Marxism and the Fundamental Problems of the 20th Century
75 years since the Flint sit-down strike
By Barry Grey, December 30, 2011
Today marks the 75th anniversary of a momentous chapter in the history of the American and international working class—the beginning of the Flint sit-down strike.
Arthur Ransome and the Bolshevik Revolution
Part one
By Dave Hyland, June 25, 2011
This is the first in a three-part consideration of the English author Arthur Ransome, particularly as regards his relationship to the October 1917 revolution in Russia.
Now available at Mehring Books online
Revolution and Counterrevolution in Spain by Felix Morrow
June 24, 2011
Mehring Books is making available for online purchase Felix Morrow’s Revolution and Counterrevolution in Spain.
Hands off Rosa Luxemburg!
The historical falsification of Rosa Luxemburg's heritage by the German Left Party
By Lucas Adler, January 14, 2011
In a vulgar attempt to distort Rosa Luxemburg’s writings, the German Left Party resorts to interpreting passages out of context in order to justify their own opportunism.
Marxism and the Holocaust
By Nick Beams, May 15, 2010
The following is an addendum to the lecture “Imperialism and the political economy of the Holocaust,” delivered by Nick Beams at San Diego State University on April 29.
Imperialism and the political economy of the Holocaust
By Nick Beams, May 12, 2010
This lecture was delivered at San Diego State University on April 29. It was the eighth in a series entitled
Nick Beams delivers lecture in Sydney and Melbourne
World War Two: Lessons and Warnings
By Nick Beams, November 18, 2009
Nick Beams, national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (Australia) and a member of the International Editorial Board of the World Socialist Web Site, delivered a lecture on “World War Two: Lessons and Warnings” to audiences in Sydney and Melbourne in November, 2009.
Myths and legends about World War II exposed at Australian SEP public meetings
By our correspondents, November 18, 2009
The Socialist Equality Party in Australia held public meetings in Sydney and Melbourne this month on “Seventy years since World War II: lessons and warnings”.
The fall of the Berlin Wall
By Peter Schwarz, November 9, 2009
The contradiction between the official celebrations and the lack of public enthusiasm over the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall speaks volumes about the real significance of the events of November 1989.
Twenty years since the fall of the Berlin Wall
Statement of the Bund Sozialistischer Arbeiter, October 18, 1989—Part 2
Overthrow the Stalinist bureaucracy! Build workers’ councils in East Germany!
November 6, 2009
This statement by the Central Committee of the Bund Sozialistischer Arbeiter, the predecessor of the Partei für Soziale Gleichheit (Socialist Equality Party of Germany), was issued on October 18, 1989. Today we are posting the second of three parts of the statement.
European Trotskyists mark seventieth anniversary of World War II
“It was industrialised slaughter on an unimaginable scale”
By Barbara Slaughter, November 2, 2009
On October 11 in London, the European sections of the International Committee of the Fourth International held a joint meeting on the lessons of the Second World War. We publish here the remarks made by veteran Trotskyist and SEP (UK) Central Committee member Barbara Slaughter.
Seventy years since the outbreak of World War II: Causes, Consequences and Lessons
By David North, October 29, 2009
The following is adapted from a lecture given by SEP National Chairman and WSWS International Editorial Board Chairman David North to meetings held in October in California and Michigan.
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