No Choice for Workers? Here we go again. Four more years have passed since the last presidential election cycle, and once again, organized labor finds itself with no real options. Are “political and economic death by hanging” or “political and economic death by drowning” really the only options?

Read the Full Story

WIL Ten Year Anniversary and Socialist Appeal Subscription Drive! To celebrate 10 years of the WIL, we are launching a subscription drive with the aim of doubling our subscription base. We are also appealing for donations to our Press Fund to help us expand our work.

Read the Full Story

The Fundamentals of Marxism: A Short Reading List Marxist theory is the basis upon which our analysis, perspectives, program, and participation in the movement are based. It is our "guide to action." This why the WIL and IMT place so much emphasis on political education. This selection of writings is an excellent introduction.

Read the Full Story

Video

What is Socialism?

Open video in new window
More Audio & Video

En Español

No Hay Opción Para los Trabajadores? Aquí vamos de nuevo. Cuatro años más han pasado desde las últimas elecciones presidenciales y, una vez más, los sindicatos se encuentran sin opciones reales. Está claro que si Mitt Romney fuera elegido...
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...

Socialist Appeal

No Hay Opción Para los Trabajadores?

Written by John Peterson Thursday, 24 May 2012 15:03

Aquí vamos de nuevo. Cuatro años más han pasado desde las últimas elecciones presidenciales y, una vez más, los sindicatos se encuentran sin opciones reales. Está claro que si Mitt Romney fuera elegido presidente, lanzaría un asalto estilo "Scott Walker con esteroides” a la clase obrera. Pero, ¿Significa esto que los trabajadores no tienen otra opción que votar por los demócratas? ¿Son la "muerte política y económica a la horca" o la " muerte política y económica por ahogamiento" en realidad las únicas opciones?

Editorial de Socialist Appeal No. 67

Labor's Reply to NYPD surveillance

Written by Mark Grilli Tuesday, 22 May 2012 13:10

nypdspying1 The information that has leaked regarding the NYPD and CIA’s secret monitoring of Muslim stores, student organizations, and mosques in New Jersey, New York, and Long Island has elicited feelings of outrage. The NYPD has even recorded conversations between Muslim individuals, making extensive reports of the activities of Muslim-related stores, businesses and organizations, and closely observed the operations of these groups/establishments. All of these covert operations are being conducted unbeknownst to the “subjects” of observation and without their consent.

Quebec Student Demo

Written by Isa al-Jaza'iri Friday, 18 May 2012 00:00

quebecdemo1 On Thursday, March 22, around 300,000 students, teachers, and workers took to the streets of Montreal in a massive demonstration of historic proportions. On that day, 308,723 students were united in a strike across the province. The march was joined by buses from all over Quebec which brought students from universities, CEGEPs (General and Vocational Colleges), and even a significant contingent from the high schools! Workers’ unions, from the metal workers to the nurses, the teachers and others, also came out, flying their union flags.

Attacks on NY Public Sector Workers Intensify: How Can Labor Fight Back?

Written by Tom Trottier Wednesday, 16 May 2012 10:58

nypub Public sector workers in New York State and City continue to be attacked by Governor Cuomo and Mayor “1%” Bloomberg. These attacks are part of a nationwide effort, in fact, as part of an international strategy, to make the workers both in the public and private sector pay for the continuing crisis of capitalism. The working class can stop these attacks and go on to the offensive, but for this to happen we need a different policy from the labor leaders.

Educate Yourself

Top Headline

Other Headlines

The Fundamentals of Marxism: A Short Reading List

Marxist theory is the basis upon which our analysis, perspectives, program, and participation in the movement are based. It is our "guide to action." This why the WIL and IMT place so much emphasis on political education. To this end, we have created an extensive Education Plan to assist comrades in their political development. This is an important resource. However, it's length and scope may seem...

Introduction to "Four Marxist Classics"

...

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.