This year marks the ninetieth anniversary of the “German October”, the aborted socialist revolution that came to mark the end of the post-war revolutionary wave that had washed away monarchical government from most of Central and Eastern Europe. For a… Continue Reading
In recent years the Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben has become one of the most vital and most discussed figures in academia.1 But as with other major figures such as Michel Foucault, Antonio Negri and Alain Badiou, Agamben’s name and influence… Continue Reading
Is Michael Gove simply mad? Is he a vain loose cannon who was given the education ship’s wheel by captain David Cameron in June 2010?1 He is certainly derided as being professionally unqualified for his job by teachers and lecturers.… Continue Reading
There has been a significant revival of interest among the radical left in “big picture” questions of socialist strategy that, as Mark L Thomas has pointed out, represents a return to “important debates of the left largely absent over the… Continue Reading
Neil Davidson has produced a lengthy piece on the neoliberal era in Britain, which raises important questions for us as revolutionary socialists.1 We agree with much of his narrative. However, the article is a piece of two halves and there… Continue Reading
Editorial statement: This article was written in the midst of the crisis in the Socialist Workers Party that it describes. It no longer reflects the position of the authors or of the SWP. For our current view, readers are referred… Continue Reading
With over 1.4 million members, Unite is Britain’s biggest union, representing more than a fifth of all trade unionists in the UK. A mainly private sector union, it is also well represented in parts of the public sector—local government, the… Continue Reading
It is now six years since the first rumblings of the earthquake that was the global financial crash and the Great Recession. On 9 August 2007 BNP Paribas announced that it was closing down two of its funds of US… Continue Reading
Counter-revolution now haunts the Arab world. But it takes diverse and confusing shapes. In Syria, for example, it appears as the regime headed up by Bashar al-Assad and as the United States, which has been threatening military action against it.… Continue Reading
The world economy has experienced four systemic crises since the emergence of capitalism as a global system; the years 1873, 1929, 1973 marked the commencement of the first three. As Gérard Duménil and Dominique Lévy write: “Each of these earthquakes… Continue Reading