Philosophy Archives - Revolutionary Communists of America
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Philosophy Archives - Revolutionary Communists of America
Philosophy
BROWSE ARTICLES BY CATEGORY:
The Role of the State and Social Democracy
December 31, 2025
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Europe
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Philosophy
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Sweden
In this preface to the Swedish edition of State and Revolution, Alan Woods exposes the nature of the state as an organ of organized violence.
Marxism vs. Mysticism: Why Revolutionaries Need a Scientific Understanding of the World
January 24, 2025
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Philosophy
By applying dialectical materialism to nature and society we can gain control over our conditions of life and lift our species out of its misery.
Marxism and the Fight against American Pragmatism
September 25, 2024
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Marxist Theory
,
Philosophy
Like a chameleon, American pragmatism can blend in anywhere and will creep into our political work if we do not consciously fight it with Marxist theory.
How My Professor Taught Marx: A First-Hand Experience with Academic “Marxism”
September 5, 2023
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Marxist Theory
,
Philosophy
For the last century, academics have been attempting to distort Marx’s ideas. The task of genuine Marxists is to fight all petty-bourgeois distortions and to maintain the traditions of revolutionary Marxism.
The Frankfurt School’s Academic “Marxism”: “Organized Hypocrisy”
April 27, 2023
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Philosophy
In the 1960s, especially in radical student circles, there were many fanciful ideas floating around that “neo-capitalism” had evolved ways of avoiding capitalist crisis. These were the pseudo-Marxist ideas of the so-called Frankfurt School.
Alienation and Society: IDOM 41 Out Now!
April 20, 2023
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Philosophy
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Women's Emancipation
Capitalism tends to isolate, atomize and alienate people, who are taught to see themselves only as “individuals.” But this notion, though deeply ingrained, has no basis either in science or in history.
The Big Bang: Shoehorning the Facts to Fit the Theory
April 4, 2023
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Environment
,
Philosophy
A new paper has identified six massive, mature galaxies, shining brightly in a tiny patch of the sky in the constellation Ursa Major. According the Big Bang theory, these galaxies should not have had time to form.
A Lot of Talk about Nothing: “Left Narratives” or Class Struggle?
December 22, 2022
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Philosophy
Many on the left have put forward the idea that “the left needs a new narrative.” What is the substance behind this idea? Playing around with words is no substitute for class struggle.
Materialism and Empirio-Criticism: A Reading Guide
May 2, 2022
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Philosophy
,
Reading Guides
A reading guide for Lenin’s classic philosophical text which explains the principles of materialism from a Marxist perspective and defends them from various idealist attacks.
Marxism Versus Postmodernism
March 3, 2022
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Philosophy
Postmodernism embodies the utter dead end and pessimism of bourgeois philosophy in the era of capitalist society’s senile decay.
The History of Philosophy, a Marxist Perspective: A Reading Guide
February 1, 2022
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Philosophy
,
Reading Guides
We present here a reading guide for Alan Woods’s “The History of Philosophy: A Marxist Perspective,” which can help you digest the many key insights from this unique text.
In Defense of Historical Materialism: New Magazine Out Now!
November 15, 2021
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History
,
Philosophy
Alan Woods’ editorial on historical materialism from the Winter 2021 issue of the In Defence of Marxism, the theoretical journal of the IMT.
« Older Entries
The Communist
: The Voice of America’s Communist Generation
The Communist
is the official newspaper of the party of the Revolutionary Communists of America.
It is different from any other publication you’ll find in the US today. Behind this newspaper, there’s a vast network of communist activity from coast to coast. It is a tool for organizing in the streets, at protests and strikes, for building communist cells in our neighborhoods, workplaces, and campuses.
The RCA is on a mission to carry Bolshevism into the political arena of a country that’s ripe for it. Yes, we’re Bolsheviks living in the digital age, and we also use
social media
and
our podcast
to spread the communist program. But we’re not the kind of internet leftists who stay inside and “do politics” online. That’s why we need something we can carry with us into the streets and put into people’s hands.
The physical paper is an instrument for building a real-life organization—a genuine Communist Party of fighters.
Subscribe to the Communist
Philosophy
BROWSE ARTICLES BY CATEGORY:
The Role of the State and Social Democracy
December 31, 2025
|
Europe
,
Philosophy
,
Sweden
In this preface to the Swedish edition of State and Revolution, Alan Woods exposes the nature of the state as an organ of organized violence.
Marxism vs. Mysticism: Why Revolutionaries Need a Scientific Understanding of the World
January 24, 2025
|
Philosophy
By applying dialectical materialism to nature and society we can gain control over our conditions of life and lift our species out of its misery.
Marxism and the Fight against American Pragmatism
September 25, 2024
|
Marxist Theory
,
Philosophy
Like a chameleon, American pragmatism can blend in anywhere and will creep into our political work if we do not consciously fight it with Marxist theory.
How My Professor Taught Marx: A First-Hand Experience with Academic “Marxism”
September 5, 2023
|
Marxist Theory
,
Philosophy
For the last century, academics have been attempting to distort Marx’s ideas. The task of genuine Marxists is to fight all petty-bourgeois distortions and to maintain the traditions of revolutionary Marxism.
The Frankfurt School’s Academic “Marxism”: “Organized Hypocrisy”
April 27, 2023
|
Philosophy
In the 1960s, especially in radical student circles, there were many fanciful ideas floating around that “neo-capitalism” had evolved ways of avoiding capitalist crisis. These were the pseudo-Marxist ideas of the so-called Frankfurt School.
Alienation and Society: IDOM 41 Out Now!
April 20, 2023
|
Philosophy
,
Women's Emancipation
Capitalism tends to isolate, atomize and alienate people, who are taught to see themselves only as “individuals.” But this notion, though deeply ingrained, has no basis either in science or in history.
The Big Bang: Shoehorning the Facts to Fit the Theory
April 4, 2023
|
Environment
,
Philosophy
A new paper has identified six massive, mature galaxies, shining brightly in a tiny patch of the sky in the constellation Ursa Major. According the Big Bang theory, these galaxies should not have had time to form.
A Lot of Talk about Nothing: “Left Narratives” or Class Struggle?
December 22, 2022
|
Philosophy
Many on the left have put forward the idea that “the left needs a new narrative.” What is the substance behind this idea? Playing around with words is no substitute for class struggle.
Materialism and Empirio-Criticism: A Reading Guide
May 2, 2022
|
Philosophy
,
Reading Guides
A reading guide for Lenin’s classic philosophical text which explains the principles of materialism from a Marxist perspective and defends them from various idealist attacks.
Marxism Versus Postmodernism
March 3, 2022
|
Philosophy
Postmodernism embodies the utter dead end and pessimism of bourgeois philosophy in the era of capitalist society’s senile decay.
The History of Philosophy, a Marxist Perspective: A Reading Guide
February 1, 2022
|
Philosophy
,
Reading Guides
We present here a reading guide for Alan Woods’s “The History of Philosophy: A Marxist Perspective,” which can help you digest the many key insights from this unique text.
In Defense of Historical Materialism: New Magazine Out Now!
November 15, 2021
|
History
,
Philosophy
Alan Woods’ editorial on historical materialism from the Winter 2021 issue of the In Defence of Marxism, the theoretical journal of the IMT.
« Older Entries
The Communist
: The Voice of America’s Communist Generation
The Communist
is the official newspaper of the party of the Revolutionary Communists of America.
It is different from any other publication you’ll find in the US today. Behind this newspaper, there’s a vast network of communist activity from coast to coast. It is a tool for organizing in the streets, at protests and strikes, for building communist cells in our neighborhoods, workplaces, and campuses.
The RCA is on a mission to carry Bolshevism into the political arena of a country that’s ripe for it. Yes, we’re Bolsheviks living in the digital age, and we also use
social media
and
our podcast
to spread the communist program. But we’re not the kind of internet leftists who stay inside and “do politics” online. That’s why we need something we can carry with us into the streets and put into people’s hands.
The physical paper is an instrument for building a real-life organization—a genuine Communist Party of fighters.
Subscribe to the Communist