At 4am on Monday the Electoral Commission announced the results; 4,991,483 (58.25percent) voted no and 3,576,517 (41.74percent) voted yes. It was obvious where the votes had come from, even before the results were announced. You could measure it by skin… Continue Reading
This article is an attempt to analyse the politics of the NGOs in Asia, using our experiences as socialists in Thailand as an example. Nearly 20 years have elapsed since the massive proliferation of NGOs in developing countries. The pre-1980s… Continue Reading
Sometimes the symbolism of events gives them an importance out of all proportion to the numbers of people directly involved in them. Such was the case with the protests outside the Seattle meeting of the World Trade Organisation on 30… Continue Reading
‘Perhaps the most important advance in evolutionary theory since Darwin wrote The Origin of Species in 1859’.1 That assessment was given by the eminent, and left wing, biologist Steven Rose speaking at the Marxism 2003 event in London. The work… Continue Reading
John Rees’s contribution to the debate over what kind of party socialists should be building today deals with fundamental issues.1 It is very welcome, as is the reproduction in International Socialism of the two articles from Frontline by Nick McKerrell… Continue Reading
The war is over and victory declared amidst scenes of jubilant Iraqis tearing down statues of Saddam Hussein. Political leaders and commentators rushed to consign the anti-war movement to history. The message was clear—those who opposed the war were wrong… Continue Reading
Socialism is about working people being willing and able to fight for a society free of exploitation and oppression. If socialism is not about creating a society without oppression and exploitation then it is merely another word for capitalism. And if working people are not willing or able to fight for such a society then, no matter what meaning we give the word, socialism is unattainable. Continue Reading