More work, less leisure, for lower real pay, in an increasingly insecure workforce, with growing pressure to work harder on the job, is the pattern as the capitalist class seeks to squeeze ever-greater levels of surplus value from its workforce.
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Eric Blanc’s political metamorphosis
In a period of 8 years, Eric Blanc moved from being a keen critique of labor’s “suicidal subordination to the parties of the bosses” (2014) to the idea that the labor movement should engage in “some form of electoral alliance” with liberal Democrats (2022).
Two Democrats face off in Chicago mayoral election on April 4th
Whatever happens in this one-party Democratic Party city—the third largest in the country and one of its leading transportation, manufacturing, and technology hubs—will have national implications.
Moral hazard or creative destruction?
A financial crisis not seen since the global financial crash of 2008 appears to be unfolding. What will be the response of the monetary and financial authorities?
Mass anger for the train crash could lead to important changes in Greece
This collision is inconceivable, given the technology at our disposal in the 21stCentury. Yet all systems of tele-command, and even the signal lights, were out of function. This is not a question of some general technological backwardness of the Greek State.
Video: Ahmed Shawki’s speech “Perspectives for the Left” from the 2013 Socialism conference
In this speech, Shawki describes the need for a sharp break from the narrow perspectives shared by most small revolutionary socialist organizations of the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s (and the vast majority, including the ISO, were very small) as necessary to break out from the margins of sectarianism, so that older generations of revolutionaries could reach out to newly radicalizing layers of people.
Farewell to Ahmed Shawki
Ahmed was a sensational political orator, a great propagandist of revolutionary Marxist ideas. As an editor of his organization’s journal, he made International Socialist Review a “center” for Marxist debates with and international reach.
Iran: Support for the “Woman, Life, Freedom” uprising – no to executions!
The outcome of the current uprising will be decisive for the peoples of the region and the world. It is therefore our responsibility, within our means, to help the “Woman, Life, Freedom” uprising achieve its emancipatory aspirations.
Davos 23: Going pear-shaped
Just before the start of the Forum in the snow of the exclusive ski resort of Davos, Switzerland, the WEF published its Global Risk Report. It makes shocking reading on the state of global capitalism in the 2020s.
Oscar René Vargas is Nicaragua’s latest prisoner of conscience
Three weeks after his arrest by the regime of President Daniel Ortega made international headlines, one of Nicaragua’s most renowned intellectuals, Oscar René Vargas, has been indicted by the government with “conspiracy to undermine national integrity” and other trumped-up charges.
Statement on the January 8 Bolsonarist riots in Brasilia
We reprint two statements on the right-wing offensive from key actors in the Brazilian left: one, from the left online journal Esquerda Online, and another from the radical labor federation Conlutas. Both appeared in Spanish on Correspondencia de Prensa. The ISP translated them to English.
Greece: A deep and menacing crisis
On the roots of this situation lies the social question, the explosive growth of social inequalities as a result of Mitsotakis’ ultra-neoliberal economic and social policies. Austerity in Greece is devastating, pushing the actual income of working-class households below 50% of the corresponding average for member-states of the Eurozone.
Protests continue in Peru as newly installed government cracks down after coup
A rapid end to the Peruvian crisis appears unlikely after the right-wing “soft coup” against President Pedro Castillo.
Iran: End the Islamic Republic!
The uprising triggered by the murder of Jina Mahsa Amini stands out in its length, scale and radicalism. Its slogans attack the very essence of the Islamic Republic.
More loyal than oppositional: What’s so progressive about the Progressive Caucus?
The progressives, with the Squad in tow, followed a well-worn path: set out a “progressive” position; pledge to hold fast to it; compromise with their mainstream opponents; vote for the mainstream “compromise” which drops the progressive position; then, after it passes with their votes, claim that’s what they wanted all along.
