SSD Speaks: One Year Later—Our Successes, Failures, and Future
Boston, MA When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the shores of so-called America back in early March 2020, Boston schools threatened to shut down. While school closures were bad because they affected food access and working families who rely on them for childcare, they were also a necessary measure for ensuring the pandemic didn’t spread. This led to a small group of activists from several different … Continue reading SSD Speaks: One Year Later—Our Successes, Failures, and Future
Against the Red Boys’ Club: A Revolutionary Woman Responds to the ‘Struggle Sessions Editorial Board’
By: Comrade Val A communist I respect once said that “the left puts the petty in petty bourgeoisie.” If we’re being honest, what communist hasn’t at some point made an incredibly petty argument that amounts to little else but splitting hairs for the sake of striking an intimidating pose? Far from being rightfully stamped out, the editorial board of Struggle Sessions just shot the petty … Continue reading Against the Red Boys’ Club: A Revolutionary Woman Responds to the ‘Struggle Sessions Editorial Board’
Jailbreak the Prisonhouse of Nations! On the Role of the Euro-Amerikan Nation
By: Comrade Valerie At the first conference of the Maoist Communist Party – Organizing Committee, the body that originally generated For The People, it was agreed that “the contradiction between oppressor/exploiting nations and oppressed/exploited nations remains the primary contradiction of our era of capitalism-imperialism.” Though the Organizing Committee has strategically decentralized and the individual FTP chapters are engaged in party building autonomously, this point is … Continue reading Jailbreak the Prisonhouse of Nations! On the Role of the Euro-Amerikan Nation
“We are Not Your Piggy Bank”: Ruling Class Forces Volunteers to Mobilize Operation Winter Haven in STL
By: Comrade Mary ST. LOUIS: Since Sunday February 7, a coalition of more than 200 volunteers and 11 churches and shelters collaborated to form Winter Haven, opening 250 beds over the last two weeks during freezing weather by opening motels and pop-up shelters at churches. “I’ve never seen a coalition come together like this before,” Teka Childress, founder of St. Louis Winter Outreach said. St. … Continue reading “We are Not Your Piggy Bank”: Ruling Class Forces Volunteers to Mobilize Operation Winter Haven in STL
Wolves in Sheeps’ Clothing: Class Enemies in Baltimore’s Tent City
By: Comrades Carlo and Daniel Recognizing that we have enemies, we must analyze our community and determine class friend from class foe. When it comes to Tent City, an encampment below I-83, the class lines are deliberately blurred. There are a few reasons why it may be difficult to determine friend from foe, namely the way folks come at you. Why does an enemy speak … Continue reading Wolves in Sheeps’ Clothing: Class Enemies in Baltimore’s Tent City
A Worker Speaks: COVID-19 Coverup in Spanish Lake, Missouri
Anonymous Submission On February 8th, 2021, I was informed that an employee in the seafood department of the Sierra Vista Schnucks in Spanish Lake, Missouri had been sent home the day prior (Feb 7th) after testing positive for Covid-19. This is a store in a majority Black area, with majority Black staff. The management team is majority white. The remaining staff, having been possibly exposed, … Continue reading A Worker Speaks: COVID-19 Coverup in Spanish Lake, Missouri
Uprising Continues In Saint Louis Jail – 117 Inmates Seize Fourth Floor
Around 3:00 AM on Saturday morning, inmates once again rose in the maroon, slave rebel tradition, following in the footsteps of the Attica rebels of 1971, who rose and demanded to be treated as human beings, not as beasts. Reactionary governor Nelson Rockefeller mobilized the National Guard to suppress that uprising, resulting in several dead. On Saturday morning in the heart of Saint Louis, windows were smashed, items were thrown from windows, fires were lit, and banners/signs demanding “Freedom for 57” were made and displayed. “Free 57” refers to the 50 odd rebel inmates who were transferred to the Workhouse after previous demonstrations. This is a solidarity uprising and an uprising for human rights, and a natural response to state repression. A sign asking “What about Anthony Smith” was also seen. Anthony Smith was a Black man murdered by Police Officer Jason Stockley on December 20, 2011. The failure to indict Stockley touched off weeks of protests in 2017, which were met with brutal repression ordered by Mayor Lyda Krewson (D). Continue reading Uprising Continues In Saint Louis Jail – 117 Inmates Seize Fourth Floor
FTP-STL Speaks: On “The Best Of My Life Was in the NPA”
Comrades in FTP-STL (For the People – Saint Louis) read and discussed the Open Letter “The Best of My Life was in the NPA” by Ka Maria Nel of the Cordillera People’s Democratic Front in the Philippines after this week’s general body meeting. Comrades discussed what struck them the most about this piece and what can be learned from it. The responses are below: AU: … Continue reading FTP-STL Speaks: On “The Best Of My Life Was in the NPA”
Retail Investors on Reddit Blamed By Finance Capitalists for Gamestop Short Squeeze – Communists and the Stock Market
By: Comrade Toussaint Redditors, many of whom were frequenters of the subreddit r/wallstreetbets, had the financial world all atwitter this week as shares of Gamestop (GME) rose exponentially, closing at $347.51 on Wednesday. On Thursday, shares peaked at $483.00. A week before, it was trading at just under $40. These relatively small actors are being widely discussed and blamed for driving up the price of … Continue reading Retail Investors on Reddit Blamed By Finance Capitalists for Gamestop Short Squeeze – Communists and the Stock Market
A Response to Tribune of the People
PVN Editors We have only just now read the email from Tribune editors. We understand the objections made to our article and would like to extend an apology for our delay in responding. We will rectify our work by improving our internal and external communications as Peoples Voice News, which includes being on top of our emails. The reply by the Tribune was completely unacceptable. … Continue reading A Response to Tribune of the People
Los Angeles in the Age of COVID
By: Comrade Redbeard California has become an epicenter of the coronavirus. Perhaps nowhere is this more clear than in Los Angeles County, one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United States and the world. In a local population of roughly 10 million, there are over 1 million confirmed cases thus far: in other words, about 1 in 10 Angelenos have the virus. Over 15,000 … Continue reading Los Angeles in the Age of COVID
“Spy Plane” Program Sneaking into Saint Louis: Ruling Class Puppets on Board of Aldermen Give Support
By: Comrade Toussaint SAINT LOUIS: The Saint Louis City Board of Aldermen granted more support to the anti-people surveillance program referred to by the masses and those with their ear to the ground simply as the “Spy Plane” program on Friday. Board Bill 200 was passed by the Public Safety Committee of the BOA on January 5 of this year. This program will allow a … Continue reading “Spy Plane” Program Sneaking into Saint Louis: Ruling Class Puppets on Board of Aldermen Give Support
SHATTERING THE LOOKING GLASS AND EXPOSING THE SETTLER HIDING BEHIND IT: A Response On Behalf Of The Central Committee Of The RIBPP To “Through The Looking Glass”
By Kevin ” Rashid” Johnson, Minister of Defense, RIBPP Note: We publish this in solidarity with the comrades of the Revolutionary Intercommunal Black Panther Party (RIBPP). We, like many, were shocked and amazed at the level of duplicity and manipulative behavior of Tom Watts and his now exposed record of cultural appropriation (pretending to be Indigenous), meddling in the affairs of New Afrikan revolutionary organizations, … Continue reading SHATTERING THE LOOKING GLASS AND EXPOSING THE SETTLER HIDING BEHIND IT: A Response On Behalf Of The Central Committee Of The RIBPP To “Through The Looking Glass”
Won’t Bow Down: A Class Analysis of the Greater New Orleans Area
By: Khalil Ibrahim At the risk of sounding like a tour guide, New Orleans is a city that lives in the imagination of the world. The influence of this cultural melting pot can be seen everywhere, from the music and food, to the nightlife and tourism, the meeting of Afrikan, Indigenous, Haitian, French, Spanish, and Italian cultures created a place unlike any other. Even before … Continue reading Won’t Bow Down: A Class Analysis of the Greater New Orleans Area
Opinion: On Incendiary News and its Milieu: Against Dogmato-Revisionist Bogeymen, Sectarianism and Opportunism
Note: This article and others submitted to People’s Voice News are in no way representative of the views of any particular FTP branch unless the article is described as being written by a particular FTP branch collectively or is signed by FTP branches. Comrade Toussaint The bogeyman of “postmodernism” has been raised by dogmato-revisionists the world over to justify all sorts of reactionary behavior and … Continue reading Opinion: On Incendiary News and its Milieu: Against Dogmato-Revisionist Bogeymen, Sectarianism and Opportunism
