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In many parts of the world, the clock appears to be turning back on the gains made by the women’s movement and workers’ struggles in the past. This is a symptom of a capitalist system which, in its state of crisis and decay, turns towards reactionary...

Leon Trotsky NOTE: The following is a rough uncorrected transcript of a discussion held in April 1939, between Trotsky and an English Fourth Internationalist, who had raised a number of questions concerning the development of the Fourth Internationa...

This article was written by socialist and LGBTQ+ campaigners in Britain. In countries around the world, including Taiwan, big companies have hijacked Pride seasons, gay parades and other events for many years to "whitewash" their own image at these e...

“The capitalist CCP dictatorship can be fought in Hong Kong, but it can only be defeated in China” chinaworker.info reporters On 28 September, 2014, what became known as Hong Kong’s Umbrella Revolution began. The police launched a savage tear gas and...

Socialist magazine editorial part 3 (the first and second parts of this article series were published on 5 September and 8 September 2024)  “Perhaps even more difficult” than Japan in the 1990s – that is the verdict of Lu Ting, chief China economist...

George Martin Fell Brown, Socialist Alternative (ISA in the United States) (This article was first published on 8 July 2024) This November, millions of Americans will vote in a presidential election where we’re expected to choose between two candid...

Ultra-capitalist deal over Hong Kong's status exposes the hypocrisy of both sides This year marks 40 years since the signing of the Sino-British Joint Declaration by which the Chinese and British governments agreed to the handover of Hong Kong to Ch...

Stonewall itself had roots of its own, in the movement that developed against the Vietnam War, which not only helped to crystallize a gay political identity but set the stage for decades of queer organizing to come

Our comrades need to study these crucial lessons: The Russian Revolution. Trotsky’s analysis and struggle against Stalinism. The strengthening of Stalinism in the post-1945 era. And its collapse 35 years ago. This is a vital part of the theoretical foundation the ISA and next generation Marxists must build our movement upon.  

New Cold War: Capitalist East and West are both in decline Editorial, issue 75 of Socialist magazine (China magazine published by ISA in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan) Socialist magazine and our international organisation ISA differ with the analysis...