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Working Archive of United States and International Marxist History, Documentation, and Related Interests. email: [email protected]

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Nov 13

"The necessity for the defense movement is shown not only by those fighters of the past and those still in prison...but by those who are about to be sent there—or to the electric chair. To defend them is also to defend the labor movement, the working class."--James P. Cannon

PRL_library's tweet image. "The necessity for the defense movement is shown not only by those fighters of the past and those still in prison...but by those who are about to be sent there—or to the electric chair. To defend them is also to defend the labor movement, the working class."--James P. Cannon

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Oct 18

#OTD John S. Reed died of typhus in Moscow. Witness to Bolshevik Revolution, he wrote Ten Days That Shook the World and helped found Communist movement in United States. PRL is dedicated to help today's Marxists understand lessons of #Bolsheviks, American #Communism.

PRL_library's tweet image. #OTD John S. Reed died of typhus in Moscow. Witness to Bolshevik Revolution, he wrote Ten Days That Shook the World and helped found Communist movement in United States. PRL is dedicated to help today's Marxists understand lessons of #Bolsheviks, American #Communism.

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Oct 16

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." Liberalism birthed Trump--ditch it! Learn lessons of revolutionary #Marxism for defense today & future struggles. PRL has #Marxist classics in multiple languages. iclfi.org/pubs/wv/1187/d…

American Dystopia | Dig In, Don’t Give Up!

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Sep 4

Yesterday was the anniversary of the Founding Conference of the Fourth International in 1938, which adopted Trotsky's "The Death Agony of Capitalism and Tasks of the Fourth International" (Transitional Program) #Trotsky #Trotskyism

PRL_library's tweet image. Yesterday was the anniversary of the Founding Conference of the Fourth International in 1938, which adopted Trotsky's "The Death Agony of Capitalism and Tasks of the Fourth International" (Transitional Program) #Trotsky #Trotskyism

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Aug 21

#OTD 1940 #Trotsky murdered by Stalinist agent. “Trotsky himself believed that ideas are the greatest power in the world. Their authors may be killed, but ideas, once promulgated, live their own life.”--James P. Cannon, Socialist Appeal, 7 Sept. 1940 shorturl.at/2Br0c

PRL_library's tweet image. #OTD 1940 #Trotsky murdered by Stalinist agent. “Trotsky himself believed that ideas are the greatest power in the world. Their authors may be killed, but ideas, once promulgated, live their own life.”--James P. Cannon, Socialist Appeal, 7 Sept. 1940 shorturl.at/2Br0c

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Aug 19

Isaac Deutscher, Polish communist, biographer of #Trotsky, died #OTD 1967. PRL encourages today's Marxists to read Deutscher (and of course Trotsky). Search our catalog here: shorturl.at/A3osJ

PRL_library's tweet image. Isaac Deutscher, Polish communist, biographer of #Trotsky, died #OTD 1967. PRL encourages today's Marxists to read Deutscher (and of course Trotsky). Search our catalog here: shorturl.at/A3osJ

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Jul 19

#Chen_Duxiu #陈独秀 founded the #CPC #中共 on July 23, 1921. Won to #Trotskyism #托派, founded #Left_Opposition #左派, fought for #Permanent_Revolution #不断革命, #Proletarian_Internationalism #无产阶级国际主义. See #PRL #Prometheus_Research_Library English & Chinese archives.

PRL_library's tweet image. #Chen_Duxiu #陈独秀 founded the #CPC #中共 on July 23, 1921. Won to #Trotskyism #托派, founded #Left_Opposition #左派, fought for #Permanent_Revolution #不断革命, #Proletarian_Internationalism #无产阶级国际主义. See #PRL #Prometheus_Research_Library English &amp; Chinese archives.

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Jul 7

No #Deportations! Entire #Labor movement is target of #governmentrepression, #ICE. Learn from #workingclasshistory: Striking #IWW miners deported, Bisbee, July 1917. #Unionbusting #Redscare #IWW

PRL_library's tweet image. No #Deportations! Entire #Labor movement is target of #governmentrepression, #ICE. Learn from #workingclasshistory: Striking #IWW miners deported, Bisbee, July 1917. #Unionbusting #Redscare #IWW

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Jun 26

The Red Flag Union (former Lavender & Red Union) moved from “gay liberation-communist organization” to #Marxism, fusing with #Trotskyist #Spartacist League in 1977. Contact PRL for information on RFU archives #GayHistory #PrideMonth iclfi.org/pubs/wr/46/tra…

Transgender Liberation: Liberal Betrayal, Marxist Answers

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Jun 6

#OTD 1868 James Connolly born. “Ireland may yet set the torch to a European conflagration that will not burn out until the last throne and the last capitalist bond and debenture will be shrivelled on the funeral pyre of the last war lord.” iclfi.org/spartacist/en/…

For a United Irish Workers Republic!

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May 20

OTD 1743 Toussaint Louverture born. “England, France, Spain, Portugal, the United States, and Holland were all slaveholding. They could only look with horror upon a great Negro leading his class in rebellion for its freedom.” --Frederick Douglass

PRL_library's tweet image. OTD 1743 Toussaint Louverture born. “England, France, Spain, Portugal, the United States, and Holland were all slaveholding. They could only look with horror upon a great Negro leading his class in rebellion for its freedom.” --Frederick Douglass

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May 17

A key task for Marxists in the United States is opposing US imperialism. At the PRL, we're growing our collection on #PuertoRico to learn how to fuse the struggles for socialism and independence.