Vladimir Ilyich Lenin: A Biography
Free e-book (PDF-format) for download. Pospelov, P.N., ed. 1965. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin: A Biography. Moscow: Progress Publishers. 591pp.
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Comment on materialism and idealism
Jose Maria Sison posted this short philosophical commentary on his website on 13 April 2020. We are reposting it as part of PRISM’s special focus on questions of Marxist philosophy and current debates in the philosophical field, especially those that have major impacts on the broad anti-imperialist struggles and practical movements of the toiling masses.
LENIN AT 150: LENIN LIVES!
In the midst of this turbulent period, it is highly appropriate and urgently necessary that we revisit the great Lenin’s immense historical legacy regarding: (1) the importance of building a strong working-class movement, (2) the importance of revolutionary theory, and (3) the value of strategy and tactics appropriate to current conditions in each country.
Joma Sison on the global situation and Covid-19 pandemic
A concise summary of the current international situation, the Covid-19 pandemic and the worsening global crisis. Sison explains that “the world capitalist system was already in trouble even before the Covid-19 pandemic arose. And the pandemic has unmasked and aggravated the crisis of global capitalism. It is of urgent importance to know how the people are affected and how they are responding.”
In Transition to the Resurgence of the World Proletarian Revolution
This article by Jose Maria Sison is “prompted by the unprecedented scale and intensity of the people’s mass protests which have been breaking out in all continents since last year.” The author traces developments that have led to the mass protests that took up many current burning issues. Sison asserts that “the current wave of […]
‘Universality of people’s war’ debate heats up on eve of Maoist China’s 70th founding day
The debate is heating up on whether Mao Zedong’s theory of protracted people’s war has worldwide applicability today.
On the so-called universality of protracted people’s war
PRISM editors are posting below the full text of a major response by Andy Belisario to the simmering debate on the “universality of people’s war”.
A tapestry: 50 years of resistance and victories
More than 120 Filipinos and their international friends in Europe gathered to celebrate 50 years of struggle for social and national liberation in the Philippines on 31 March 2019. Billed as a “Tapestry of Resistance,” the event in Amsterdam, the Netherlands resonated with many other gatherings in the Philippines and overseas that commemorated the 50th anniversary of the founding of the New People’s Army.
ILPS Chair: “Hysterical fear of white genocide” behind NZ massacre
Professor Jose Maria Sison, chairperson of the International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS), said that it was “hysterical fear of white genocide” that drive Australian mass murderer Brendan Tarrant to kill 50 Muslim worshipers in a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand on March 15. He further added that “the white victim complex and the hysterical assertion of white supremacy are two sides of the same coin” that led to the mass shooting. Full text of the ILPS chairperson’s statement follows.