Lebanon is in the crosshairs of imperialism. Along with Yemen, it is one of the two countries currently engaged in military action to support the Palestinians. Yet, the unsettling prospect of the war on Gaza spilling over Israel’s northern border… Continue Reading
The next stage in Israel’s brutal war on Gaza hung in the balance as International Socialism went to press.1 Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu had approved plans for a ground offensive against the southernmost Gazan city of Rafah, where 1.5… Continue Reading
What does the work of a Russian psychologist and educationalist who died in 1934 have to tell us about how human beings learn and develop? What can it say to us about what kind of education system we should create… Continue Reading
Zuerst erschienen in International Socialism Journal 181 (Winter 2023/24) Aus dem Englischen von Rosemarie Nünning Während ich diesen Artikel verfasse, legt Israel den Gazastreifen in Schutt und Asche.1 Die Krankenhäuser funktionieren nicht mehr und die medizinische Versorgung ist insgesamt zusammengebrochen.… Continue Reading
Dave Lyddon, who published a history of resistance to anti-strike laws in our autumn 2023 issue, has produced another article, developing arguments around the same themes for the Workers of the World journal (volume 1, number 11). Entitled, “Three Hundred… Continue Reading
A review of The Complete Works of Rosa Luxemburg, volume 3: Political Writings 1, On Revolution 1897-1905, Peter Hudis, Axel Fair-Schulz and William A Pelz (eds) (Verso), £70 and The Complete Works of Rosa Luxemburg, volume 4: Political Writings 2,… Continue Reading
A review of Radek: A Novel, Stefan Heym (Monthly Review Press, 2022), £20 Who was Karl Radek? At one point in this epic work of historical fiction, Radek refers to himself as belonging to “the second rank” of Bolshevik revolutionaries,… Continue Reading
A review of Duncan Hallas: Indomitable Revolutionary—A Tribute, Alex Callinicos, Sheila McGregor, Jack Robertson, John Rudge and Dave Sherry (Bookmarks, 2023), £12 In a time of multiple crises and a growing pull towards socialist politics, this new book, presenting the… Continue Reading
A review of World Crisis: Essays in Revolutionary Socialism, Nigel Harris and John Palmer (eds) (Routledge, 2022), £27.99 The best ever collection of writings from the Socialist Workers Party (SWP)—or the International Socialists, as it was known at the time—was… Continue Reading
A review of Why Men? A Human History of Violence and Inequality, Nancy Lindisfarne and Jonathan Neale (Oxford University Press, 2023), £25 Anthropology, since its inception, has been an ideologically contested discipline, and the same is true of both primatology… Continue Reading