Tag: Hari Kumar

On Palestine, the Palestine Liberation Movement, and USA Imperialism: A Marxist-Leninist View

On Palestine, the Palestine Liberation Movement, and USA Imperialism: A Marxist-Leninist View

Published by Hari Kumar on November 6, 2023

In response to the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack prompting the wholesale slaughter of the Palestinian people By Hari Kumar, Red Phoenix international correspondent. Introduction The history of the Palestinian liberation movement is very convoluted and long. Furthermore the many tomes that have been published on it over the years do not make for an easy summary. But perhaps at bottom, the history of the theft of Palestinian land is not very complicated, as Finkelstein makes clear: “Looking back after two decades of study and reflection, I am struck most by how uncomplicated the Israel-Palestine conflict is. There is no…

What have the House Select Committee’s Hearings on the Trump-led riots at the Capitol revealed?

What have the House Select Committee’s Hearings on the Trump-led riots at the Capitol revealed?

Published by Hari Kumar on July 22, 2022

What have the House Select Committee’s Hearings on the Trump led riots at the Capitol revealed? An update on the Trump mob assault invasion of the Capitol; January 6 2021 Introduction: On the January 6th 2021 an attempt was made by the electorally beaten, then President Trump – to overturn the election results favouring Biden, by assembling a mob to storm the Capitol. This, and Trump’s stalling and repeated claims of ‘stolen elections’ has been subject to a slow drip of investigations aimed at him. These reached a summit at the recent series of hearings at the Congress has unveiled…

Post Second World War German Literature: Trümmerliteratur (rubble literature) or der Stunde Null (hour zero) or Heimkehrerliteratur (or home coming) literature

Post Second World War German Literature: Trümmerliteratur (rubble literature) or der Stunde Null (hour zero) or Heimkehrerliteratur (or home coming) literature

Published by Mike B on July 5, 2022

Written by Hari Kumar, May 2022; published July 2022 A review of “Draussen vor der Tur” by Wolfgang Borchert; viewed May 2022 at ‘Berliner Ensemble’ Berlin Download this article as a PDF We are facing a driving current move towards a new inter-imperialist war. Again- it might be said. But not as it was in WW2 where one protagonist was a socialist state under fierce attack. Today is more akin to WW1. Naturally given the increase in capital development over some 100 years, it is at a higher degree of intensified inter-imperialist competition. The Ukraine war is only the…

An Open Letter On Putin’s War On Ukraine; to the website “Selected Marxist-Leninist Writings”

An Open Letter On Putin’s War On Ukraine; to the website “Selected Marxist-Leninist Writings”

Published by Hari Kumar on March 18, 2022

Presented below is an excerpt; download the entire article as a PDF via this link. An Open Letter On Putin’s War On Ukraine; to the website “Selected Marxist-Leninist Writings” by Marxist-Leninist Currents Today Introduction We give below an open response to some of the main points of an article by Erdogan A with MLG, titled “Imperialism – in Ukraine Particular”. This can be found at: https://neodemocracy.blogspot.com/2022/03/imperialism-in-ukraine-particular.html (March 2, 2022). The viewpoint of ‘Marxist-Leninist Currents Today’ was put in two articles, written before the open war. However they anticipated a possible – perhaps even likely – Russian invasion of Ukraine, which…

Garbis Altinoğlu: On the Geopolitics of the Caucasus Crisis

Garbis Altinoğlu: On the Geopolitics of the Caucasus Crisis

Published by Hari Kumar on March 14, 2022

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.

‘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…

Imperialist Danse Macabre over the Peoples of Ukraine

Imperialist Danse Macabre over the Peoples of Ukraine

Published by Hari Kumar on February 11, 2022

Presented below is an excerpt; download the entire article as a PDF via this link. Protagonists locked in a power-struggle include USA-led NATO encircling Russia’s perimeters; as Russia masses troops at Ukraine’s border; Germany, the European Union, and Ukranian oligarchs have all put their oars in; even capitalists of floundering post-Brexit UK. What is behind events and what can we expect? NB: A shorter version of this is at Berlin Left blog. Introduction The hijack of the socialist USSR in 1954 by Khruschev is well understood by Marxist-Leninists. [1] This article is restricted to the events in Ukraine following the…

Theses at a time of an obvious attempted re-division of world ‘spheres of interest’ – What support should Marxists give to Russia?

Theses at a time of an obvious attempted re-division of world ‘spheres of interest’ – What support should Marxists give to Russia?

Published by Hari Kumar on February 6, 2022

Presented below is an excerpt; download the entire article as a PDF via this link. We recently reviewed the stand-off in the borders around Ukraine between the USA-NATO, European Union, Ukraine and Russia. [1] However we note disturbing signs of an opportunist support for Russia from some sections of the Marxist left. They prompt these theses to spur potential debates at this critical time – within Marxist circles. In today’s world, any war is unlikely to be a localized affair. It inevitably becomes part of the international rivalry between the imperialist nations. As these become wars for power and markets…

How the Berlin museums acquired the Benin Bronzes and battles against colonial culture of museums in the West

How the Berlin museums acquired the Benin Bronzes and battles against colonial culture of museums in the West

Published by Hari Kumar on January 25, 2022

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…

Founding Document of the Communist Party of Bolivia: An English Translation

Founding Document of the Communist Party of Bolivia: An English Translation

Published by Hari Kumar on December 27, 2021

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…