Manifesto of the Organization of Communist Revolutionaries
The following Manifesto of the Organization of Communist Revolutionaries (OCR) is our indictment of US imperialism and the entire capitalist-imperialist system it is part of; our conception of the goal of communism and the socialist transition to get there; and our strategic thinking on making revolution in the US. It is not intended as a…
A brief history of the OCR and a trajectory for its future development
The first phase of the OCR’s development lasted up until 2020. Seeing the spread of proletarian rebellions, a new generation entering into political struggle, and sharpening contradictions in society during the 2010s, a few comrades with years of experience in prior revolutionary work, especially via the Revolutionary Communist Youth Brigade, began discussing the need to…
Religion, spirituality, and OCR membership
Our Membership Constitution states: While communists do not believe in Gods, we must respect people’s religious beliefs. Respect does not mean we do not criticize aspects of people’s beliefs and cultures that impede liberation, but, so long as these are not part of reactionary movements, we act to transform these beliefs through a protracted process…
Overcoming our weaknesses to become a vanguard
As the OCR has grown and pushed our revolutionary work forward, we have come up against the many objective, difficult challenges that making revolution in the most powerful imperialist country in human history naturally entails, as well as our own subjective weaknesses in the face of those challenges. We cannot make the difficulties go away,…
Pageantry or plotting world proletarian revolution? On the state of the international communist movement today
Let us start with a stark assessment: there is no international communist movement today. There are lots of organizations around the world who call themselves communist, socialist, revolutionary, Marxist-Leninist, Maoist, etc., but most of them are complete garbage. They use the monikers, terminology, and aesthetics of the communist tradition in order to promote dogmatism, reformism,…
Correcting an over-correction
On the weapon of exposure, the role of all-around agitation, and prioritizing recruitment.
In the section “Strategy for Revolution in the US” of the Manifesto of the Organization of Communist Revolutionaries, we outline a multifaceted approach for building the subjective forces for revolution. Building mass organizations under our leadership is presented as a “crucial starting…
Spread the Steadfast Spirit of the Palestinian Struggle
Despite the Nakba, despite 75 years of occupation and apartheid, despite repeated wars of aggression and land thefts, despite betrayals by Arab governments and Arafat and Abbas, despite hundreds of billions of dollars in US funding for Israel, the Palestinian people have remained steadfast in their struggle for national liberation. No amount of US money…
Make Way for the Defiant Ones
On April 18, 2024, Columbia University students discovered America. Their university takes its name from the supposed discoverer of the Americas, but a much more profound discovery was made by the over a hundred Columbia University students arrested on April 18 by the NYPD, on the orders of Columbia University president Minouche Shafik, for protesting…
Notes on our work among the proletariat
The following is more a beginning synthesis than a detailed summation of the lessons learned through the political work and organizing efforts of the Organization of Communist Revolutionaries (OCR) among the proletariat in the US. Our experience is still quite limited given the small size of our organization, but we felt that synthesizing and sharing…
Going Against the Tide: A journal charting a path for communist revolution in the US 