The Success of the AfD in East Germany: An Expression and Springboard for an Authoritarian Formation

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“It is a historic victory,” scribbled Björn Höcke immediately after the announcement of the first election results in Saxony and Thuringia. And he wasn’t far off. In Thuringia, the Alternative for Germany (Alternative für Deutschland, AfD) made gains of 9.4% to become the strongest force there, with 32.8%.

Anton Pannekoek as a Revolutionary Marxist: A Review Article

(Anton Pannekoek, The Workers’ Way to Freedom & Other Council Communist Writings (1935-1954), edited and introduced by Robyn K. Winters (PM Press/Working Class History), 2024 (303 pp. $24.95)) · "The future belongs to the workers, but most of them still do not know it." (Anton Pannekoek, 1907) · We concluded our book on the Russian Revolution(1) by contrasting two erroneous, but opposing views,...

Decant the Strike from Union Control!

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It has been four months since the two day walk out of the SAQ workers at the end of April of 2024. Since then the strike has been effectively stalled as the union indefinitely ‘negotiates’. Despite a fifteen day strike mandate overwhelmingly approved by the workers, the union seems entirely disinterested in pursuing any real militant action, leaving the workers themselves in a state of limbo.

Two Parties, One Rotten System

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Another election season has arrived in the US’ sick and crisis-ridden political system. With the exit of Biden and the ascension of Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party has gotten a break in what was shaping up to be a defeat. Nevertheless, both ruling parties represent nothing less than full on political reaction.

The Working Class Needs A Militant Labor Day

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September 2nd 2024 marks the 130th anniversary of the first official Labor Day in the US and Canada. Labor Day has a long and complex history for the North American working class. Today, Labor Day appears to most workers as little more than an extra day off, if that. At most, it is a moment for the unions to organize BBQs and parades to cover for their management of worsening conditions for the...

Bolivarian 'Socialism’s' Bluff

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(Italian ( Spanish ( · In Venezuela, the proletarian masses (especially) have already been taking to the streets for weeks. · On the bright side, they are fed up, albeit with democratic slogans, with being taken for a ride by those who - from the time of Chavez to Maduro - use the name of socialism to disguise that Bolivarism was nothing more than, under the make-up of a democratic institutional...

The Murder of Giacomo Matteotti: 100 Years On

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History has a way of coming back to haunt the present. For Giorgia Meloni and her neo-fascist Brothers of Italy party whose logo contains a flame symbolising “the spirit of Mussolini”, the centenary of the murder of socialist parliamentary deputy, Giacomo Matteotti, by fascist thugs has brought some particularly uncomfortable moments.

Can Global War Be Prevented?

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At least 50 wars are raging around the world. These are all, in one way or another, a result of the contradictions of the capitalist system which lead directly to imperialism and to war. The two major wars, those in Ukraine and Gaza, provide a panorama of barbaric butchery and cruelty on a scale our rulers cannot hide.

Demonstrations in Venezuela: No Matter who Emerges Victorious from the Electoral Circus, Today as Yesterday it is the Bourgeoisie that Triumphs

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On July 29, 2024, following Nicolás Maduro's disputed re-election with 51.2% of the vote, compared with 44.2% for his centrist opponent, who united the entire opposition behind him (from the far left to the far right), spontaneous demonstrations broke out in Venezuela's main cities, both in the wealthier districts - usually in favor of the opposition and the driving force behind the...

Labour Wins But It's No Victory for the Working Class

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After fourteen years of Conservative rule, with five different prime ministers who have spent their time floundering from one crisis to another, a new Labour government has been formed, on the promise that they will change Britain. Although Labour has won this election with the largest majority since Tony Blair’s 1997 election victory, and in an election which has seen the all-time largest change...

Internationalist Initiatives Against War and Capitalism

The world capitalist system has been in crisis for decades. The end of the post-war boom has led to all kinds of expedients in the richest capitalist countries as we have highlighted in our series on the economic foundations (the latest contribution to which can be found in this issue ( Restructuring of capital — which produced the decimation of the industrial working class in the ‘advanced’...

UK Riots: Racist Right in the Service of Capitalism

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Following the horrendous knife attacks on a children’s dance class in Southport, riots and arson attacks targeting Muslim living areas and places sheltering migrants have broken out. Undoubtedly they are fuelled by ‘social’ media-driven rumours and calls for ‘revenge’ from capitalism’s organised far right which, truth to tell, is not exactly a marginal element in post-industrial, post-Brexit,...

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