For God’s sake, women, go out and play! Instead of staring round to see what wants polishing or rubbing, go out into the open and draw the breath of the moors or the hills into your lungs. Get some of… Continue Reading
Portugal is currently witnessing its largest wave of struggle since the protests in the wake of the 2008-9 economic crisis. Rob Vinten spoke to Raquel Varela, a prolific author and professor of global labour studies at New University Lisbon, about… Continue Reading
John Molyneux, who died in December of last year, was quite simply an exemplary revolutionary socialist.1 To write this is not just to make a statement about John’s beliefs; it speaks also to his character, the fibre of his being… Continue Reading
One year after the brutal invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, those who have opposed Russia and NATO stand vindicated.1 The Eastern European country is a battleground for United States and NATO ambitions to reassert their hegemony in the… Continue Reading
The victory of the Fratelli d’Italia (Brothers of Italy) in the Italian general election held in September 2022, where it emerged as the biggest party, poses sharp questions.1 The overall vote for the right-wing electoral coalition—composed of the Fratelli, Matteo… Continue Reading
In autumn 1979, Tony Cliff, writing in International Socialism, surveyed the landscape of labour struggle in Britain. He concluded that, in the second half of the 1970s, the balance of forces had tilted in favour of the ruling class.1 A… Continue Reading
As noted elsewhere in this issue, during the past quarter we have lost two towering figures who have each been important in developing the Marxist tradition with which this journal is associated: Mike Davis and John Molyneux. Along with the… Continue Reading
A review of Revolution is the Choice of the People: Crisis and Revolt in the Middle East and North Africa, Anne Alexander (Bookmarks, 2022), £12 Since 2019, the world has been witnessing a “third cycle of revolt”, following the anti-globalisation… Continue Reading
A review of Conspiracy on Cato Street: A Tale of Liberty and Revolution in Regency London, Vic Gatrell (Cambridge University Press, 2022), £25 On the night of 23 February 1820, 25 impoverished craftsmen assembled in an obscure stable in Cato… Continue Reading
A review of I Saw Democracy Murdered: The Memoir of Sam Russell, Journalist, Colin Chambers and Sam Russell (Routledge, 2022), £34.99 On 14 September 1937, the Daily Worker published an article in which Frank Frankford, a renegade member of the… Continue Reading