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The Historical and International Foundations of the Socialist Equality Party—Part 1
September 29, 2008
The Socialist Equality Party (US) today begins the publication of The Historical and International Foundations of the Socialist Equality Party. The document was discussed extensively and adopted unani...
Marxism and Science: An addendum to “The Frankfurt School vs. Marxism”
By Ann Talbot and Chris Talbot, October 28, 2008
This essay supplements “The Frankfurt School vs. Marxism: The Political and Intellectual Odyssey of Alex Steiner” by David North, recently published by the WSWS.
Leon Trotsky - Marxism in Our Time - 1939
By Leon Trotsky, November 1, 2008
In 1939, Longmans published
Leon Trotsky - Culture and Socialism - 1927
By Leon Trotsky, October 23, 2008
This work concisely explains the fundamentals of a Marxist approach to culture and art, explaining the link between the growth of technological culture and mass acquisition of artistic and spiritual c...
Socialist Equality Party holds founding Congress
September 19, 2008
The founding congress of the Socialist Equality Party (SEP) in the United States, held on August 3-9 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, represents a milestone in the history of the Fourth International and the d...
Leon Trotsky - Lessons of October - 1924
October 22, 2008
In this document, written just months after the failure of the Communist Party to take power in Germany in the fall of 1923, Trotsky analyzes the struggle that unfolded within the Bolshevik Party from...
The Frankfurt School vs. Marxism:
The Political and Intellectual Odyssey of Alex Steiner—Part 2
By David North, October 23, 2008
In the autumn of 1978, as the Workers League was in the final stages of moving its political headquarters from New York to Detroit, Alex Steiner left the party without any explanation. Steiner had pr...
The Historical and International Foundations of the Socialist Equality Party—Part 11
October 10, 2008
Among the political consequences of the dissolution of the Soviet Union was the proliferation of nationalist and separatist movements demanding the creation of new states.
Leon Trotsky - Report on the World Economic Crisis and the New Tasks of the Communist International - 1921
By Leon Trotsky, October 21, 2008
In this report, Trotsky introduces the concept of the curve of world capitalist development and uses it to elucidate the revolutionary potential of the world situation. He details the titanic politico...
Leon Trotsky - Three Conceptions of the Russian Revolution - 1939
By Leon Trotsky, October 21, 2008
Written as an appendix to Trotsky's projected biography of Lenin, and included in his unfinished biography of Stalin, this work contrasts the perspectives of the Russian Revolution advanced by Plekhan...
Leon Trotsky - In Defense of October - 1932
By Leon Trotsky, October 21, 2008
Delivered before a meeting of Social-Democratic students in Copenhagen on November 27, 1932, this is a concise presentation of the main driving forces of the Russian Revolution. Trotsky defends the ga...
Leon Trotsky - The Transitional Program - 1938
October 21, 2008
This is the founding document of the Fourth International, published in September of 1938. It was previously drafted by Trotsky and discussed widely by sections of the Trotskyist movement. Assessing t...
