a communist organization

Firebrand is committed to revolutionary socialism, internationalism, liberation from all oppression, and the political independence of the working class. We stand in the tradition of Marx, Engels, Lenin, Trotsky, and Luxemburg. We intervene in social movements and labor struggles to the best of our ability, in order to advance those fights and win our fellow fighters to revolutionary conclusions.

Our Latest Writing

Defend the PSL and Immigrant Rights Organizations from State Repression

As Congress sends threatening letters to the Party for Socialism and Liberation and immigrant rights organizations, the entire left must unite to defend them, regardless of our differences and while remaining honest in our criticisms of them.

The Campaign Against Denver’s Anti-Gay Coffeeshop Church

For two years, Firebrand local branch the Denver Communists has campaigned against the Drip Café, which is operated by an explicitly anti-LGBTQ+ Christian church. Here we detail the protest campaign’s history and tactics, from confrontations with neo-Nazis to street performances by drag queens, as the café storefront has become a battleground in the broader struggle against reaction and organized bigotry in the US.

Solidarity with Rodney Hinton: “What Justice Looks Like in an Unjust World”

Rodney Hinton Jr., who allegedly killed a sheriff’s deputy after cops murdered his teenage son in Cincinnati, has become a folk hero and lightning rod for rage against the system of racist policing in the US. Though vigilante violence is not the way forward, we find political significance in Hinton’s actions, and he has our unconditional solidarity.

Our Perspective on Mass Politics

Our Perspective on Mass Politics

The ruling ideas of any age are the ideas of the ruling class. — Marx and Engels The consciousness of the working class has always been mixed. Acceptance of the dominant capitalist ideas is combined with resentment for and opposition to oppression and exploitation....

Our Perspective on Ruling-Class Politics

Our Perspective on Ruling-Class Politics

During the postwar boom, from 1945 through the early 70s, the ruling class in the United States was relatively united. “Politics stops at the water’s edge,” as the saying went. Foreign policy stayed the same no matter who was in office, while the US used its position...

Our Perspective on Palestine

Our Perspective on Palestine

Gaza The official number of Gazans killed by the Zionist entity since October 7, 2023 is over 50,000, many thousands of which were children and the elderly. The real number is very likely much higher. The respected British medical journal, Lancet, estimated in July of...

How to Fight Trump (And How Not To)

How to Fight Trump (And How Not To)

In a few short weeks, Donald Trump’s second presidential administration has quickly established new lows in reactionary cruelty and chaos compared to his first. With an entrenched far-right nationalist movement behind him in his MAGA minions, and more support from key...

Our Perspective on the Economy

Our Perspective on the Economy

Tackling a topic as big as the current state of the economy is not easy. One could write volumes about it and still only scratch the surface, and indeed many have done just that.  In order to avoid trying to boil the ocean, we will instead focus on a few specific...

Imperialist Blowback on Bourbon Street

Imperialist Blowback on Bourbon Street

In the very early morning hours of New Year’s Day, a rented Ford pickup truck driven by a United States military veteran barreled down a crowded Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing fourteen revelers and injuring another thirty-five. After the truck disabled itself...

Jimmy Carter: War Criminal and Founder of Neoliberalism

Jimmy Carter: War Criminal and Founder of Neoliberalism

Earlier this week, Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, died at the advanced age of 100. The outpouring of tributes to Carter as news of his death broke reflected his great popularity. Though he was despised by the right-wing during his presidency,...

How Should Marxists Relate to Maoism?

How Should Marxists Relate to Maoism?

It is often the case that newly radicalizing Marxists end up confused about our relationship to Maoism. Is it just “Marxism in China” or “socialism with Chinese characteristics”? Is it a newer form of Marxism which we can learn from and engage with? What Maoist ideas,...

The Enduring Lessons of the Russian Revolution

The Enduring Lessons of the Russian Revolution

This article is a partisan intervention. Being a communist means taking sides, specifically the side of the international working class and all oppressed peoples. As Marx and Engels wrote, communists “have no interests separate and apart from those of the proletariat...

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