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.
When socialists look at the Carter years, we should reject the shallow score-keeping that obsesses the Washington elite. For us, Carter was a terrible president—but not because he was ineffective or preachy in his public pronouncements. He was terrible when he was effective because much of what we have come to call the “neoliberal” era began under Carter, rather than Reagan.
In official writings and textbooks, the civil war in Afghanistan began on December 24, 1979, when Russian (Soviet) troops entered the country. However, an entire period before that, up to April 1978, has been obliterated from the pages of history.
Lenin, in the final analysis, like every other human being, was the product of his times. But he was not an ordinary product. He was one of those few extraordinary people who are not only able to grasp the objective process of history, but also able to give a logical and conscious expression to this unconscious historical development—hence altering its very course.
This September marks the 50th anniversary of the US backed coup by Pinochet in Chile. It was one of the heaviest and bloodiest defeats ever suffered by the left and progressive movement in Latin America…
This is the final installment of a three-part series by Joe Allen, “Vietnam: The war that the U.S. lost,” which first appeared as “From quagmire to defeat” in the International Socialist Review.
Here, we feature the second of a three-part series by Joe Allen, “Vietnam: The war that the U.S. lost,” which first appeared as “From the overthrow of Diem to the Tet Offensive” in the International Socialist Review. The final installment will follow.
Here, we feature the first of a three-part series by Joe Allen, “Vietnam: The war that the U.S. lost,” which first appeared in the International Socialist Review. The other installments will follow.
A lot of the statements made on his death have remarked on the fact that Alain had not followed the path of many of the other sixty-eighters (soixantehuitards) who moved into the media, business, academia or politics but at a price of moderating their politics.
The International Socialist Project is pleased to republish an article by Sam Farber in response to a new book by Eric Blanc, Revolutionary Social Democracy. Working Class Politics Across the Russian Empire (1882-1917).
In honor of Indigenous People’s Day this week, we reprint here an article originally published in Socialist Workerin 2010, telling the story of the Native American leader Tecumseh and his vision of uniting Indian tribes into a single confederation.
In the weeks after the victory of the U.S. in Kabul, Afghanistan, media outlets featured the smiling faces of Afghan women lifting their veils, crediting the U.S. with their “liberation.” Confused liberals joined the war chorus.
Here we reprint an article from the International Socialist Review in January 2002, shortly after the invasion and occupation of Afghanistan began.
Bill Onasch, a long term socialist and trade unionist died peacefully, after a long battle with cancer, in Kansas City on July 8. The purpose of this article is to look at what made my close friend such a remarkable comrade.
Israelis may hope that their incessant collective punishment against Palestinians will force the latter to relinquish their national aspirations. To Israel’s chagrin, these efforts have only strengthened the Palestinians’ resolve.
