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Q&A: How could socialism work?
Socialism is on the rise once again internationally as a new generation looks for an alternative to the…
80 years on- The Battle of Cable Street
When London’s east end workers united and fought the fascist threat
Capitalism, climate change and the Anthropecene
The following article by originally published in the December/January 2016 edition of Socialism Today, the magazine of the…
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.…