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International

Fear and hypocrisy: the Arab League monitors in Syria

Marcus Halaby reports on the latest developments in the Syrian revolution as international monitors send back their reports.…

Eurozone crisis will get worse in 2012

Despite the best efforts of the French and German leaders, the Eurozone crisis is not going away, writes Andy Yorke…

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.…

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War against Iran looms

An Israeli military strike against Iran in 2012 is now considered more and more certain…

“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…

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…