Characteristic Features of
THE WORLDWIDE MILITARY STRATEGY OF U.S. IMPERIALISM
by: Ray O. Light
with an Afterword by:
Armando Liwanag, Chairman, Central Committee
Communist Party of the Philippines
"What is excellent about Ray O. Light's article in presenting the characteristic features of the worldwide military strategy of U.S. imperialism is that it succeeds in exposing the basic weaknesses and vulnerabilities of such a strategy, exactly when U.S. imperialism appears so mighty and daunting..."
Armando Liwanag
Published September 1999, 51 pages
Stock # 112
ALSO AVAILABLE NOW
April-May 2000
A Ray O. Light Special Edition
For Revolutionary Defense of:
MUMIA ABU-JAMAL AND THE STRUGGLE FOR
AFRO-AMERICAN NATIONAL LIBERATION AND SOCIALISM
Stock # 27
A Set of News Articles by Ray O. Light from 1996 to the present. (A dozen or so in English and Spanish.) Topics include: the "No to WTO" Battle in Seattle, U.S. Led NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, U.S. Imperialist Aggression in Iraq, the Struggle to free political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal and more.
Stock # 201
BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS:
A PROPOSAL CONCERNING THE GENERAL LINE OF
THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNIST MOVEMENT
June 14, 1963
The Letter of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in Reply to the Letter of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union of March 30, 1963
With a 1999 Introductory Essay by: Ray O. Light
..an excellent starting point for genuine Marxist-Leninist parties and organizations of today to launch the struggle to develop a common general line for the reemerging international communist movement"
Published March 1999, 51 pages
Stock #111
TOWARD A NEW COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL
THREE ANNIVERSARIES TO REMEMBER
50th Anniversary: Historic Seventh World Congress of the
Communist International
40th Anniversary: Heroic Soviet-Led Victory Over World Fascism
30th Anniversary: Khrushchev's Tragic Attack on Great Stalin
Published March 1986, 31 pages
Stock #110
"VICTORY TO THE PALESTINIAN REVOLUTION!"
SELECTED WRITINGS ON THE MIDDLE EAST
Published October 1983, 92 pages
The five selections presented in this pamphlet were written over the past 16 years in response to most of the major crises that the Palestinian revolution has experienced, They reveal the principled. position on Palestine that has in essence emerged as the political line of the new organized leadership core of the Palestinian revolution itself.
Stock #109
"TOWARD VICTORIOUS AFRO-AMERICAN NATIONAL LIBERATION"
Published July 1982, 452 pages
A collection of writings over several decades dealing with "Black Power", "Self-Determination", "Strategy and Tactics" of Black revolution and the various groups and leaders in the Black Liberation Movement.
"A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR THE RE-EMERGING
BLACK LIBERATION MOVEMENT"
Stock #108
"TOWARD A NEW LENINIST PARTY"
A RAY 0. LIGHT GUIDE TO ACTION
Published October 1981, 52 pages
Consists of Resolutions on the International Situation, National Question, Afro-American National Question, Puerto Rican National Question, Woman Question, Trade Union Question, and on Organization, as well as Resolutions on Albania, Eritrea, and El Salvador. Also includes Introduction, Recommended Reading List and Ray O. Light Draft Program.
Stock #107
"THE FOUNDING OF THE NATIONAL BLACK UNITED FRONT
AND ITS REVOLUTIONARY POTENTIAL"
Published December 1980, 28 pages
"...in dealing with the Afro-American national question, the main political blow must be struck against the white chauvinist and liquidationist position which denies, buries, downplays the objective existence of the Afro-American nation in the Black Belt South and its right to self-determination and the vital role of the NBUF, and much work must be focused on winning to the banner of consistent internationalism and the proletarian revolutionary cause the hearts and minds of revolutionary nationalists who tend toward narrow (bourgeois) nationalism..." (Ray O. Light, p, 16)
Stock #106
ON THE 100th ANNIVERSARY OF STALIN'S BIRTH: (Part I)
"A TRIBUTE TO PROLETARIAN COLLECTIVIST LEADERSHIP"
Published December 1979, 32 pages
"Leaders come and go but the people remain. Only the people are immortal." (Stalin, 1937)
Stock #105
ON THE 100th ANNIVERSARY OF STALIN'S BIRTH: (Part II)
"UPHOLD THE IMMORTAL
REVOLUTIONARY LEADERSHIP OF J.V. STALIN"
Published February 1980, 24 pages
"...by treating comrade Stalin 'lightly', we ourselves lose our revolutionary way. We lose our standards, our Marxist- Leninist values of struggle and sacrifice and most of all of principle." (p. 3, Ray O. Light, 1980)
Stock #104
"THE TRAGIC WAR BETWEEN KAMPUCHEA AND VIETNAM AND
THE
STRUGGLE FOR PROLETARIAN INTERNATIONALISM"
SELECTED WRITINGS ON INDOCHINA
Published April 1978, 74 pages
"Every honest communist force in the world...must address the question of how two great peoples tested in the harshest and most brutal imperialist wars waged against them by bestial US imperialism only a few short years ago, led by so-called 'communist' parties whose leadership was itself tested in these great conflicts - how can Kampuchea and Vietnam now be fighting each other?!?" (Ray 0. Light, p.4)
Stock #103
"THE ROLE OF THE DICTATORSHIP OF THE PROLETARIAT
IN THE
INTERNATIONAL MARXIST-LENINIST MOVEMENT
THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION Vs. THE 'CULTURAL REVOLUTION'"
By YOUTH FOR STALIN (1968)
With a 1977 Introductory Essay:
"IN SUPPORT OF THE STRUGGLE OF THE
PARTY OF LABOR OF ALBANIA AGAINST REVISIONISM"
Published January 1978, 103 pages
'A policy based on principle is the only correct policy' - this was the formula by means of which Lenin took new 'impregnable' positions by assault and won over the best elements of the proletariat to revolutionary Marxism." (Stalin, Works, Vol. VI, P. 61)
Stock #102
"THE PRESENT PARTY-BUILDING MOVEMENT IN THE
USA & THE MATERIALIST CONCEPTION OF HISTORY"
Published January 1977, 108 pages
"Above everything else he [Marx] put the fact that the working class heroically, self-sacrificingly and taking the initiative itself makes world history." (V.1, Lenin, Preface to Marx's 'Letters to Kugelman')
Tackles the predominantly petty-bourgeois composition, idealist conception of Party-building, and sectarian, anti- working class practice of the "new communist movement" based on a revival of the Marxist-Leninist Materialist Conception of History. Also includes a tentative draft M-L Program for revolution in the US multinational state.
Stock #101
RAY O. LIGHT NEWSLETTERS:
| Stock # | Date | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | November 1983 | THE U.S. IMPERIALIST INVASION OF GRENADA AND SOME REVOLUTIONARY LESSONS |
| 25 | October 1983 | "CARMENCITA": A SALUTE TO RED OCTOBER |
| 24 | September 1983 | THE SOVIET - KOREAN AIRLINER INCIDENT AND U.S. IMPERIALIST AGGRESSION IN LEBANON |
| 23 | August 1983 | ON THE 20th ANNIVERSARY ON THE 1963 MARCH ON
WASHINGTON (Part 1) Some Questions & Answers |
| 22 | July 1983 | POPULAR UPRISING AGAINST THE ARAFAT LEADERSHIP: A REAL ADVANCE FOR THE PALESTINIAN REVOLUTION |
| 21 | June 1983 | ASBESTOS, "SEWERGATE" AND YOU: A CASE FOR WORKERS POWER |
| 20 | May 1983 | "CHICAGO WILL BE OURS": THE REVOLUTIONARY SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HAROLD WASHINGTON ELECTION VICTORY IN CHICAGO |
| 19 | April 1983 | THE TRAGIC LOSS OF COMRADES CARPIO AND MONTES AND THE WAY FORWARD FOR THE CENTRAL AMERICAN REVOLUTION |
| 18 | March 1983 | GOOD NEWS FROM EL SALVADOR AND THE U.S. IMPERIALIST RESPONSE |
| 17 | February 1983 | GLORY TO STALIN! GLORY TO STALINGRAD! |
| 16 | January 1983 | U.S. IMPERIALISM AND ITS DRIVE TOWARD WAR AND
FASCISM (Part II) HOW TO COMBAT IT |
| 15 | December 1982 | U.S. IMPERIALISM AND ITS DRIVE TOWARD WAR AND FASCISM (Part I) |
| 14 | November 1982 | U.S. IMPERIALISM AND ITS DRIVE TOWARD REACTION, VIOLENCE AND WAR |
| 13 | October 1982 | THE SPIRIT OF THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION: EVER YOUNG! - NEVER SO NEEDED! |
| 12 | September 1982 | THE ISRAELI SETTLER MILITARY OCCUPATION OF LEBANON: VICTORY OR DEFEAT FOR THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE? |
| 11 | August 1982 | PABLO NERUDA'S "LET THE RAIL SPLITTER
AWAKE" ALSO NOTES ON THE POEM & THE U.S. PEACE MOVEMENT |
| 10 | July 1982 | THE RIGHT OF THE AFRO-AMERICAN PEOPLE TO NATIONAL SELF-DETERMINATION |
| 9 | June 1982 | THE MALVINAS/FALKLANDS CRISIS: "PATRIOTISM IS THE LAST REFUGE OF A SCOUNDREL" |
| 8 | May 1982 | IN THE REAGAN "ERA OF GIVEBACKS" - WHICH PATH FOR THE U.S. LABOR MOVEMENT: CLASS COLLABORATION OR CLASS STRUGGLE? |
| 7 | April 1982 | THE MURDERED ATLANTA CHILDREN, THE WAYNE WILLIAMS CASE, AND THE FIGHT FOR AFRO-AMERICAN NATIONAL LIBERATION |
| 6 | March 1982 | STRUGGLE AGAINST OPPORTUNISM - KEY TO VICTORY FOR THE REVOLUTION IN EL SALVADOR |
| 5 | October 1980 | THE POLISH WORKERS UPRISING AND THE QUESTION OF THE MAIN ENEMY |
| 4 | November 1979 | "LEFT" OPPORTUNISM AND THE RISE OF
REACTION: U.S. HOSTAGES IN IRAN AND THE GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA MASSACRE |
| 3 | October 1979 | ONCE AGAIN - IN SUPPORT OF THE STRUGGLE OF THE PARTY OF LABOR OF ALBANIA AGAINST REVISIONISM |
| 2 | June 1979 | THE U.S.-CHINA ALLIANCE AND THE QUESTION OF THE MAIN ENEMY |
| 1 | March 1979 | "THESE ARE THE WORST OF TIMES, THEY ARE THE BEST OF TIMES" |
BOLETINES DE RAY O. LIGHT:
| Número | Fecha | Título |
|---|---|---|
| 58 | Junio del 1983 | LA
TRÁGICA PERDIDA DE LOS CAMARADAS CARPIO Y ANAYA MONTES Y EL CAMINO HACIA
DELANTE PARA LA REVOLUCIÓN CENTROAMERICANA |
| 57 | Mayo del 1983 | BUENAS NOTICIAS DESDE EL SALVADOR Y LA VICIOSA RESPUESTA IMPERIALISTA NORTEAMERICANA |
| 56 | Marzo del 1983 | EL
IMPERIALISMO ESTADOUNIDENSE Y SU EMPUJE HACIA LA REACCIÓN, LA VIOLENCIA Y
LA GUERRA |
| 55 | Octubre del 1982 | EL
ESPÍRITU DE LA REVOLUCIÓN DE OCTUBRE: SIEMPRE JOVEN! - NUNCA TAN
NECESARIO! |
| 54 | Septiembre del 1982 | "QUE
DESPIERTE EL LEÑADOR" DE PABLO NERUDA Y NOTAS SOBRE EL POEMA Y EL
MOVIMIENTO POR LA PAZ EN LOS EE.UU. |
| 53 | Mayo del 1982 | LA
LUCHA CONTRA EL OPORTUNISMO - CLAVE PARA
LA VICTORIA DE LA REVOLUCIÓN EN EL SALVADOR |
| 52 | Marzo del 1982 | RESOLUCIONES
SOBRE LA CUESTIÓN NACIONAL |
| 1 | Octobre del 1981 | "ESTOS
SON LOS PEORES DE LOS TIEMPOS, ESTOS SON LOS MEJORES DE LOS TIEMPOS" |
LEAFLETS Issued by Ray O. Light:
| Stock # | Date | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 154 |
Nov. 12, 1983 |
GRENADA - YOU SHALL BE AVENGED! |
| 153 |
Sept. 28, 1983 |
THE SOUTH KOREAN AIRLINER, THE SOVIET UNION, AND U.S. IMPERIALISM |
| 152 |
Aug. 27, 1983 |
ON THE 20th ANNIVERSARY: |
| 151 |
June 5, 1980 |
UNDER THE RED, BLACK, & GREEN FLAG: SEND AN AFRO-AMERICAN NATIONAL TEAM TO THE MOSCOW OLYMPICS! |
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