The history of the Bund, or Algemeyner Yiddisher Arbeter Bund in Rusland un Poyln (General Jewish Labour Union in Russia and Poland), is one riven with contradictions. It brought together tens of thousands of Jewish workers during its 52 years… Continue Reading
The Arab revolutions have been a great inspiration for the struggle against capitalism and imperialism across the world. They have inspired and fed into a global mood of alienation and anger against the system as expressed in strikes, occupations and… Continue Reading
Dave Zirin is one of the most celebrated Marxists writing about sport today. He spoke to Gareth Edwards about the contradictory nature of the Olympic Games With the Olympics rapidly approaching, what does history tell us London can expect over… Continue Reading
The case of nine men convicted of appalling sexual exploitation of young women in Rochdale in north west England has unleashed a renewed tide of racism and Islamophobia.1 The media coverage of the case asserted that the most shocking aspect… Continue Reading
Occupy Wall Street (OWS), and the Occupy movement that rapidly spread across the country in late September 2011, marked a watershed moment in the re-emergence of mass struggle and radical politics in the United States.1 In a matter of weeks,… Continue Reading
In 1981 the joyous celebrations that greeted François Mitterrand’s election as president, on a radical reform programme, were an expression of widespread hope of significant change. Almost exactly 31 years later the mood following François Hollande’s victory over Nicolas Sarkozy… Continue Reading
Crunch-time for the eurozone? Nearly five years after it started, the global economic and financial crisis shows no signs of resolving itself. On the contrary, in Europe it is taking a more virulent form, as the eurozone inches towards some… Continue Reading
International Socialism readers may be interested in the following videos, taken from a meeting held in London on 24 May with Charlie Kimber (regular ISJ contributor and national secretary of the Socialist Workers Party) and Giorgos Pittas (journalist on Greek… Continue Reading
The following article was first published in International Socialism 56 in autumn 1992. It is presented here to mark the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development – also known as the Rio Summit or Earth… Continue Reading
Two issues of New Left Review have appeared since this journal was last published. In NLR 72, which came out just before Christmas, the gloom that normally surrounds the Review was briefly dispersed. Stathis Kouvelakis’s incisive and passionate analysis of… Continue Reading