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  •    Empire is Crumbling   MR Online

    Evidence that the Empire is crumbling

    Originally published: Hood Communist on September 11, 2025 by Ahjamu Umi (more by Hood Communist)  | (Posted Sep 16, 2025)

    The problem, as Karl Marx told us 150 years ago, is capitalism is an exploitative system so that means its existence is dependent upon saturating the markets to maximize profitability.

  •    Crime The Trojan Horse For Colonial Control   MR Online

    “Crime”, the trojan horse for colonial control

    Originally published: Hood Communist on August 28, 2025 by Erica Caines (more by Hood Communist)  | (Posted Aug 30, 2025)

    Ultimately, the path to liberation necessitates a fundamental shift in understanding the very concept of “crime” as a political construct engineered to subdue resistance and legitimize state violence.

  •    African Peoples Revolutionary Change and the Importance of Marxist Materialism   MR Online

    African Peoples, revolutionary change, and the importance of Marxist materialism

    Originally published: Hood Communist on August 14, 2025 by Erica Caines and Austin Cole (more by Hood Communist)  | (Posted Aug 25, 2025)

    If there was one word for the dominant challenge afflicting “the left” and African/Black radicals, it is confusion.

  •    Pan Africanism   MR Online

    What correctly defines Pan-Africanism in 2025 and beyond

    Originally published: Hood Communist on April 17, 2025 by Ahjamu Umi (more by Hood Communist)  | (Posted Apr 27, 2025)

    Since its initial organizational expression in 1900, the phrase Pan-Africanism has been expressed in many different forms.

  •    Understanding Bodily Autonomy Through Triple Oppression   MR Online

    Understanding bodily autonomy through triple oppression

    Originally published: Hood Communist on July 5, 2024 by Erica Caines and Musa Springer / Ready for Revolution (more by Hood Communist)  | (Posted Jul 13, 2024)

    The concepts of self-determination sovereignty extend far beyond the individual empowerment of self-advocacy, and encompass collective liberation and self-determination. Claudia Jones’ work emphasizes the interconnectedness of struggles and the importance of sovereignty for Black women, which  requires building collective power and creating liberated spaces where colonized communities can exercise autonomy and self-governance.  

  •    African World   MR Online

    When the empire strikes back, will the African world be ready?

    Originally published: Hood Communist on June 28, 2024 by Mark P Fancher (more by Hood Communist)  | (Posted Jul 04, 2024)

    These are dark days for the empire.

  •    Nigeriens demonstrate during a rally at the Place de la Concertation in front of the headquarters of the National Assembly on 20 August 2023 in Niamey They are supporting the National Council for the Safeguard of the Party CNSP which is threatened with military intervention by the Economic Community of West African States ECOWAS following their coup against the democratically elected president Mohamed Bazoum who is being held captive in his presidential residence Photo by Souley AbdoulayeAfrikimages AgencyUniversal Images Group via Getty Images   MR Online

    For the defense of the Alliance of Sahel States

    Originally published: Hood Communist on May 9, 2024 by The Coalition for the Elimination of Imperialism in Africa (more by Hood Communist)  | (Posted May 16, 2024)

    To the African masses at home and abroad, oppressed and tormented by the imperialists for centuries and yet steadfast in your struggle. We, the Coalition for the Elimination of Imperialism in Africa, urge you to stand strongly behind the Alliance of Sahel States which, at this moment in our history, represents the model for Pan-Africanism and therefore the path towards the total liberation and unification of Africa.

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    Liberation through reading in Cuba

    Originally published: Hood Communist on February 29, 2024 by Erika Caines (more by Hood Communist)  | (Posted Mar 04, 2024)

    Literacy campaigns targeting African (Black) youth in Africa and across the diaspora have played a crucial role in fostering educational empowerment.

  •    In Defense of Historical Memory Against Imperialism   MR Online

    In defense of historical memory against imperialism

    Originally published: Hood Communist on February 22, 2024 by Ready for Revolution Presented by Musa Springer (more by Hood Communist)  | (Posted Feb 26, 2024)

    “As Africans living in the belly of the beast of imperialism we recognize that our domestic struggle against police terrorism, super exploitation, and domestic colonization are themselves part of the larger anti-imperialist struggle of the underdeveloped world.”

  •    A Materialist Guide to Media Literacy   MR Online

    “A Materialist Guide to Media Literacy”

    Originally published: Hood Communist on January 19, 2024 by D. Musa Springer (more by Hood Communist)  | (Posted Jan 20, 2024)

    In exploring the notion of critical media literacy, the Marxist concepts of base and superstructure and Antonio Gramsci’s theory of cultural hegemony provide an essential framework for understanding the complex dynamics of media, power, and ideology.

  •    Abolition   MR Online

    Thoughts on Abolition

    Originally published: Hood Communist on January 11, 2024 by Erica Caines (more by Hood Communist)  | (Posted Jan 13, 2024)

    Since 2020, there has been a gradual realization about the limitations of various strategies, ideologies, and political approaches, particularly in the context of using “abolition” as a catch-all umbrella.

  •    Pan Africanism and Digital Technology   MR Online

    Pan-Africanism and digital technology

    Originally published: Hood Communist on October 26, 2023 by Otobong Inieke (more by Hood Communist)  | (Posted Oct 30, 2023)

    Digital technology in its current form is here to stay–or at least until we break the supply chains draining the Congo and her kind–and we know how much of a role it plays in communication.

  •    Another United States Invasion Scheme in Haiti   MR Online

    Another United States invasion scheme in Haiti

    Originally published: Hood Communist on September 28, 2023 by A.T. Freeman (more by Hood Communist)  | (Posted Oct 03, 2023)

    Speaking at the 78th session of the United Nations General assembly on 19 September, President Biden called on the UN Security Council to immediately authorise the planned U.S. invasion of Haiti.

  •    Black Feminisms   MR Online

    All Black feminisms ain’t created equal

    Originally published: Hood Communist on September 21, 2023 by Erica Caines (more by Hood Communist)  | (Posted Sep 26, 2023)

    Revolutionary African feminism (oftentimes used interchangeably with radical Black feminism) is understood as a feminist ideology that seeks to fundamentally transform and decolonize societal structures, and eliminate all forms of patriarchy and gender-based oppression.

  •    55 Pan African Organzations Oppose Sanctions On Niger   MR Online

    55 Pan-African organizations oppose sanctions on Niger

    Originally published: Hood Communist on September 7, 2023 by Thomas Sankara (Center for African Liberation and Unity) (more by Hood Communist)  | (Posted Sep 13, 2023)

    Following the military coup in Niger, ECOWAS decided to impose humiliating and illegitimate sanctions on Niger at the end of the Heads of State conference in Abuja on July 30.

  •    War in Africa and the Americas   MR Online

    War in Africa and the Americas: Accelerating the end of White world supremacy

    Originally published: Hood Communist on August 24, 2023 (more by Hood Communist)  |

    he U.S. recently deployed troops to Peru to shore-up the coup in that country, followed by the deployment of troops to Ecuador and the bizarre AFRICOM plan to insert Kenya and Rwanda forces all the way from Africa to Haiti to support the illegitimate Ariel Henry puppet government in that nation. White supremacy in Black face.

  •    A Primer on the Occupation of Western Sahara   MR Online

    A primer on the occupation of Western Sahara

    Originally published: Hood Communist on August 10, 2023 by Amara (more by Hood Communist)  | (Posted Aug 14, 2023)

    As Israel recognizes the sovereignty of Morocco over Western Sahara, it is imperative that we stand in solidarity with the indigenous Sahrawis and their right to self-determination.

  •    Whitey On The Moon In the North Carolina Sky   MR Online

    Whitey on the Moon in the North Carolina sky

    Originally published: Hood Communist on August 3, 2023 by Tylon Jones (more by Hood Communist)  | (Posted Aug 09, 2023)

    Historians often utilize the term “primary source” to describe a piece of historical evidence.

  •    Kamala Harris   MR Online

    More than meets the silk press: Kamala Harris and U.S. imperialism

    Originally published: Hood Communist on July 6, 2023 by Salifu Mack (more by Hood Communist)  | (Posted Jul 08, 2023)

    Kamala Harris wants to be your aunty. The Biden Administration’s controversial Vice President is often presented as either an incompetent sidekick, or a lovable big sister figure who “stays with her hair done”.

  •    A Critical Look at Afrocentrism   MR Online

    A critical look at Afrocentrism

    Originally published: Hood Communist on April 13, 2023 by Shujaa al-Rashid (more by Hood Communist)  | (Posted Apr 22, 2023)

    Garveyism and Afrocentrism, while different, are grounded in their shared nature of being expressions of a call for National conscience.

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  • Nikolai Gogol’s Department of Government Efficiency
    Andy Merrifield    A 1926 Soviet illustration of a production of Gogols play The Government Inspector showing audience members in the foreground and actors on stage in the background   MR Online

    Almost two centuries after its opening night, Gogol’s five-act satirical play The Government Inspector continues to create a stir with every performance, seemingly no matter where. Maybe because corruption and self-serving double-talk aren’t just familiar features of 19th-century Russia, but have become ingrained facets of all systems of government and officialdom, making them recognizable to […]

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  • Dividends Are Not Royalties: The SAT and Surplus Value
    Michael Parenti    A young man at a desk takes the SAT   MR Online

    Michael Parenti, the Marxist author and scholar, died on January 24, 2026 at the age of ninety-two. This article originally appeared in Monthly Review 45, no. 5 (October 1993). It has been frequently noted that IQ examinations, while professing to measure innate intelligence, are riddled with racial, gender, and class biases. Thus a low-income, inner-city youth, […]

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