Lessons for Fighting the Far Right Today This July we commemorate the 90th anniversary of the revolutionary workers’ uprising in Spain against the fascist military coup of July 17, 1936, led by General Franco. This was one of the most powerful working-class movements in history, which, in just a few days, took control of Catalonia, […]
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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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The US began its tradition of intervention in Latin America as early as the beginning of the 19th century. In 1822, Cuba was invaded and the following year the Monroe Doctrine was formulated. At the beginning of the 20th century, the doctrine was revised to justify US political and military interventions in Latin America. Today, […]
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Leslie Kemp and Sean Rohne Louis Riel has been transformed from a traitor to a hero. The Louis Riel Act was passed in the Manitoba legislature in 2023, giving Riel the honorary title of “First Premier of Manitoba.” Premier Kinew called this a “historic correction.” This is a far cry from his vilification as a […]
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War and militarism are an inextricable part of imperialism. Even in periods of relative stability and less sharp inter-imperialist tensions—like during the height of neoliberal globalization in the 1990s and early 2000s when the number of wars decreased—the contradictions that produce war under capitalism did not go away. Now the war drums are beating as […]
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Chinaworker.info: This year we are commemorating 100 years since the Second Chinese Revolution 1925-27. This was one of the most remarkable and significant waves of mass struggle ever seen. In the year 1925 the working class of Shanghai, Guangzhou and other industrial centres fought hundreds of strikes against foreign occupation, tyrannical managers and starvation wages, and […]
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Zuhair Al-Anhar In December 1987, after 20 years of horrific occupation, the movement for Palestinian liberation was set ablaze. An escalating protest movement erupted into a national uprising when four Palestinian laborers were killed by a truck driver at an IDF checkpoint. What followed was a six-year rebellion that would live forever in the imagination […]
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The single most important development in American history—perhaps second only to the defeat of the slaveowners in the Civil War—was the rise of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), the union federation which had its founding convention 90 years ago on November 9, 1935. In the 20 years of its existence, 42 million workers went […]
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In Alice Through the Looking Glass, Humpty Dumpty states that, “When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.” While some people do use words just the way they want, this does not make for clear understanding. Scientists try to use words in a clearly defined manner […]
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