This article was originally written for socialistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International. The socialist answer to capitalist crisis On 15 September this year, a posh get together takes place at a secret venue in London. At it, top bankers who were part of Lehman Brothers – once the fourth largestContinue reading “10 years since the financial crash”
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France 1968: when workers were on the brink of taking power
This article was originally written for socialistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International. 50 years since the greatest general strike in history Much has changed in the half century since the revolutionary events of May 1968 in France. At that time there was still a ‘cold war’ between states with very differentContinue reading “France 1968: when workers were on the brink of taking power”
Vietnam War: 50 years since the Tet Offensive
This article was originally written for socialistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International. On 30 January 1968 the National Liberation Front (NLF) and the People’s Army of Vietnam launched the Tet Offensive against US and allied troops in South Vietnam. On the 50th anniversary of this key stage in that war, weContinue reading “Vietnam War: 50 years since the Tet Offensive”
Marx’s Capital at 150: an unequalled analysis and critique of capitalism, still relevant today
This article was originally written for socialistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International. The Daily Mail reacted with predictable hysteria when, in May 2017, John McDonnell stated: “You can’t understand the capitalist system without reading Marx’s Das Kapital.” When asked to immediately condemn his shadow chancellor, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn refused toContinue reading “Marx’s Capital at 150: an unequalled analysis and critique of capitalism, still relevant today”
World Economy: ‘Biggest danger to capitalism is capitalism’
This article was originally written for socialistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International. Steel plant to close after a century of production, raw material prices collapsing, China’s economy slowing, the ongoing euro crisis… Eight years on from the crash that led to the great recession, the global monetary system remains unreformed andContinue reading “World Economy: ‘Biggest danger to capitalism is capitalism’”
Economy: What low oil prices cost the world economy
This article was originally written for socialistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International. The sudden plunge of oil and gas prices has underlined the volatility in the world capitalist economy The shale oil revolution in the US and Canada has produced a world oil glut – and a slump in investment inContinue reading “Economy: What low oil prices cost the world economy”
History: The political legacy of Malcolm X
This article was originally written for socialistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International. 50 years after his assassination “The centerpiece of Malcolm’s political project was to internationalize the condition of Black peoples in the United States.” Sohail Daulatzai, Black Star, Crescent Moon: The Muslim International and Black Freedom beyond America 21st FebruaryContinue reading “History: The political legacy of Malcolm X”
Review: ‘Eleanor Marx – a life’
This article was originally written for socialistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International. Clare Doyle reviews ’Eleanor Marx – A Life’ by Rachel Holmes Eleanor Marx was an extraordinary woman – youngest daughter of an extraordinary man, Karl Marx, and of Jenny, his lifelong partner through revolution and counter-revolution. Many socialists knowContinue reading “Review: ‘Eleanor Marx – a life’”
Trotsky: ‘The national principle’
This article was originally written for socialistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International. An article written by LEON TROTSKY, exposing the hypocrisy of world powers towards national minorities and oppressed peoples, translated into English for the first time Continuing our series to mark the 100th anniversary of the start of the firstContinue reading “Trotsky: ‘The national principle’”
1914: The capitulation of the Second International
This article was originally written for socialistworld.net, the website of the Committee for a Workers’ International. Before 1914, the Second International resolved to act to prevent war… Before 1914, the Second International, grouping together socialist and workers’ organisations throughout Europe, resolved to act to prevent war. Once war had been declared, however, nearly all ofContinue reading “1914: The capitulation of the Second International”
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