Reviews

Review: The Tragedy of the Chinese Revolution by Harold Isaacs

The Chinese revolution of 1925-27 represented one of the most gigantic and splendid movements in human history. Kept at the level of pack animals, the multi-millioned Chinese masses – led by the magnificent Chinese working class – gathered in the urb...

World perspectives: Trump’s authoritarian consolidation, genocide and a new wave of struggles

The example of struggles in various countries stimulates and influences movements in others ISA International Political Committee statement, based on discussions on world perspectives at a meeting of the International Committee of ISA on 1 October. ...

When will the AI bubble burst?

This new bubble underscores the extremely parasitic nature of capitalism and the need for a socialist alternative. Marcus Kollbrunner, Liberdade, Socialismo e Revolução (ISA in Brazil) (This article was first published on 6 October 2025) Stock mar...

Britain: What next for Your Party?

The public launch of Your Party by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana appeared to hit a roadblock following its public launch on 18 September Mike Forster, Socialist Alternative (ISA in England, Wales & Scotland) (This article was first published ...

Book review: Syriza’s Rise And Fall

Valuable lessons for socialists Elin Gauffin, Socialistisk Alternative (ISA in Sweden) Ten years have passed since the incredibly dramatic summer of 2015, when the Greek working class stood face to face with the institutions of European capitalism....

60 years since Indonesian army’s anti-communist massacres

US-backed coup in 1965 unleashes one of 20th Century’s biggest mass killings Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info The military crackdown against the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) that began in October 1965 and continued throughout the following year, ...

China’s dictatorship, state and private capital

The following is a speech given by ISA member Zhou Yi to a meeting of Chinese Marxists in May 2025 ISA and chinaworker.info describe China and the system led by the so-called Communist Party (CCP) regime as ‘authorit...

The World Of Trump 2.0

Statement on World Perspectives by ISA’s International Political Committee The famous observation of Vladimir Lenin, that “there are decades when nothing happens and there are weeks when decades happen” could have been easily written with our epoch ...

Book review: ‘Minority Rule’ by Ash Sarkar

The book is a deep dive into the increasingly polarised public debates which centre around questions of identity. The issues it takes on are perhaps even more pressing now than they were at the time the book was drafted. Claire Laker-Mansfield, Socia...

International Women’s Day: Push back against militarisation and sexist attacks from the far right

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...

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War on Iran – Trump Has Unleashed a Nightmare

March 10, 2026. Danny Byrne, ISA International Political Committee Lives, energy, ecology and the world economy all under attack US imperialism’s wa...

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