This is the fourth World Perspectives statement produced by ISA since the inauguration of Donald Trump’s second presidency. This is based on a recent discussion n of ISA’s International Committee. The last, published on 12 February, commented on where his 2026 US imperialist offensive could lead to next: “Following his successful decapitation and subjugation of […]
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This is the editorial from the latest issue of International Marxism, which focusses on “Which Way Forward for the Left,” that includes articles on: Contact us to order a copy. War, a skyrocketing cost of living, climate catastrophe — for the majority of the world’s population today the future feels bleak. Around the world, ruling […]
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The following article is an introduction to Vladimir Lenin’s Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism which was republished by Socialist Alternative England, Wales and Scotland in 2025. While there have been a number of significant global developments since this introduction was written – including the current US-Israeli war on Iran and Lebanon and Trump’s offensive […]
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The general strike of May 1926 didn’t fall from a clear blue sky; the conditions for it had been ripening over decades. The situation had come near to general strikes in 1919, 1921 and 1925. The British economy was on its knees following World War I, with the capitalists making workers pay for their crisis. […]
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Iran has been at the centre of global events continuously for more than a century. Imperialist powers dominated the entire period up to the revolution in 1979, treating Iran as “a semi-colonial country, half-industrialised and half colonial”, leading Marxist Ted Grant concluded in 1979. Iran has also seen revolutions in 1906 and 1979, numerous waves […]
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US imperialism has launched the harshest offensive against Cuba since the Cold War, blocking fuel shipments to the island to forcibly starve it into regime change. Cuba needs to import 22,000 barrels of oil a day. Trump has cut that down to 150 barrels, importable only by private businesses. A Russian tanker has been permitted […]
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By Jonathan Rosenblum After a long-fought battle against big business and the Democratic Party establishment in Seattle for a tax on big business — dubbed the Amazon Tax — Council member Kshama Sawant, a Socialist Alternative member in Seattle, declared a “historic victory for working people.” Sawant said “We are winning because of the determination […]
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A century ago, from December 18-31 of 1925, the 14th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union — the first congress following Vladimir Lenin’s death — endorsed the policy known as “Socialism in One Country.” The policy argued that a single country could construct an advanced socialist economy within its national borders. This […]
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We Need Socialist Feminist Resistance It feels like society is being dragged backwards. The footprint of escalating wars seems to cover more of the world every day. A girls school in Minab, Iran was one of the first targets of Trump and Netanyahu’s deadly new war in the Middle East where an estimated 175 people […]
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The following statement was produced based on discussions on world perspectives at a meeting of ISA’s International Committee on 28 January. In this epoch, the astonishing pace of world events has been commented upon so much that any reference to it appears clichéd. Nonetheless, it must be said that so far, 2026 has taken this […]
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