kumar on May 10, 2021

Written by Hari Kumar, 1993. Previously posted to Alliance-ML. A BRIEF BOOK REVIEW : “Stalinist Terror, New Perspectives.” Edited by J. Arch Getty and Roberta T. Manning. Cambridge University Press, 1993. ISBN 0-521-44125-0 Hardback or 0-521-44670-8 Paperback. Cost : $24.15 paperback in Canada. This book has considerable interest. It presents rare data of interest, and also shows a changing wind in academia. The usual wind is: Stalin was nasty and cruel; alternatively stupid, or bright and devious; who was not responsible for good things like the Soviet conduct of the War; who …etc. Ultimately the truth will out. The mythology…

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Obituary – Domenico Savio (1940-2020)

Published by Hari Kumar on March 28, 2020

Domenico was the founder and Secretary General of the Marxist–Leninist Italian Communist Party (Partito Comunista Italiano Marxista-Leninista, PCIM-L). This party is based in the Naples area. As a paper entitled: “A Sketch of Anti-Revisionism in Italy Part Two: 1970s Fading Blooms” puts it: “The splintering of the old revisionist Left in the new century has seen the emergence of pro-Soviet Union supporters emerge in their own organisations. The PCI – Marxist-Leninist Italian Communist Party was founded on 3rd December of 1999 by Domenico Savio together with the comrades Alfredo A. La Piccirella of San Severo (Foggia), and Gennaro Savio (Domenico…

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