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The Revolutionary Internationalist Movement (RIM) was a group of anti-revisionist Marxist-Leninist parties and organizations which came together in the "struggle for the formation of a Communist International of a new type," and would be instrumental in laying the foundations for Marxism-Leninism-Maoism, considered to be a new stage in revolutionary science distinct from Marxism-Leninism-Mao Zedong Thought.In this document, the RIM declares its ideology to be MLM, and clarifies the advancement to the revolutionary science of the proletariat it represents. As the highest stage of revolutionary science, MLM represents a great milestone in the international communist movement, and understanding the context of its early conceptualization is important for all revolutionaries.You can find a free text version of this piece here:RIM Documents and Statements (bannedthought.net)I collect no fees or advertising money by sharing readings of important texts. If you would like to help cover the costs of equipment, hosting fees, and materials to allow me to continue sharing revolutionary, anti-imperialist, and anti-colonial writings, you can become a Patron at:https://www.patreon.com/natu_reads?fan_landing=true

The Revolutionary Internationalist Movement (RIM) was a group of anti-revisionist Marxist-Leninist parties and organizations which came together in the "struggle for the formation of a Communist International of a new type," and would be instrumental in laying the foundations for Marxism-Leninism-Maoism, considered to be a new stage in revolutionary science distinct from Marxism-Leninism-Mao Zedong Thought. In the Declaration of the Revolutionary Internationalist Movement, the RIM lays out the principal concerns for the International Communist Movement in the light of the unique conditions of the time, including the abandonment of socialist construction not only in the USSR, but in China after Mao's death as well, the failures and errors of the ICM in the revolutionary waves of the 60s and 70s, and the shifts in the character of capital and socio-economic organization which would come to be widely known as neoliberalism. The RIM revindicates some key Leninist positions abandoned by communist parties, especially in the imperial core, highlights both the errors and successes of the Chinese experience, and sets the broad course of the ICM in the coming years.You can find a free text version of this piece here:RIM Documents and Statements (bannedthought.net)I collect no fees or advertising money by sharing readings of important texts. If you would like to help cover the costs of equipment, hosting fees, and materials to allow me to continue sharing revolutionary, anti-imperialist, and anti-colonial writings, you can become a Patron at:https://www.patreon.com/natu_reads?fan_landing=true

Julius Nyerere was the first president of Tanzania (and its predecessor state, Tanganyika) and founding member of TANU, the Tanganyika African National Union party. Nyerere, in addition to being one of Africa's most prominent decolonial voices and early post-colonial leaders, is best remembered for his political philosophy, "Ujamaa," Swahili  for "Familyhood." Ujamaa was Nyerere's vision of a  social and economic system based on the conscious revindication of traditional African social values, which he considered inherently socialist.You can find a free text version of this piece here:Ujamaa - essays on sozialism. Swahili : Nyerere, Julius K. (Julius Kambarage), 1922- : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet ArchiveI collect no fees or advertising money by sharing readings of important texts. If you would like to help cover the costs of equipment, hosting fees, and materials to allow me to continue sharing revolutionary, anti-imperialist, and anti-colonial writings, you can become a Patron at:https://www.patreon.com/natu_reads?fan_landing=true

Julius Nyerere was the first president of Tanzania (and its predecessor state, Tanganyika) and founding member of TANU, the Tanganyika African National Union party. Nyerere, in addition to being one of Africa's most prominent decolonial voices and early post-colonial leaders, is best remembered for his political philosophy, "Ujamaa," Swahili  for "Familyhood." Ujamaa was Nyerere's vision of a  social and economic system based on the conscious revindication of traditional African social values, which he considered inherently socialist.You can find a free text version of this piece here:Ujamaa - essays on sozialism. Swahili : Nyerere, Julius K. (Julius Kambarage), 1922- : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet ArchiveI collect no fees or advertising money by sharing readings of important texts. If you would like to help cover the costs of equipment, hosting fees, and materials to allow me to continue sharing revolutionary, anti-imperialist, and anti-colonial writings, you can become a Patron at:https://www.patreon.com/natu_reads?fan_landing=true

Julius Nyerere was the first president of Tanzania (and its predecessor state, Tanganyika) and founding member of TANU, the Tanganyika African National Union party. Nyerere, in addition to being one of Africa's most prominent decolonial voices and early post-colonial leaders, is best remembered for his political philosophy, "Ujamaa," Swahili  for "Familyhood." Ujamaa was Nyerere's vision of a  social and economic system based on the conscious revindication of traditional African social values, which he considered inherently socialist.You can find a free text version of this piece here:Ujamaa - essays on sozialism. Swahili : Nyerere, Julius K. (Julius Kambarage), 1922- : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet ArchiveI collect no fees or advertising money by sharing readings of important texts. If you would like to help cover the costs of equipment, hosting fees, and materials to allow me to continue sharing revolutionary, anti-imperialist, and anti-colonial writings, you can become a Patron at:https://www.patreon.com/natu_reads?fan_landing=true

Julius Nyerere was the first president of Tanzania (and its predecessor state, Tanganyika) and founding member of TANU, the Tanganyika African National Union party. Nyerere, in addition to being one of Africa's most prominent decolonial voices and early post-colonial leaders, is best remembered for his political philosophy, "Ujamaa," Swahili  for "Familyhood." Ujamaa was Nyerere's vision of a  social and economic system based on the conscious revindication of traditional African social values, which he considered inherently socialist.You can find a free text version of this piece here:Ujamaa - essays on sozialism. Swahili : Nyerere, Julius K. (Julius Kambarage), 1922- : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet ArchiveI collect no fees or advertising money by sharing readings of important texts. If you would like to help cover the costs of equipment, hosting fees, and materials to allow me to continue sharing revolutionary, anti-imperialist, and anti-colonial writings, you can become a Patron at:https://www.patreon.com/natu_reads?fan_landing=true

Julius Nyerere was the first president of Tanzania (and its predecessor state, Tanganyika) and founding member of TANU, the Tanganyika African National Union party. Nyerere, in addition to being one of Africa's most prominent decolonial voices and early post-colonial leaders, is best remembered for his political philosophy, "Ujamaa," Swahili  for "Familyhood." Ujamaa was Nyerere's vision of a  social and economic system based on the conscious revindication of traditional African social values, which he considered inherently socialist.You can find a free text version of this piece here:Ujamaa - essays on sozialism. Swahili : Nyerere, Julius K. (Julius Kambarage), 1922- : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet ArchiveI collect no fees or advertising money by sharing readings of important texts. If you would like to help cover the costs of equipment, hosting fees, and materials to allow me to continue sharing revolutionary, anti-imperialist, and anti-colonial writings, you can become a Patron at:https://www.patreon.com/natu_reads?fan_landing=true

Julius Nyerere was the first president of Tanzania (and its predecessor state, Tanganyika) and founding member of TANU, the Tanganyika African National Union party. Nyerere, in addition to being one of Africa's most prominent decolonial voices and early post-colonial leaders, is best remembered for his political philosophy, "Ujamaa," Swahili  for "Familyhood." Ujamaa was Nyerere's vision of a  social and economic system based on the conscious revindication of traditional African social values, which he considered inherently socialist.In this text, the Guyanese Marxist and Pan-Africanist Walter Rodney (who spent significant time in Tanzania) explores the scientific elements of Ujamaa and reflects on its viability as a means of building socialism within the unique historical, cultural, and material conditions of the African continent. Drawing on Marx and Engels' writings on utopian socialism and revolution outside the capitalist core, this text provides an interesting lens for understanding and contextualizing Ujamaa and Nyerere's thinking more broadly. You can find a free text version of this piece here:Rodney - Ujamaa and Scientific Socialism (marxists.org)I collect no fees or advertising money by sharing readings of important texts. If you would like to help cover the costs of equipment, hosting fees, and materials to allow me to continue sharing revolutionary, anti-imperialist, and anti-colonial writings, you can become a Patron at:https://www.patreon.com/natu_reads?fan_landing=true 

 Haunani-Kay Trask was a Native Hawaiian activist, educator, and writer who was the central voice in the Hawaiian sovereignty movement. She was instrumental in the founding of the Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, and dedicated her life to fighting on several fronts against American imperialism, colonialism, and white supremacy. Even after her recent death in July 2021, her presence continues to be felt among generations of activists to whom she served as a mentor, as well as in culture at large. Whether in songs, videos, or in person, countless people have heard her electrifying rallying cry:"We are not American! We will die as Hawaiians, we will never be American!"I collect no fees or advertising money by sharing readings of important texts. If you would like to help cover the costs of equipment, hosting fees, and materials to allow me to continue sharing revolutionary, anti-imperialist, and anti-colonial writings, you can become a Patron at:https://www.patreon.com/natu_reads?fan_landing=true 

Haunani-Kay Trask was a Native Hawaiian activist, educator, and writer who was the central voice in the Hawaiian sovereignty movement. She was instrumental in the founding of the Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, and dedicated her life to fighting on several fronts against American imperialism, colonialism, and white supremacy. Even after her recent death in July 2021, her presence continues to be felt among generations of activists to whom she served as a mentor, as well as in culture at large. Whether in songs, videos, or in person, countless people have heard her electrifying rallying cry:"We are not American! We will die as Hawaiians, we will never be American!"I collect no fees or advertising money by sharing readings of important texts. If you would like to help cover the costs of equipment, hosting fees, and materials to allow me to continue sharing revolutionary, anti-imperialist, and anti-colonial writings, you can become a Patron at:https://www.patreon.com/natu_reads?fan_landing=true