Marxist-Leninist Currents Posts

Written in late August 2008, the essay “On the Geopolitics of the Caucasus Crisis (Georgia, South Ossetia, and Abkhazia; Russo-Georgian War)” was originally published by Garbis Altinoğlu on his Facebook page. The work was translated into publishable form by the family of Garbis Altinoğlu, who also gave permission for this publication. The English edition is presented as a PDF via this link. The work has also been added to the Marxists Internet Archive dedicated archive of works by Garbis Altinoğlu and may be viewed via this link.  

Hari Kumar, January 2022 Note: Below is an excerpt of the full article. View/download the full document as a PDF via this link A short version of this article will be at Berlin Left blog in January 2022 __________ After much bluster the Berlin Humbold Forum finally agreed to return to Nigeria its collection of the ‘Benin Bronzes’. What role do the self-dubbed, ‘great’ museums of the Western world play in colonialism? What are these Bronzes, how did many end up in Berlin? What do we know about their return and the role of anti-colonial activists? World museums gloss over…

English Preface by translators and producers of this translated version When trying to understand current events in the ferment of South America today, the struggles and movements that have galvanised the peoples of Bolivia are important.  The character of Evo Morales from outside of Bolivia, was difficult for us to understand without the guide of this document. It contains a class-based history of Bolivia up to the time of its publication in  March 2020. This Founding Document of the Partido Comunista Revolucionario De Bolivia (PCR Bolivia) was extremely useful to us. We felt it may also prove of use to…

Photo: Ludo Martens, founder of the Workers’ Party of Belgium. Date unknown. ALLIANCE Marxist-Leninist  (North America); July 2000 “UPON THE CURRENT SITUATION, UNITY, AND IDEOLOGY – AN OPEN LETTER  TO  LUDO MARTENS; “PARTI DU TRAVAIL” BELGIUM; Hari Kumar (Editor) and for Alliance-ML (North America); W.B. Bland for Communist League (Britain); G. Altinoglu for Marxist-Leninist Communist Party (Turkey); March 1996; Great Britain Preface to 2021 republication This pamphlet was put out as a moment of realignment of Marxist-Leninist forces was taking place world-wide. It had been hoped that a dialogue between those in the Hoxhaite wing and those in the Maoist wing, would…

Hari Kumar with Mike B. and Alfonso Casal October 2021 On October 11th 2021, the revisionist, guerrilla leader – Abimael Guzmán or Chairman Gonzalo – of the ‘Shining Path’ died in prison. Partido Communista del Perú (‘Sendero Luminoso’) was founded in 1970, in a split from the Peruvian Communist Party Red Flag (PCP-Red Flag). Shortly after the ‘Shining Path’ was a co-founder of the Revolutionary Internationalist Movement (RIM). After his capture by the Peruvian state in 1992 Abimael Guzmán was jailed and imprisoned for life. He died in prison on September 11, 2021. Generally, his followers deny that with Guzmán’s…