‘To change masters is not to be free.’—José Martí.

Cuba: the supreme victim of imperialism and colonialism

‘To change masters is not to be free.’

—José Martí.

Cuba — perhaps more than most other countries — has been the victim of imperialism and colonisation.  

A tribute to Ernie Tate

 

By Phil Hearse

Fare thee well, comrade: A tribute to Ernie Tate

By James Clark and Pam Frache

How pioneer Communists assessed the Russian Soviet Republic

By John Riddell

February 6, 2021 — Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal reposted from John Riddell's Marxist Essays and Commentary — The Communist International (or Comintern) was founded in Moscow in 1919, with the goal of helping to extend the socialist revolution that had taken place in Russia across Europe and around the world.  

The Russian Communist (Bolshevik) party that had led in establishing Soviet power was respected in the International as a prime source of strategic and tactical guidance. Yet the Comintern’s statutes did not accord any primacy to the Russian Communist Party (RCP). Like other Comintern sections, the Russian party was answerable to the International’s world congresses.