International Socialism condemns the decision to bar Andreas Malm entry to the UK for the Historical Materialism conference. We are reposting this statement in solidarity with Malm and Verso Books. Verso Books is shocked and disturbed by the Labour government’s… Continue Reading
The British government’s repression of the rebel insurgency in Kenya during the 1950s was one of the most brutal episodes in the history of the Empire. Indeed, one has to go back to the suppression of the Great Indian Revolt… Continue Reading
A review of Making Death and Life in Palestine: Social Reproduction in Settler Colonialism edited by Tithi Bhattacharya and Susan Ferguson (Pluto Press, 2025), £18.99 This volume is part of a series of publications written from the standpoint of social… Continue Reading
The constant arguments within social theory over the size, nature and potential of the working class are irrevocably bound to confusions about the nature of the middle class under capitalism. According to the British Office of National Statistics, 53 percent… Continue Reading
A review of The Halted March of the European Left: The Working Class in Britain, France, and Italy, 1968-1989 by Matt Myers (Oxford University Press, 2025), £99. On 17 March 1978, the acclaimed Communist historian Eric Hobsbawm presented the annual… Continue Reading
A review of Death Rides Out: Imperialism in the 21st Century by Tomáš Tengely-Evans (Bookmarks, 2026), £10 We live in a time of deep crisis: the potential bursting of the AI bubble threatens to further destabilise an already fragile global… Continue Reading
It is difficult to resist the comparison between the 2026 struggle over the Strait of Hormuz and the 1956 struggle over the Suez Canal. In both cases, the struggle is over a major artery of world capitalism; in both cases,… Continue Reading
Over the past year, South Africa has experienced a wave of xenophobic attacks on migrants. Mosa Phadi and Rehad Desai spoke with Joseph Choonara about the current situation, its roots in the period of the African National Congress’s (ANC) rule… Continue Reading
A review of Lucky Valley: Edward Long and the History of Racial Capitalism by Catherine Hall (Cambridge University Press, 2024), £26.99 Catherine Hall’s Lucky Valley: Edward Long and the History of Racial Capitalism, excavates the economic, social and political context… Continue Reading
The centenary of the 1926 General Strike provides an occasion to re-examine the Communist Party of Great Britain’s (CPGB) stance towards the trade union bureaucracy, in particular the Trades Union Congress (TUC), at the time. The party’s stance, culminating in… Continue Reading