Arming a New Generation with Revolutionary Method.
Lynn Walsh
On 20 August, 1940, Trotsky was struck a fatal blow with an ice-pick by Ramon Mercader, an agent sent to Mexico by Stalin’s secret police, the GPU, to murder the exiled revolutionary, ...
The Stalinists in Indochina learned nothing from the Chinese experience
International Socialist Alternative
Most histories of the struggle against French colonial rule in Vietnam reflect the Stalinist traditions of the Hanoi regime, and ignore or s...
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known by his revolutionary alias, Vladimir Lenin, was born in the city of Simbirsk, now known as Ulyanovsk, on Russia’s Volga river a century and a half ago
Rob Jones Sotsialisticheskaya Alternativa (ISA in Russia)
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Who are the real parasites?
Claus Ludwig, Socialist Alternative
The Korean film Parasite caused a sensation at the 2020 Oscars ceremony taking 4 awards including the first non-English language film ever to win "best film" . The film contrasts s...
Sectarianism or mass struggle?
Book review by Per-Åke Westerlund Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna(CWI Sweden)
Northern Ireland is usually described by media and politicians as an eternal battle between Catholics and Protestants. Peter Hadden's...
An unequalled analysis and critique of capitalism, still relevant today
Robin Clapp, Socialist Party (CWI in England and Wales)
The Daily Mail reacted with predictable hysteria when, in May 2017, John McDonnell stated: "You can't understand the...
Prize-winning documentary of young democracy activist offers sympathy, but no solutions
Reviewed by Adam N. Lee, Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong)
This documentary by US screenwriter and director Joe Piscatella profiles 20-year old Hong K...
Film review • Campaign for presidential pardon gains momentum
Vincent Kolo, Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong)
Film: Snowden
Director: Oliver Stone
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rhys Ifans, Melissa Leo, Nicholas Cage
“It’s not about...
Allegory of the terrible betrayal of the Russian revolution
Andy Ford reviews George Orwell’s influential story, 70 years since it was first published in 1945
A success almost from the start, Animal Farm was rated among the 100 greatest novels ...
Review of ‘PostCapitalism: a guide to our future’ by Paul Mason
Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party (CWI in England & Wales) General Secretary
Paul Mason’s latest book, PostCapitalism, presents a vision of a new society, without the horrors of th...
The International Committee of ISA met on Thursday 26 June. The main discussion was on World Perspectives with focus on the Middle East. The text belo...
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