March 28, 2022 by Alan Johnstone
Workers’ struggles fill many of the forgotten pages of American history. The great labor uprising of 1877 is a case in point.
September 1, 2022 by Michael Schauerte
In nearly every media interview in recent months, Mick Lynch, general secretary of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and …
August 17, 2022 by World Socialist Party US
The authorities are pushing the idea of love for the motherland-nation into the heads of the common people, presenting the idea in an extremely perverted form …
August 7, 2022 by Stephen Shenfield
A surge is underway in military spending and arms sales, fueled by the war in Ukraine and the confrontation over Taiwan. Global demand for advanced …
May 5, 2022 by Stephen Shenfield
Accidents will happen. Under any social system. People are imperfect. They make mistakes and those mistakes sometimes cause accidents. Some accidents may be a matter …
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Bogdanov, Technocracy and Socialism (2007)
From the April 2007 issue of The Socialist Standard The terms “Bolshevism” and “Leninism” are usually treated as synonyms. In view of Lenin’s enormous influence over the ...
Archives, Book Review, Economics
Build It Now? (2007)
Book Review from Issue 21 of The World Socialist Review Build It Now: Socialism For The Twenty-First Century by Michael A. Lebowitz Marx wrote: “Men make their own history, ...
The United States and Imperialism (1986)
From the Summer 1986 issue of The World Socialist The history of US imperialism dates back to the times of the foundation of the nation. Whether making ...
Ballyhoo and Baloney (2008)
From the October 2008 issue of The Socialist Standard The National Conventions of the Democratic and Republican Parties have become forums for putting the finishing touches on the ...
WPA Strikes (1939)
From the December 1939 issue of The Western Socialist Karl Marx, in his writings, predicted that some day the capitalists would have to take care of their slaves; that ...
A Starvation Society (1976)
From the Spring 1976 issue of The Western Socialist This is one of a series of articles that appeared in The Lance, published by the Student Media, University ...
Lenin vs. Marx (1976)
From the Spring 1976 issue of the Western Socialist This is one of a series of articles that appeared in The Lance, published by the Student Media, University of Windsor ...
Lenin . . . Reviewed (1976)
Book Review from the Fall 1976 issue of The Western Socialist Lenin as Philosopher by Anton Pannekoek, Merlin Press, 11 Fitzroy Square, London, W.l. The Russian State proclaims ...
The God That Failed (1950)
Book Review from the June-July 1950 issue of The Western Socialist The God That Failed edited by Richard Crossman [Harper & Brother] Six (presumably) wise men, tending ...
Capitalism, Class, War, Work
May Day: The Endless Fight for the Eight-hour Day
Dancing round the Maypole on the First of May is an ancient custom. Only in 1891, however, did May Day become an occasion for workers’ demonstrations. The ...
