History is rich in examples of the revival of institutions appropriate to more primitive civilizations in advanced societies - old cultural forms adapted to new uses under a new social order. Chattel slavery in America is a striking case in point.
History is rich in examples of the revival of institutions appropriate to more primitive civilizations in advanced societies - old cultural forms adapted to new uses under a new social order. Chattel slavery in America is a striking case in point.
History is rich in examples of the revival of institutions appropriate to more primitive civilizations in advanced societies - old cultural forms adapted to new uses under a new social order. Chattel slavery in America is a striking case in point.
The withdrawal of Russian troops from Afghanistan must be perplexing for those on the left who supported their invasion or did not oppose their presence.
The attempt in Czechoslovakia in 1968 to create a "Socialism With a Human Face" was snuffed out by an invasion by the armies of the USSR and its other East European satellites. Where did the reforming regime come from? Two articles from Workers Fight, 1968
Between the two world wars Marxists considered Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and Poland
to be imperialist powers, because in these states there were oppressed national minorities
In Mid-1939 Trotsky came out for Ukrainian national independence from the oppressive Stalinist Russian state. His proposal was rejected both by the Russian bourgeois-democratic exile press and Trotskyist sectarians who accused him of abandoning the defence of the USSR. He replies to his critics.
Seeing pictures of Gerry Adams grinning his Cheshire-cat-who-has-eaten-six-mice grin in triumph at SF/PIRA's latest success reminded me that I once knew a man who was shot by a Provisional IRA gang which included Adams
Seeing pictures of Gerry Adams grinning his Cheshire-cat-who-has-eaten-six-mice grin in triumph at SF/PIRA's latest success reminded me that I once knew a man who was shot by a Provisional IRA gang which included Adams
Replying to criticism of his support for Ukranian independence, in Alexander Kerensky's journal "Novaya Rossia", Trotsky discusses the democratic principle that underlies Marxist support for the right of self-determination of nations.
Certain Marxists criticised Trotsky's support for Ukranian independence, on the grounds that it could not but weaken the defence of the USSR against imperialism
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