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 What if capitalism has already died — but rather than socialism, it has been replaced by something resembling feudalism.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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This was the introduction to a discussion at ISA’s International Committee on June 26. Of course, Donald Trump’s presidency still dominates world perspectives. He is a symbol of capitalism in the 2020s and even more so the second half of the 2020s, as we approach another tumultuous ‘30s’. His reactionary ideas and repression are also […]
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In a dramatic upset, democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani has won the Democratic Party New York mayoral primary in a blowout, forcing his main rival, former NY governor Andrew Cuomo, to concede. The results of the first round of ranked choice voting, which was expected to favor Cuomo, showed Mamdani leading by eight points. Zohran’s victory […]
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Violet Forrie and Ray Goerke Youth have always been on the forefront of struggles for social change. Less burdened by the sting of past defeats, they look forward and see the world as it could be. On the horizon of today’s world is war and genocide, climate disasters, rising poverty and inequality, and emboldened far-right […]
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Fight The Rich, Not Their Wars: NO War with Iran On June 21, US warplanes dropped its “bunker buster” bombs on three Iranian nuclear sites, including one heavily fortified site, Fordow, that is critical to Iran’s nuclear program. The US military has now directly entered into war with Iran, side by side with the ever […]
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In China today the bourgeoisie and the CCP are inseparable. The following is a speech given by ISA member Zhou Yi to a meeting of Chinese Marxists in May 2025. ISA and chinaworker.info describe China and the system led by the so-called Communist Party (CCP) regime as ‘authoritarian state capitalism’. It is different from Western […]
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For socialists and workers’ organisations against the war, stepping up the mass international antiwar movement is extremely urgent. After 5 days of war, Netanyahu and Trump both ordered the entire population of Tehran to evacuate, stressing Israel’s military superiority and “control of the skies”. The latest reports cite over 220 dead civilians in Iran while […]
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On June 18, Vancouver dockworkers and their allies commemorated the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Ballantyne Pier (1935). This so-called battle was actually a vicious attack by police, who were armed with machine guns and tear gas, on unarmed workers who were trying to provide for their families in the midst of the Great […]
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The reality is big business and the capitalist class do not care about the environment. They only have one commitment: the pursuit of profit above all else. COP30, the 30th instalment of the United Nations’ climate change conference, is scheduled to take place in Brazil later this year. In a stunning demonstration of the capitalist […]
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