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
No War on Iran: For the Defeat of Imperialism and Zionism in Our Lifetime
Colonial violence, lies, and reruns Starting June 13, Israel has launched an unprovoked bombing campaign on Iran, killing at least 430 civilians and wounding thousands. On June 21 and 22, the United States joined the attack. One doctor in Tehran described the...
The Anti-ICE Rebellion Shows that Resistance to Trump Is Possible
It’s been glorious to see: after months of terror at the hands of Donald Trump’s immigration agents, people have finally started fighting back. Earlier this month, armed thugs from the hated Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) invaded Los Angeles in a...
Defend the PSL and Immigrant Rights Organizations from State Repression
Firebrand extends solidarity to the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) and over 200 immigrant rights organizations facing government attack. This past week, PSL received a letter from the US Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism...
The Campaign Against Denver’s Anti-Gay Coffeeshop Church
Two years ago, the pastor of a small, fundamentalist, evangelical church called Recycle God’s Love opened a coffeeshop church in Denver’s Art District on Santa Fe Drive. The Drip Café immediately gained the attention of the local community for its anti-gay ideology,...
Solidarity with Rodney Hinton: “What Justice Looks Like in an Unjust World”
By now it’s an all-too familiar story, as predictable as it is infuriating. A Black teenager is confronted by police over something minor. The police escalate the situation, and the teen tries to run away, only to be shot and killed by one of the cops. The community...
The Case for a Materialist Politics: A Review of Thinking Systematics
It is rare to come across a book which covers such hefty topics with both depth and brevity. At just over 300 pages, one such volume is Thinking Systematics: Critical–Dialectical Reasoning for a Perilous Age and a Case for Socialism, by Canadian Marxists Murray E. G....
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Solidarity with Rodney Hinton: “What Justice Looks Like in an Unjust World”
By now it’s an all-too familiar story, as predictable as it is infuriating. A Black teenager is confronted by police over something minor. The police escalate the situation, and the teen tries to run away, only to be shot and killed by one of the cops. The community...
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
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 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
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
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,...
Social Murder Avenged: The UnitedHealthcare Assassination and the Need for a Revolutionary Movement
In the early hours of December 4, Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was shot and killed by a lone gunman on his way to an investor meeting in Midtown Manhattan. UHC is the largest health insurer in the United States, covering over 50 million people — more...
The Inquisition with Footnotes: Grover Furr’s Stalinist Conspiracy Theories
In the 1930s, the Soviet Union was wracked by intense violence known as the Great Terror or the Great Purge. During this time, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin initiated a series of public show trials to eliminate his political competition within the Communist Party. ...
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,...
Trump Again?! WTF? A Marxist Analysis of the US Election Results
What does the election say about current consciousness? Are a majority of Americans now MAGA racists? People approach elections pragmatically. The majority decides how to vote on the basis of lesser-evilism. They estimate which candidate will be better for themselves...
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...
Marxists and Elections: Frequently Asked Questions
Read part one here: Why Socialists Don’t Vote for Our Enemies Won’t it be easier to organize under a Democrat? All else being equal, probably not. The variables at work in determining the prospects for working-class organization go beyond which party is in the White...