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Review: The Life and Death of Leon Trotsky
Trotsky was one of the 20th century’s key figures: co-leader of the Russian revolution and tireless fighter against…
¡A Las Barricadas! 80 Years On: Spain’s Revolutionary Struggle
This July marks the 80 years since the fascist coup d’etat in Spain that was met with an heroic revolutionary upsurge by the working class. James McCabe looks at the lessons for socialists today. Was the victory of Franco’s army inevitable, or were the revolutionary opportunities squandered?
Slaughter at the Somme – one hundred years on
By Kevin Henry Between 1 July and 18 November, 1916 the bloodiest and largest battle of the First…
Feminising the elite will not bring equality
The idea of Hilary Clinton becoming the first woman President of the US has been hailed by some…
Capitalism: A failing system
A new book, The Rise and Fall of American Growth, analyses the downward course of the US economy…
“Bold, brave, undaunted”: James Connolly’s socialist legacy
On May 12 1916, a fatally wounded James Connolly was brought by military ambulance to Kilmainham Jail and…
The Marxist left, the national conflict and the Palestinian struggle
Article written by members of the Socialist Struggle Movement, the sister organisation of the Socialist Party in Israel-Palestine.…
The 1916 Rising- Lessons for today
Below is the edited text of an article on the 1916 rising that appears in the latest edition…
Socialists & the National Question
Over the last two decades, in the aftermath of paramilitary ceasefires in 1994 and the signing of…
Women’s & LGBT Liberation in Revolutionary Russia
Young people internationally are being politicised by the oppression of women and LGBT people, opening up debates as…
