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The frontiers of the Arab world today are the product of a secret plan drawn in pencil on a map of the Levant in May 1916 in a deal struck between British and French imperialism at the height of the First World War. Worked out one hundred years ago, the Sykes-Picot agreement is now synonymous with imperial deceit, cynicism and treachery.
We continue here the latest part in Alan Woods’ series on World War One, in which Alan discusses the turning point in the war. Dialectics explains how, sooner or later, things can change into their opposite. The First World War is a very good example of this. In the first period of the war reaction was firmly in the saddle. But by 1917, the situation had been transformed.
On 17-18 July, 1936, General Franco began his military uprising in Morocco, a prelude to the fascist uprising throughout Spain. The workers responded in a spontaneous fashion. Rob Sewell and Alan Woods discuss the revolutionary events of the 1936 Spanish Civil War.
We resume publication of Alan Woods’ series looking at the horrors of the First World War – “The Great Slaughter”. In this part, Alan examines Under Fire: The Story of a Squad, a novel by Henri Barbusse written in 1916 about the brutal reality of the war for those soldiers who fought on the front lines.
We publish here two pieces written by Leon Trotsky – in 1917 and 1923 respectively – on the question of the “United States of Europe”. As Trotsky stresses, the only way forward for the working class of Europe is along the lines of a European-wide socialist revolution. As the capitalist European project unravels today, Trotsky’s analysis remains as relevant as ever.
In these videos, Alan Woods and Rob Sewell discuss Leon Trotsky’s great unfinished work, Stalin, which is being published this year by Wellred Books. Make a pledge today and help raise the money needed to finish this revolutionary project!
Alan Woods discusses Trotsky’s great unfinished work, Stalin: a unique piece of Marxist literature that attempts to explain some of the most decisive events of the 20th century, not just in terms of epoch-making economic and social transformations, but in the individual psychology of those who appear as protagonists in a great historical drama. Support the publication of Trotsky’s Stalin by Wellred Books by making a pledge today.
Wellred Books proudly presents a work eighty years in the making: Leon Trotsky’s unfinished biography of Stalin. We publish here the story behind the publication of this book – the most extensive edition of the book ever, completed from the original archive material – as told by Rob Sewell, editor of Socialist Appeal. Make a pledge today and help raise the money needed to finish this project!
Earlier this year we marked the centenary of the Easter Rising – an historic episode of class struggle in Ireland. Today we commemorate the centenary of the death of James Connolly, the great revolutionary leader and Marxist, who was murdered by the British state on 12th May 1916 for his part in the Easter Rising in Dublin.
Rob Turnbull looks at the rise and fall of the Vikings – a civilisation of seafarers, merchants and traders. But, just as the Vikings had their day, so capitalism has had its. The system has reached its limits. It is time for it to be overthrown and replaced with a socialist society.
Karl Marx, the great revolutionary theoretician, philosopher, and fighter, was born on this day 198 years ago, on 5th May 1818. To commemorate the life of Karl Marx, we publish here a biography by the late Phil Mitchinson, originally written in 2003, along with links to a variety of recommended articles, videos, and audios about Marx and his revolutionary ideas.
Beginning on the 4th May, the 1926 General Strike shook the ruling class of Britain to its foundations. Lasting for nine days, the strike showed the enormous power and solidarity of the working class. James Kilby examines the lessons from the General Strike for today, as the crisis of capitalism deepens and the class struggle intensifies.