Markin comment:
Every January, as readers of this
blog are now, hopefully, familiar with the international communist movement
honors the 3 Ls-Lenin, Luxemburg and Liebknecht, fallen leaders of the early
20th century communist movement who died in this month (and whose untimely
deaths left a huge, irreplaceable gap in the international leadership of that
time). January is thus a time for us to reflect on the roots of our movement
and those who brought us along this far. In order to give a fuller measure of
honor to our fallen forbears this January, and in future Januarys, this space
will honor others who have contributed in some way to the struggle for our
communist future. That future classless society, however, will be the true
memorial to their sacrifices. This year we pay special honor to American
Communist party founder and later Trotskyist leader, James P. Cannon, Italian
Communist Antonio Gramsci, and German Left Communist Karl Korsch.
Note on inclusion: As in other
series on this site (“Labor’s Untold Story”, “Leaders Of The Bolshevik
Revolution”, etc.) this year’s honorees do not exhaust the list of every
possible communist worthy of the name. Nor, in fact, is the list limited to
Bolshevik-style communists. There will be names included from other traditions
(like anarchism, social democracy, the Diggers, Levellers, Jacobins, etc.)
whose efforts contributed to the international struggle. Also, as was true of
previous series this year’s efforts are no more than an introduction to these
heroes of the class struggle. Future years will see more detailed information
on each entry, particularly about many of the lesser known figures. Better yet,
the reader can pick up the ball and run with it if he or she has more knowledge
about the particular exploits of some communist militant, or to include a
missing one.
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