In 1922, the great radical journalist Louise Bryant observed that Lenin drew great strength from the women close to him.1 Her observation contrasts sharply with the exploitative Lenin who has come to dominate historical studies and biographies. The women in… Continue Reading
Radicalism is not a term that adheres easily to the 46th president of the United States, Joe Biden.1 Biden is a traditional centre-right Democrat, a long-standing proponent of welfare cuts, a former supporter of George Bush’s 2003 invasion of Iraq,… Continue Reading
A Scottish breakaway from Britain may be edging nearer.1 In the 2014 referendum on Scottish independence, the “Yes” vote fell short of victory by just 5 percent. Now, with a record voter turnout after a campaign centred on independence, elections… Continue Reading
In February 2021, a poll was published which triggered a dramatic chain of events in Northern Ireland. It showed that the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), the main voice of Ulster unionism, had slumped to 19 percent, behind Sinn Féin at… Continue Reading
Hartlepool is the sort of place that London-based newspapers send their journalists to go on safari. They marvel at the house prices, joke about the local food and tend to discover swathes of backward opinions among the benighted residents. However,… Continue Reading
Stathis Kouvelakis has published a selection of texts from Marx and others entitled On the Commune. It provides key commentaries on the events of Paris in 1871 from contemporary observers (including direct and indirect participants). Though the book is in… Continue Reading
Dieser Aufsatz erschien zuerst in: International Socialism 135, Sommer 2012, London http://isj.org.uk/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-jewish-labour-bund/. Aus dem Englischen von Rosemarie Nünning und David Paenson. Die Geschichte des jüdischen Bunds, mit vollem Namen Algemeyner Yidisher Arbeter Bund in Lite, Poyln un Rusland,1 ist voller… Continue Reading
Zuerst auf Englisch erschienen in International Socialism 169—http://isj.org.uk/how-we-smashed-golden-dawn/. Aus dem Englischen von Angelo Kumnenis. Am 7. Oktober, nach einem über fünfjährigen Prozess, befand ein griechisches Gericht die Führung der Goldenen Morgenröte für schuldig, eine kriminelle Organisation gebildet und geführt zu… Continue Reading
One of the more depressing aspects of Pick of the Quarter in recent times has been the necessity to mark the passing of a number of fine Marxist authors. That is particularly true of the generation of socialists who were… Continue Reading
A review of Hjalmar Jorge Joffre-Eichhorn and Patrick Anderson (eds), Lenin150 (Samizdat), Daraja Press (2021), £27. This book is a nicely designed patchwork of essays—a “birthday celebration” marking the 150th anniversary of Lenin’s birth. Although it has a bit of… Continue Reading