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Socialism 101: Wouldn’t socialism stifle innovation?
By James McCabe Capitalism constantly bombards us with its self-serving ideology, including the idea that the system relies…
Baku: The First Congress of the Peoples of the East
By Christina Tello In 1920, the first anti-colonial congress in history was held in the port city of…
Violence and masculinity – a Marxist approach
By James McCabe We live in a world that is saturated with violence. The lives of millions of…
Lawrence Strike, 1912 – the fight for “Bread and Roses”
By Summer Conneely From the origin of the phrase “Bread and Roses” in a speech by suffragette Helen…
Portugal: 50 years of the Carnation Revolution
By Pedro and Vanessa Fifty years ago, the political upsurge of workers and youth In Portugal following the…
Class war in Britain – The Miners’ Strike, 1984-1985
By Helen Redwood A “civil war without guns” aptly describes the struggle against pit closures in Britain 1984-85,…
Socialism 101: What causes capitalist economic crises?
By Michael O’Brien Mainstream commentary on economic crises tends to focus exclusively on the special features that may…
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…
