German thinkers Karl Marx and his associate Friedrich Engels worked on developing their Marxist doctrine over the course of about a decade, from the late 1840s to the early 1850s. In their work, the authors formulated the concept of culture, sharing, among other things, views on the history of art, and examined the formation of … Read more
by RAY LIGHT “Violence is as American as Cherry Pie!”— H. Rap Brown, Afro-American liberation fighter Also included in this issue:A Labor Movement Lacking “Class”“If You’re Not Outraged, You’re Not Paying Attention” On December 14, 2012, a troubled twenty year old white upper middle class youth, went into the Sandy Hook elementary school in white … Read more
A paper from the COMMUNIST LEAGUE (Britain) The Concept of Social Class The concept of social class as “a division or order of society according to status (‘The Oxford English Dictionary’, Volume 3; Oxford; 1989; p. 279) is a very ancient one, the English word ‘class’ being derived from the Latin ‘classis’, meaning each of … Read more
On July 16, 1964, a New York City cop, Thomas Gilligan, shot and killed a 15-year old African-American high school student, James Powell, in cold blood. Over the next few days, the people of Harlem rose up in one of the first major northern rebellions in that period, marking a new stage in the Black … Read more
It has been exactly a year since the tragic crash of T.W.A. Flight 800. The U.S. authorities have not brought to light the truth concerning the causes that provoked the fatal accident, in which all 230 passengers on board died on July 17, 1996. So far there are three hypotheses about the crash: a mechanical … Read more
A Statement by the Revolutionary Organization of Labor, USA (Formerly the Ray O. Light Group) November 2008 On Tuesday, November 4th, 2008, for the first time in the approximately two hundred and twenty year history of the United States, a black person was elected to preside over the U.S. government. News of Barack Obama’s victory … Read more