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1971: Henry Kissinger’s secret visit to China
Dahu, chinaworker.info It’s 50 years ago since Henry Kissinger’s secret mission to China which led to a ground-breaking…
US: How did the working class win the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
By Tamar Wilson, Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in the United States) The Black working class, minority communities,…
5 reasons why capitalism can’t be patched up, and has to go
By Eddie McCabe If the world today seems chaotic and the future looks bleak, try to remember one…
The origins of Covid-19: Lab-Leak or capitalist ecological crisis?
By Chris Stewart In the past month, the capitalist media in the US have shifted decisively in their…
History: 250 years since the birth of Robert Owen
By Tom Costello Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in England, Wales and Scotland) This month marks 250 years…
The Covid crisis, the capitalist state & the role of socialists
By Conor Payne This article responds to some issues raised by Paul Murphy TD (People Before Profit and…
Review: The People Want To Overthrow The System
The People Want To Overthrow The System By Cedric Gérôme Published by International Socialist Alternative, 2021 Reviewed by…
“Troubled Times” republished – a Marxist guide to the national question
The national question is probably the most debated question in Irish politics. And for good reason! Irish history,…
Gustave Courbet, Realism and the Paris Commune
By Conor Burke Gustave Courbet Was a French painter from the rural town of Ornans in the east…
“Spurn the dust to win the prize” — 150 years since the Paris Commune
By Harper Cleves 150 years ago this month, history was made when working-class Parisians established the Paris Commune…
