This was originally posted on the Kafila blog. As always, posting material does not imply agreement. Re-booting Communism Or Slavoj Zizek and the End of Philosophy – I Today, 13 March, a whole galaxy of philosophers and theorists got together for a three-day conference “On The Idea of Communism” under the auspices of the Birkbeck [...]
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Pavel Andreyev: Avakian’s Assessment of Thomas Jefferson: A Critical Reading
Avakian’s Assessment of Thomas Jefferson: A Critical Reading By Pavel Andreyev Pavel Alexeyev is an historian and specialist on religion with a long acquaintance with the RCPand other Maoist organizations. The Revolutionary Communist Party describes Bob Avakian’s latest essay, Communism and Jeffersonian Democracy, as an “unsparing critique of the history…of American society” and is promoting [...]
Avakian on Jefferson: A Critical Reading Part 3
This is the third and final part of this series. The author writes: The Revolutionary Communist Party describes Bob Avakian’s latest essay, Communism and Jeffersonian Democracy, as an “unsparing critique of the history…of American society.” Having “engaged” Away With All Gods! six months ago, I’d like to respond to this seriously as well. by Pavel [...]
Transformation of Humanity — on a Worldwide Scale
Is human history directionally oriented? Does it point toward the overcoming of class society? This is one question — a contentious one — raised in the following, the third and final part of this essay written for Kasama. The first two parts are here and here. Why historical materialism matters, 3 by Eddy Laing Economic [...]
The Development of Classes in Human Culture
How did classes arise in human history? This is the chief topic of the following essay by Eddy Laing, the second in a three-part series written for Kasama. Part 1 appears here. Why historical materialism matters, 2 by Eddy Laing The Core of Culture is the Mode of Production Every human society, regardless of its [...]
The Case for Historical Materialism
We all probably know that one of Marx and Engels’ great accomplishments is often said to be the creation of something called historical materialism, or in their own phrase, “the materialist conception of history.” What is this conception? What is the particularity of this approach to history, and how is it connected to revolutionary change? [...]
Badiou & Nepal: Battlegrounds Over Communist Reconception
Nando wrote the following piece as a commentary on Stephen Mauldin’s Badiou 101 for the RCP,USA. By Nando Sims Clarity writes a single sentence comment: “It should be made crystal clear that Badiou has explicitly renounced any adherance to Marxism as a system of thought. This raises a question of fact, but also a more [...]
Bill Martin: Dear Professor Badiou… About That RCP Assault
Dear Professor Badiou: About the RCP Assault on Alain Badiou, Philosophy & (Ultimately) Communism Itself By Bill Martin Before we say more about this RCP polemic (“Why Alain Badiou is a Rousseauist… And Why We Should Not Be“) the first thing that needs to be said is that its guiding principle is: “Who needs this [...]
Stephen Mauldin: Badiou 101 for the RCP,USA
Stephen Mauldin has been living and working in China, and has maintained a keen interest in revolutionary developments in Nepal, as well as in developments in revolutionary thinking, particularly that of Badiou, Zizek and others. He blogs here and here as Stefandov. In a recent entry he writes about the RCP’s recent release of [...]
Avakian on Jefferson: A Critical Reading Part 2
This is the second of a three-part series written for Kasama. The author writes in Part 1: ”The Revolutionary Communist Party describes Bob Avakian’s latest essay, Communism and Jeffersonian Democracy, as an ‘unsparing critique of the history…of American society.’ Having ‘engaged’ Away With All Gods! six months ago, I’d like to respond to this seriously [...]
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