The national question in Wales
Below we publish an interview between our sister section in Greece, Xekinima, and Glyn Matthews, a member of our sister section in England, Wales and Scotland about recent developments in...
Neoliberalism: demise or adaptation?
Below we publish a contribution to the discussion surrounding neoliberalism and the world economy in the 2020s by Vlad Bortun from our sister section in the Spanish State - Socialismo...
Veganism, Farming and Climate Change – What Socialists Say
Animal agriculture is the second largest contributor to climate change. Combined with the health effects of meat eating, and cruel treatment of animals, it’s no wonder many people become vegetarian...
US: Remembering the Stolen 2000 Presidential Election
[caption id="attachment_20674" align="alignleft" width="2560"] Photo by Element5 Digital on Unsplash.[/caption] Donald Trump has made open threats to steal the 2020 US Presidential election if the result does not go...
US: Fighting Trump and the Far Right
In the US Presidential debate two days ago, Donald Trump refused to condemn white supremacy and called on the Proud Boys, a violent white nationalist group, to "stand back and...
History: The Haitian Revolution and the abolition of slavery
[caption id="attachment_20571" align="alignleft" width="1395"] A depiction of fighting between Haitian and French soldiers during the Haitian Revolution.From Histoire de Napoléon, by M. De Norvins, 1839[/caption] Review of ‘The Black Jacobins’...
Revolutionary History: 100 years since Italy’s “Two Red Years”
One hundred years ago, Italy was shaken by the Biennio Rosso (“Two Red Years”), a revolutionary period in which armed workers took over the factories. Although much has been written...
Have women always been oppressed?
Nine out of ten nurses are women. They also make up more than two thirds of fast food workers and supermarket workers. On top of this women still bear the...
The Great Depression and the rise of the Communist Party Australia
The Great Depression created a palpable crisis throughout Australia. Gross Domestic Production declined by 10% between 1929 and 1931 and one in three people were unemployed by 1932. Workers wages...
Australian capitalism built on forced labour
Prime Minister Scott Morrison tried to cut across the Black Lives Matter demonstrations in June by claiming there was no slavery in Australia. He was quickly forced to retreat. Australia’s...
Governments seize on COVID-19 to extend repressive powers
The Economist has described it as “the most dramatic extension of state powers since the second world war.” Across the globe governments have implemented draconian legislation akin to that of...
Planning and democratic control needed more than ever
The COVID-19 pandemic is exposing all the more clearly the fundamental failings of the capitalist economic system that we live under. Even before the pandemic, capitalist states have allowed for...
How would socialists distribute goods?
Recently someone commented, "The bare supermarket shelves we've seen recently show that capitalism isn't really equipped to deal with pandemics. How would socialists go about doing things differently?" We answer...
Jack Mundey, giant of the Australian labour movement
Jack Mundey – a giant of the Australian labour movement – has died at the age of 90. Mundey rose to prominence in the 1970s as a leader of the...
Lenin: 150 years since his birth
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known by his revolutionary alias, Vladimir Lenin, was born in the city of Simbirsk, now known as Ulyanovsk, on Russia’s Volga river a century and a...
Could we have a shorter work week?
Microsoft recently granted its workers in Japan five Friday’s off in a row, resulting in a 40% productivity jump. Similar recent experiments have resulted in healthier, happier more efficient workers....
What do socialists say about the police?
A reader recently commented: “I’m so sick of reading about police violence. The way they beat people at the IMARC protests made me so angry. I feel that the cops...
The roots of racism against Aboriginal people
For more than two centuries, Indigenous people in Australia have been resisting attacks on their lives, land and culture. Aboriginal people continually have their working rights, land rights, and welfare...