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Socialism 101: How do Marxists view religion?
By Conor Payne As Karl Marx wrote: “Religious suffering is, at one and the same time, the expression…
Jim Larkin @ 150 – a towering figure of the Irish working-class movement
By Oisin Kelly January 2024 marked the 150th anniversary of James Larkin’s birth. Larkin remains an inspiration for…
Did Lenin lead to Stalin?
By Manus Lenihan The Russian revolutionary leader Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known as Lenin, died on 21 January…
Leon Trotsky on Lenin’s life and legacy
The Russian revolutionary leader Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known as Lenin, died on 21 January 1924 — 100…
The Zhenotdel: Russian Revolution’s socialist feminism – lessons for fighting oppression today
This article by Saana Taussi explores the work of Zhenotdel, the women’s department of the central committee of the…
Socialism 101: What kind of organisation do we need? (part 2)
By Eddie McCabe In part 1 of this article we explained how the working class, in its resistance…
Mexico: ¡Ya Basta! 30 years after the Zapatista uprising
By Alternativa Socialista Mexico (our sister organisation in Mexico) Thirty years ago, on January 1, 1994, the Zapatista…
Chile 1973: The making and breaking of a workers’ revolution
By Darragh O’Dwyer “Workers of my country, I have faith in Chile and its destiny. Other men will…
Genocide in Gaza and the struggle to defeat the Israeli regime of terror
Editorial from the upcoming issue of Socialist Alternative, the Marxist journal of the Socialist Party. At the time…
Socialism 101: What kind of organisation do we need? (part 1)
By Eddie McCabe James Connolly once wrote that “successful revolutions are not the product of our brains but…
