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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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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Capitalist crisis, the reactionary wave and revolutionary potential From July 26-30, over 120 Marxists descended on the northern German town of Kiel for International Socialist Alternative’s World School. Participants (including dozens more who participated online) came from 16 different countries and regions – Austria, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, England, Wales and Scotland, Germany, Hong Kong, […]
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Karl Marx thought that capitalism would be overthrown by the working class, and replaced with a socialist society. But some academics are asking: what if Marx got it wrong? What if capitalism has already died — but rather than socialism, it has been replaced by something resembling feudalism. This raises the question: how do Marxists […]
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May Day or 1 May is International Workers’ Day. It started when the working class rose up as a collective force and claimed a day to mark its struggles. Workers did so not to remind themselves to send out warm greetings of solidarity once a year, but in their own class interests. To test their […]
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In many parts of the world, the clock appears to be turning back on the gains made by the women’s movement and workers’ struggles in the past. This is a symptom of a capitalist system which, in its state of crisis and decay, turns towards reactionary ideas and leaders to defend itself. Faced with this, […]
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“Strong man” rule is spreading in this period of capitalist nationalism and militarism. Orban in Hungary, Yoon in South Korea, Erdogan in Turkey and now of course, above all Donald Trump wield state power in their own interests, undermining and directly jettisoning “democratic” norms, without consultation with parties or parliament. France from 1848 to 1852, […]
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The world seems to be heading to a climate apocalypse. Many people feel desperation and despair. But humanity is not doomed. Climate change is driven by a small minority of humanity, the capitalist class and the super-rich. They make the decisions about what to produce and how. It is in company boardrooms that plans for […]
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Many of us struggle to make sense of the world. We are on the precipice of a climate cataclysm, which will have catastrophic consequences for thousands of species, including our own. Humanity faces water shortages, hunger, desertification, agricultural collapse and other capitalism-caused climate calamities. Headlines blare at us about imperialism’s never-ending military build-up and wars. […]
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Young people today are living in a world rife with crisis. The cost-of-living crisis, numerous wars, and a killer climate, just to name a few. It’s no wonder huge sections of young people have absolutely had it. Out of the experience of living through the tumult of this period, many are realizing that we need […]
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