Socialism

Climate, Environment, History, Socialism, Work

Jonestown: In the Name of Socialism

Jonestown was an agricultural settlement in the rainforest of Guyana, near the northern coast of South America, set up in 1974 by members of a church known ...

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Socialism, Work

A Society of Universal Unemployment

In 1848 the Prussian government sent a young physician named Rudolf Carl Virchow to Upper Silesia (now in Poland) to investigate a typhus epidemic. His Report was ...

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Environment, International relations, Science, Socialism

Viewing Earth From Space

There was an interesting discussion recently on the Quora website. It’s about what Earth looks like from space and the impact that seeing Earth from space has ...

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Book Review, Class, History, Socialism

Classless Cities

Marx and Engels thought that some time before the dawn of recorded history there took place several closely interrelated transitions that transformed human life – from wandering ...

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Capitalism, Class, History, Politics, Socialism

Eugene Debs and the World Socialist Movement

A collection of quotations from the speeches and writings of Eugene Debs (1855—1926). He was a prominent trade union organizer, socialist writer and speaker.

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Capitalism, History, Socialism

Has the Era of Social Revolution Arrived?

Our comrade Mike Schauerte recently recorded a half-hour talk with this title on the Discord system. To listen to the talk please follow the links.

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Class, History, Marxism, Politics, Socialism

Humanity or the Proletariat? The Turner Controversy Reviewed

Renowned public speaker Tony Turner was a member of the SPGB from 1931—1955, when he resigned to end a bitter internal conflict over his controversial views.

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Capitalism, Economics, Environment, healthcare, Housing, News, Science, Socialism

Markets Are Trash

The Covid-19 pandemic exposes the cruel and absurd results of relying on markets for the satisfaction of human needs. In Las Vegas homeless men sleep on a parking lot on a street full of empty hotels.

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Book Review, Human Nature, Socialism, Work

William Morris and the Treasures of Early Socialism

What is the point of studying the history of early socialism? The understanding of what "socialism" itself means has changed radically in the subsequent years.

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Politics, Socialism

How I Became a Socialist

In this feature, members of the World Socialist Party of the US share personal stories of how they became socialists. More stories will be added as they become available.

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