"We Are the 99%” The mainstream media has made much ado about the fact that #OccupyWallStreet does not have a unified, cohesive message. In trying to belittle it, they smugly point out that the occupy movement is an amorphous and heterogeneous mix of people.

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Youth Hit the Streets; Labor Must Join Them! “Enough is enough! We are the 99%!” This is the sentiment being expressed by the brave youth now occupying Freedom Plaza in New York City, just a few feet away from Wall Street. This is the pent-up feeling of millions—no—billions of people around the world.

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The Political Crisis and the Crisis of Capitalism As the earthquake of economic crisis sweeps across the globe, the political establishment in country after country is being shaken to the core. The ruling class is beginning to lose its political grip on society and people are beginning to question the traditional pillars that society has rested upon for centuries.

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La Izquierda Socialista: New Website of the Mexican Marxists! Check out La Izquierda Socialista (The Socialist Left), the new website of the Mexican Marxists! The latest news and Marxist analysis from our neighbors to the South. Published in Spanish.
Carta abierta a Richard Trumka, presidente de la AFL-CIO, de la Campaña por un Partido Laborista de John Peterson, de la Campaña por un Partido Laborista de Masas, escribe una carta abierta a Richard Trumka en respuesta a las recientes declaraciones de Trumka relativas a la independencia politica...
Un Programa Obrero Para la Crisis Un nuevo volante de la Liga Internacional de los Trabajadores y El Militante Sin Fronteras. Nuestra propuesta para una solución a la crisis economica que enfrentamos los trabajadores. ¡Únete a la WIL...
Su Reforma y la Nuestra Un nuevo volante de la Liga Internacional de los Trabajadores. Con las marchas del 1º de mayo, la inmigración se vuelve de nuevo en un tema de discusión. Desde el 2006, cuando millones...
¡Una fábrica cerrada es una fábrica ocupada! El liderazgo sindical debe de movilizar a los trabajadores para exigir un plan de recuperación económica para volver a abrir y capitalizar las fábricas cerradas, nacionalizarlas bajo...
El Capitalismo ha Fallado Un nuevo volante de El Militante Sin Fronteras. Ocho años de Bush y los neoconservadores, de Enron, la guerra, el terrorismo, el escándalo, la restricción de los derechos...

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The Labor Movement and Occupy

Written by Tom Trottier Friday, 20 January 2012 00:00

Wisconsin 2011 We all observed dramatic battles by organized labor in 2011. There were the broad militant struggles in Wisconsin by public workers responding to the vicious attacks from right-wing Republican Governor Walker. During the summer, CWA & IBEW members went on strike against Verizon. They battled against the demand for givebacks from the very profitable Verizon company. In Ohio, the labor movement mobilized its forces to repeal anti-labor laws by referendum and won a terrific victory, gaining 61% of the vote.

...The Occupy movement burst on the scene in 2011, influenced by the movements in North Africa and the Middle East. Even though it lacked a sophisticated analysis of society and it is a limited movement in terms of active participation, Occupy completely turned the tables on the capitalist politicians.

Introduction to "Ted Grant Selected Works Vol. 2" (Part 2)

Written by John Peterson Thursday, 19 January 2012 00:00

We now present part two of John Peterson's introduction to Ted Grant Selected Works Volume 2: The Work of Marxists in the Mass Organizations. This section discusses the Trotsky's efforts to connect with the masses in the 30s, Ted's "Unbroken Thread," and the need to apply the tactical and organizational lessons of the history of our movement to the work of connecting our ideas with workers and youth in the United States and elsewhere. Order your copy of Volume 2 at MarxistBooks.com.

North American Marxist School in Montreal / École Marxiste du Nord-Est 2012

Written by In Defence of Marxism Tuesday, 17 January 2012 13:19

With the Arab revolutions, the Euro crisis, the mass movement in Greece, and the Occupy movement, more and more workers and youth are looking for a socialist alternative to capitalist austerity. La Riposte Quebec, Fightback Canada, and Socialist Appeal USA are organizing their second annual Marxist school in Northeast North America to provide Marxist answers to arm militant activists in the struggles to come.

The Revenge of History

Written by John Peterson Friday, 13 January 2012 12:54

Karl Marx “Marx was right!” For Marxists, this is not a particularly profound revelation. We have long known that the German revolutionary’s analysis of capitalism was as fundamentally sound as the capitalist system itself is fundamentally unsound. But let’s face it: for decades, we’ve been in a small minority, fighting against the stream and against the odds. After spending a long time in the “wilderness,” that is beginning to change. The fact that the more serious capitalist economists are forced to admit the correctness of ideas they once ridiculed is an important symptom of a transformation in public consciousness.

Editorial for Socialist Appeal Issue 65

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Introduction to "Four Marxist Classics"

Alan Woods' introduction to the latest book from Wellred USA. The book includes four Marxist classics: the Communist Manifesto, Socialism: Scientific and Utopian, State and Revolution, and the Transitional Program. It is intended to introduce readers in the USA to the most fundamental aspects of Marxist theory. Available from MarxistBooks.com Read More...

Science and Dialectical Materialism

Dialectical Materialism is a way of understanding reality; whether thoughts, emotions, or the material world. Simply stated, this methodology is the combination of Dialectics and Materialism. The materialist dialectic is the theoretical foundation of Marxism. We provide various educational readings on dialectical materialism and its relation to natural science.

Historical Materialism

Marxists attach enormous importance to the study of history; not for its own sake but so as to study the great lessons it contains. Without that understanding of the development of events, it is not possible to foresee future perspectives.

Marxist Economics

Only with a Marxist understanding of capitalist society can the conscious worker cut through the lies and distortion of the capitalist economists and combat their influence within the Labor Movement.

Marxism and Anarchism

What are the differences between Marxism and anarchism? What relationship have followers of these two philosophies had in the past?

Marxism and Feminism

The oppression of women has been a key question for Marxism. After all, women constitute half the human race, and have faced discrimination and degradation in many areas of life.

The National Question

The question of nationalities, that is, the oppression of nations and national minorities, which has characterised capitalism from its birth till the present time, has always occupied a central position in Marxist theory.

Marxism and Religion

We have received quite a few e-mails from our subscribers asking about the attitude of Marxists to religion.

The United States

The struggle of the working class in the United States will be a decisive factor in the outcome of the class struggle around the world. We provide here a list of works explaining the important role of the working people of the US.

Russia, Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin

It is important for all Marxists, and those interested in the history of Marxism, to understand the real roles of Lenin, Trotsky, and Stalin. It is also important to learn about Russia before the successfull October 1917 Revolution.