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  • Lenin on the national question

    August 5, 2026
    For Lenin, the right of nations to self-determination was one of the fundamental tasks of the socialist revolution, and he [...]

  • Why we need struggle, not “respectful dialogue”

    July 10, 2026
    Just as slavery did not end because plantation owners suddenly developed a conscience, today's ruling class will fight tooth and [...]

  • A new Spring for Labour?

    May 17, 2024
    Union revitalization will happen when unions make themselves relevant for both highly-skilled employees and solo self-employed [...]
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Analysis South Asia World

Indian students shake Modi’s regime

by Mahee Hossain

Although the movement initially called only for administrative changes and the removal of Pradhan, it broadened to demand the release of detained protesters and the removal of Modi himself, a wide range of anti-Modi chants being taken up by protesters on the streets of Delhi. Like other uprisings over the last few years, slogans to do with the liberation of Palestine and opposing the government’s ties to Israel were raised by the left of the movement. Then, on 20 July, the movement really took off.

Marxist Education

Lenin on the national question

by Imran Kamyana

For Lenin, the right of nations to self-determination was one of the fundamental tasks of the socialist revolution, and he regarded its denial as a betrayal of socialism. But the aim of the socialist revolution is not merely to resolve the national question; rather, it is to annihilate the very foundations of all forms of oppression and exploitation. Therefore, like Marx and Engels, Lenin viewed every democratic question—including the national question—within its historical context, and adopted a position based on the historical interests of the working class.

Analysis Global Economy World

AI and productivity

by Michael Roberts

In the early 19th century at the start of the industrial revolution in Britain, a group of skilled weavers tried to resist the introduction of machine weaving in the early 19th century by various means, including sabotaging and wrecking the machines. They were called Luddites. Now it seems that a form of Luddism has returned over AI. Just as the Luddites had a case about protecting their livelihoods, so do Gen Z workers now.

Analysis Politics United States

The anti-democratic character of the U.S. constitution

by Lance Selfa

Throughout U.S. history, conservative and reactionary forces have taken advantage of the perfectly legal ways that the Constitution allows political minorities to veto or derail the popular will. That was how the Jim Crow Democrats maintained their control over the South and the federal government for a century. It’s how the loser of the popular vote became president five times, including twice in the last quarter century.

Analysis Social Issues United States

A report back from the Bridging the Gap—Amplifying Incarcerated Voices conference

by Joan Parkin and Mia Bella Rodgers

As the conference closed, what remained was not simply a collection of workshops, panels, or speeches, but a clear call to action: incarcerated journalism cannot survive in isolation. Again and again, speakers returned to the idea that writing is not merely documentation—it is resistance, survival, accountability, and connection.

History

The four biggest myths they tell about U.S. history

by Lance Selfa and Sharon Smith

The Trump administration has hijacked the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Declaration of Independence not only for its crass grifts, but to promote its ideological view of U.S. history. This view rests on comforting myths about the history of the nation that conservatives and many liberals embrace. Two U.S. socialists dispel the myths and tell a history that Trump and his enablers would like to bury.

Analysis Movements United States

Who’s afraid of Richard Hooker to lead the Teamsters?

by Joe Allen

With a few weeks to go before the start of the Teamsters’ union convention in Las Vegas, a major push is on to deny Richard Hooker the five per cent of delegates needed for him and his Fearless slate to be nominated. While there is still much skullduggery afoot to trash the reputation of Richard Hooker, the first African-American candidate for General President of the Teamsters, most of it is now quite open and increasingly nasty, as he challenges Sean O’Brien, the pro-Trump leader of the union.

Debates

What happened to the International Socialists (U.S.)?

by Joe Allen and Paul D'Amato

By the late 1970s, the rank-and-file rebellion was over, and the “party-building” projects of many groups had collapsed and disintegrated, in many cases with great regrets, anger, and bitterness among people who only a few years earlier had been committed comrades. There are many lessons for today for from this era, both good and bad, but to mine the past requires honesty, sometimes brutal honesty to assess what happened and why, and what were the political consequences.

Analysis Latin America World

Trump: Cuba in the crosshairs

by Lance Selfa

We oppose any U.S. invasion. We call for an end to the current U.S. blockade of oil deliveries. And we call for an end to the U.S. embargo that dates from the early 1960s. Moreover, if Cubans want to emigrate to the U.S., we welcome them along with all other immigrants who are targets of Trump’s xenophobia.

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