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We are proud to announce the release of a new booklet, ‘The Crimes of British Imperialism’’. We publish here the introduction, which explains how British imperialism went from being an empire that ruled the waves, to its role today.
Today is the anniversary of the 1917 October Revolution, which saw the working class seize power for the first time ever. We are republishing a lesser-known article by Lenin, which outlines the theory of permanent revolution in relation to the Russian Revolution.
As Starmer’s government nears its fourth month, we are republishing for the first time online an article by Ted Grant, which compares the second and third Labour governments, and explains why reformism leads to betrayals of the working class.
One of the outstanding achievements of the Soviet planned economy was its space programme, which took man (and dog) to space for the first time. Only socialism can wrest space travel from the billionaires, and take humanity to the stars.
100 years ago, British intelligence, the Tory Party, and the bosses’ press colluded to bring down the first Labour government. The ‘Zinoviev letter’ affair reveals the murky machinations of the capitalist state, which will go to any length to defend its interests.
Starmer has recently brushed off criticism of British imperialism’s bloody history, and its role in the transatlantic slave trade. This article, from a new RCP booklet, explains how these horrific crimes laid the basis for Britain to rule the waves.
Kicking off our series on the history of the revolutionary press, we look at the origins of the printing press, Martin Luther’s sensational denunciations of the Catholic Church, and the role of the printed word in the revolt against feudalism in Germany.
The Great Miners’ Strike, 40 years ago, saw working-class women fighting alongside striking men. This experience of united struggle began to cut away at sexism, providing a glimpse of how socialism could transform relations between men and women.
On 20 August 1940, Leon Trotsky was mortally wounded by one of Stalin’s agents, in an attempt to extinguish the flame of genuine Marxism that he represented. But you cannot kill an idea. We defend and maintain this revolutionary heritage today.
Keir Starmer claims to be a champion of liberty and an opponent of racism. Yet he cites Winston Churchill as an inspiration – the embodiment of imperialist oppression and bigotry. Rob Sewell tells the truth about Britain’s reactionary former leader.
Today, western leaders gathered in Normandy, allegedly to commemorate the lives lost in the fight against Nazism. But as Alan Woods explains, the Allied leaders played an insignificant role in defeating fascism, compared to the struggle and sacrifice of the Soviet people.
The USSR was the most progressive state in history, yet within ten years it had transformed into a bureaucratic regime. In this episode of Marxist Voice, Rob Sewell will discuss the main processes that led to the degeneration of the Russian revolution.