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Cut in Nigerian fuel subsidy provokes general strike

Millions of people in Nigeria are taking action against their government for cutting fuel subsidies, writes Joana Ramiro. But the movement's leaders are proving to be hopeless.…

Egypt’s Revolutionary Socialists fight back against repression

The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), fresh from unleashing murderous violence against the demonstrators who occupied the street outside the Cabinet Office near Tahrir Square, moved…

Rumors of a military coup grow in Pakistan

Pakistan has buried 24 troops killed in a NATO cross-border air attack that is now causing a crisis in relations between the United States and its ally in…

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“War on the Poor” and on democratic rights comes home

After a decade of US-led wars and occupations, years of CIA-facilitated Predator-drone strikes – justified…

Ron Paul: a bigoted, reactionary enemy of the 99%

Ron Paul, the medical doctor, the Texas Congressman, and now Republican presidential hopeful is directly…

Building #Occupy 2.0: How can we strengthen our movement?

Almost five months ago, after a dozen or so individuals gathered for a direct-action demonstration…

Dec.12 port shutdown: ILWU leadership dismisses a great opportunity.

Last December the #Occupy movement on the west coast of the United States called for…

New Year’s message from the L5I

2011 was an incredible year of mass protest movements, strikes, uprisings, and revolutions.…

Revolutionary Ideas

Friedrich Engels: the struggle for scientific-socialism

Dave Stockton chronicles Marx and Engels’ fight for scientific-socialism in the ranks of the early German workers’ movement and explains the lasting significance of Engels’ book, Anti-Duhring, for…

Against the market: planning our future

If “deregulation” was the buzzword of the last two decades, government “supervision” of the economy looks set to be the received wisdom of the 21st century as the…

Socialism didn’t fail – Stalinism did!

The great financial crisis has revealed the instability of the capitalist system to millions around the world. Many workers and youth are now asking: is this really the…

Sources and Components of Marxism

Scientific Socialism

What is the difference between socialism and communism? How can we get from a capitalist society with all its problems, divisions,…

Political Economy

What is political economy? Students of economics are usually taught their subject in isolation from politics and history, but for Marxists…

Materialist Philosophy

Marxist philosophy can sound complicated, but it is not at all. This article explains some of the basics. The Marxist method…