Socialism
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The Socialization of Society By Rosa Luxemburg
We reprint here Rosa Luxemburg’s call (published in December 1918) for political control of the state and socialization of the economic system in the midst of the German revolts of 1918-1919. “While we are enlisting fighters for the revolution, we are creating Socialist workers for the future, workers who can become the basis of a… Continue reading
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Revolutionaries in the Gorbals – one hundred years on from Red Clydeside By Henry Bell
As the First World War drew to a close, John Maclean – the ‘accuser of capitalism’ – was seen as the most dangerous man in the country – but he was released from jail to a hero’s welcome. Continue reading
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There is no left-wing case for Brexit: 21st century socialism requires transnational organization
The left-wing case for exiting the European Union rests on a civic republican ideal of the nation. Its origins are in the revolutions of 1848 and a radical democratic project that is open and inclusive, that aspires to overcome divisions of gender, race, and class, and where domestic equality matters as much as international solidarity.… Continue reading
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‘Karl Marx’s Ecosocialism’ wins the 2018 Deutscher Prize
I’m thrilled to report that Kohei Saito’s brilliant book, Karl Marx’s Ecosocialism: Capital, nature, and the unfinished critique of political economy, has won the 2018 Deutscher Memorial Prize. The prize, named for the great Marxist scholar and historian Isaac Deutscher, is awarded annually to “a book which exemplifies the best and most innovative new writing… Continue reading
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The Defence of Humanity Requires the Radicalisation of Popular Struggles By Samir Amin
In August this year, the acclaimed socialist writer and activist Samir Amin (1931-2018) passed away. Born in Egypt and educated in Port Said and Paris, he eventually settled as director of the Third World Forum in Dakar, Senegal from 1980. Samir was author of numerous books including his well-known Accumulation on a World Scale (1970),… Continue reading
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Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Socialism – RAI with A. Buzgalin (12/12)
On Reality Asserts Itself, Prof. Alexandr Buzgalin says the conditions for socialism did not exist in the 1920’s but now they do, but there will be many zigs and zags getting there – with host Paul Jay (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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THE PERENNIAL QUESTION: TO WORK IN OR OUTSIDE THE LABOUR PARTY?
The reformists offer the working-class solutions short of revolution. Capitalism is presented as an economic system which can be reformed in the interest of workers. Parliament is presented as being capable of passing laws that could improve the lives of workers. All that is required is to gain a majority at the polls, so the… Continue reading
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200th Anniversary of the Birth of Marx and a Revolution in Understanding History
Historian Gerald Horne and host Paul Jay discuss the ongoing relevance of Marx’s Materialist Conception of History; to understand and fight ideas that defend injustice today, people must know the economic roots the give rise to, and perpetuate, such ideology (inc. transcript). Continue reading
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Agrotowns could be the way of the future
IMAGINE living in a town surrounded by ecologically friendly farms, walkable, green, with world-class cultural and health institutions, and flexible working schedules allowing you to get your hands dirty and exercise by working on a farm in the morning and studying, creating art or playing with your children in the afternoon. Continue reading
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Video: Alexandr Buzgalin On The Centenary of the Russian Revolution
The spirit of the revolution is still alive and the centenary is being celebrated in Russia by the democratic left, it is convening people from the former soviet republics and the world Continue reading
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100 Years Ago. The Russian Revolution: Selected Articles
7 November 2017 — Global Research November 7th, 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the October Revolution. We bring to the attention of our readers a selection of article, including Eisenstein’s 1928 film entitled “10 Days that Shook the World” as well as an hour long discussion on the Global Research News Hour radio program. Continue reading
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Socialism, Land and Banking: 2017 compared to 1917 By Michael Hudson
Instead of Germany and other advanced industrial nations leading the way as expected, Russia’s October 1917 Revolution made the greatest leap. But the failures of Stalinism became an argument against Marxism – guilt-by-association with Soviet bureaucracy. European parties calling themselves socialist or “labour” since the 1980s have supported neoliberal policies that are the opposite of… Continue reading
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150, 100…Zero
Any attempt to assess the significance of the Russian Revolution has to begin and end with that, that connection to a world revolution. The Russian Revolution was not a “national revolution.” It was a class uprising where a working class was struggling for power, for the ability to reorder, refashion, restructure the condition of labor,… Continue reading
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Book: Essential Debates at the Intersections of Science and Socialism
The essays, interviews, and talks collected here discuss some of the intersections of socialism and science that define ecosocialist politics in the twenty-first century. They cover a variety of topics, united by the conviction that ecosocialism cannot succeed unless it is more than a pious wish for a better world: it must be based on… Continue reading
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John Berger 1926 – 2017
John Berger, writer, art critic and poet has died. John Berger, anti-imperialist, socialist man and peasant has died. It is perhaps inevitable that the establishment should claim John Berger for their own, as the famous critic who provided the BBC and them with ‘Ways of Seeing’ in 1972 – and that despite his Marxism. It… Continue reading
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The Wealth of the Commons: Hope from the Margins By Gustavo Esteva
These notes offer a quick glance to ways, in the south of Mexico, in which people are regenerating the society from the bottom up. It is a new kind of revolution without leaders or vanguards, which goes beyond development and globalization. It is about displacing the economy from the center of social life, reclaiming a… Continue reading
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In Defense of Ecological Marxism: John Bellamy Foster responds to a critic
One of the most important books of Marxist theory published in recent years is Marx’s Ecology: Materialism and Nature, in which John Bellamy Foster rediscovered and expanded on Marx’s understanding of the alienation of human beings from the natural world, crystallized in the concept of metabolic rift. Continue reading
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‘Buen vivir’ and the dilemmas of the left governments in Latin America – I
Published in several editions throughout Latin America, the book has attracted much attention, and some debate, for its detailed analysis of Latin America’s strategic importance to the United States and the challenge this poses to the continent’s left governments and progressive social movements. Continue reading
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Thinking Beyond Capitalism with André Gorz BY Christophe Fourel & Olivier Corpet
For Gorz, one must dare to break with this dying society that will never be reborn. The issue isn’t the end of the crisis. For him, it’s the end of capitalism itself, which is now at stake. The current financial, labour, and ecological crises constitute a whole. They represent symptoms of the dominant economic system’s… Continue reading
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“We have a once in a lifetime opportunity to build a socialist state in Europe”
Preamble: Of the two texts published below, the first is a translation of an article written some weeks ago from Lugansk for the Basque language magazine, Argia. Following its publication on Slavyangrad.es, in Spanish, part of the Spanish (mostly Catalan) Left used the article to try to discredit the volunteers. They argued that the fact… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 