We publish below a statement by a comrade of the Gulf Coast Communist Fraction on union action against the proletarian reactions by teachers in the United States to the health risks caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. It is followed by our denunciation of the so-called ’intersectionality’ theory at the base of bourgeois and petty-bourgeois ideologies of identity […]
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We republish below the somewhat dated (Oct. 18th) statement by the International Communist Party — Il Comunista regarding the repressive measures the state of France is imposing under the guise of a “state of health-emergency.” Though dated, we think the general thrust of the statement is relevant to the international situation, including the United States […]
Dear friends, We would like to thank you for the letter that was sent to us, in moving forward in the debate and confrontations necessary for the regroupment of the Communist Left, we send you a response clarifying and addressing some of the comments you made on our revised points of unity. [1.] First of […]
In recent months, we witnessed the rise of imperialist tensions between Iranian and American gangsters in the Persian Gulf region. On the one hand, the US announced that it has received clear evidence that Iran is preparing itself to attack US forces in the Middle East. The US has been sending out USS Abraham Lincoln […]
Does Patriarchy Exist? It is shocking that something as everyday and omnipresent as the oppression of women is argued in such far-fetched, often erroneous and often simply false or alienating ways. Why? If not so complicated. If it is before everyone’s eyes… and yet that, the invisibility of oppression even to those who seek to […]
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Polemic from Internationalist Voice
Introduction from Gulf Coast Communist Fraction We are pleased to introduce a polemic from an organization of Iranian comrades called Internationalist Voice. We welcome their correspondence and critical comments on our Fraction, and think they have made some compelling points that deserve serious consideration. Some of the comments made echo a letter sent to us […]
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Nuevo Curso on the Union Question
Introduction We present the translation of this article that indirectly addresses our theses on the union question and the critical comments on our theses offered by the International Group of the Communist Left. We understood our original theses on the union question to be transitionary for the political development of our organization, and have come […]
These recent translations of the French Communist Left on the national and colonial questions can be found originally published on the latest issue of A Free Retriever’s Readers’ Digest: https://afreeretriever.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/190428-a-free-retrievers-digest-nr-02.pdf
“Fascism has become a political insult. It has been emptied of meaning to encompass any authoritarian development, and has been associated with the most splenetic right. It is a mistake that disarms us.”
“Our alternative is a Soviet, a collective one. We are not person-centred and we do not want individualism. Individualists, nationalists, racists and reactionaries do not associate yourselves with us. Our alternative is a worker’s soviet; collectively we will decide for ourselves, we will issue demands from the below. Enough is enough!” – Ismail Bakhshi
Gulf Coast Communist Fraction 