From 1948—1954, a paranoid Stalin oversaw massive purges in Eastern Europe's Soviet-bloc countries. But did the CIA exploit his paranoia to 'weaken communism'?

Stephen Shenfield

Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 12:33 pm PDT

No comments

4 min read

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.

World Socialist Party US

Friday, August 13, 2021 at 3:35 pm PDT

No comments

11 min read

Capitalism, Class, War, Work

May Day: The Endless Fight for the Eight-hour Day

Views: 694 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’ ...

Stephen Shenfield

Sunday, April 28, 2019 at 3:50 pm PDT

No comments

3 min read

Book Review, Socialism

Council Communist

Views: 746 Book Review from the February 2016 issue of the Socialist Standard ‘Marxism in a Lost Century: A Biography of Paul Mattick‘, by Gary Roth. Chicago. ...

Stephen Shenfield

Monday, February 1, 2016 at 4:41 pm PST

No comments

3 min read

This site uses User Verification plugin to reduce spam. See how your comment data is processed.

0 Comments

Inline Feedbacks

View all comments

Pogrom Against Palestinians in Jerusalem

Crushed by Mammon

A Cold War Enigma: Who Began East Europe’s Stalinist Purges?

Eugene Debs and the World Socialist Movement

May Day: The Endless Fight for the Eight-hour Day

Council Communist

World Socialist Party US

Has the Era of Social Revolution Arrived?

Pogrom Against Palestinians in Jerusalem

Crushed by Mammon

Related Articles

A Cold War Enigma: Who Began East Europe’s Stalinist Purges?

Eugene Debs and the World Socialist Movement

May Day: The Endless Fight for the Eight-hour Day

Council Communist

World Socialist Party US

Newsletter