On Sunday evening, the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees met again for another televised debate. The liberal media’s most hated buffoon and “Killary” Clinton took center stage to “debate” the issues confronting the US and the world. Both were a faithful representation of the senile and decrepit capitalist system.
The academic year is now well underway and the Marxist Student Federation has had its most successful freshers weeks to date. There are now Marxist groups in over 30 schools, colleges and universities, meeting regularly to discuss Marxist ideas and their relevance to today. We publish here a selection of reports from some of the most recent freshers fairs.
Polish women staged magnificent demonstrations and strike action all over the country last week, fighting against a proposed law that would ban abortion under all circumstances. Even in this country where the Catholic Church is so powerful, and where the right-wing Law and Justice Party won power just a year ago, the spirit of struggle is alive and explosive.
We are pleased to announce the full schedule and timetable for REVOLUTION! – a three day festival of Marxist ideas hosted by Socialist Appeal and the International Marxist Tendency. Across the world, it is clear that the status quo has failed and the system has broken. There has never been a better time for revolutionary change and a socialist alternative. Book your ticket for REVOLUTION! today.
In normal years, the Tory Party conference would be an opportunity for the party’s leaders to rally the troops. But with deep divisions opening up within the Tories over the question of Europe, this year’s conference was notable for how little of substance was actually said as May sought to smooth over the rifts within her party.
In this final part from his series on the history of Labour’s right wing, Steve Jones examines the Blair years and the abolition of Clause IV. Today, the battle in the Labour Party between the careerist Blairite wing and the Corbyn movement has reached fever pitch. The task ahead is to reclaim the Labour Party – to complete the Corbyn revolution!
On Sunday 2nd October, Colombian voters rejected the agreement between the government and the FARC guerrillas “for the end of the conflict and the building of a stable and lasting peace.” Jorge Martín explains the process leading up to the referendum and what this will mean for the future of the class struggle in Colombia.
The spectre of Lehman Brothers is haunting Europe. Last week, on Monday 26th September, the price of shares in Deutsche bank, Germany’s largest lender, slumped to its lowest level since 1983. A slump of this magnitude in the shares of one of Europe’s biggest banks has dire implications, not only for the eurozone, but for the world economy as a whole.
Today, 4th October, marks the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street, a momentous event in which the working people of London united to deliver a decisive blow against the menace of British fascism.
The crisis in the Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE) was resolved at the weekend with a decisive victory of the coup plotters against PSOE leader Pedro Sanchez. This opens the way for the victors to allow the formation of a government of the right-wing Popular Party. This, in turn, presents huge opportunities for Podemos and the United Left to make significant gains.
Labour Party conferences have become very interesting all of a sudden. Without question, the left of the party have reason to celebrate, following the resounding second victory of Corbyn. But this year’s conference has served as a stark reminder and warning that the battle is very far from over and there remains a great deal of work to be done.
Having seen off the miserable challenge of the Blairites, both Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell gave emboldened speeches to this year’s Labour Party conference, even daring to use the “s” word – socialism. To carry out their programme, however, a break with capitalism and a genuine socialist transformation of society are needed.