Author: alanjjohnstone
The Head-Fixing Industry
This is the opening and closing of a pamphlet by John Keracher of the Proletarian Party of America first published in the 1930s yet still relevant and pertinent to today’s world of media manipulation. The full pamphlet can be read on the Libcom website. https://libcom.org/library/head-fixing-industry The much used term, “public opinion” is little understood by the…
Why Celebrate Labor Day
There is much confusion over why the United States of America and Canada commemorate Labor Day on the first Monday in September and not as many other nations do, on the first of May. For some workers unaware of the history, Labor Day is perceived as a tactic to counteract the militant international working-class spirit…
We Are All Leaders
“My friends, never put your trust in, and never follow after, men who pretend to be able to manufacture a revolution. A revolution, a rolling away of the whole from evil to good, from wrong to right, from injustice and oppression to righteousness and equal rule, never yet was manufactured, and never will be manufactured…” –…
A World to Win, A Planet to Save
It is disappointing for the members of the World Socialist Movement to accept but socialism, as an ideology, has failed to dislodge the ideological influence of nationalism and religion. Countries are closing their borders to the rising number of people fleeing poverty, human rights abuse, violence and climate change. Governments all over the world are increasingly…
A Socialist One World
“Let’s not be English, French or German anymore. Let’s be European. No not European, let’s be men. Let’s be Humanity. All we have to do is get rid of one last piece of egocentricity – patriotism.” – Victor Hugo As socialists, we are internationalists, opposing the idea that the rulers and ruled within a nation have any…
World Socialist Party (New Zealand)
Recent media headlines indicate that the super-rich considers New Zealand a safe haven from the catastrophes they expect to overcome our planet. For example, Google’s co-founder, Larry Page, the world’s sixth-richest person, was recently granted New Zealand residency, following the lead of PayPal founder, Peter Thiel, another ultra-wealthy individual. Often neglected because of its geographical isolation but…
The SPC and the 2021 Election
On 20th September our fellow workers across Canada will be called upon to register their vote in the Federal general election. The SOCIALIST PARTY OF CANADA sadly is unable to contest any seats. But it will be active in making known what it seeks working people to do – to lodge a protest vote against…
The World Socialist Party (India)
What we do * The following schedule has been affected by the Covid pandemic restrictions* Yearly By the end of the last week of February, we hold our Spring School and Annual Conference and in the last week of October, we hold our Autumn School and Membership Meeting and a Public Meeting as well. Over…
A Lesson from Irish History
The socialist case is that oppression, no matter how varied and diverse these might be, can be traced back to a common cause – capitalism. Many of the festering social sores of modern times such as sexism and racism are fostered by the capitalist system. Doctors have known for a long time that the majority…
Work together for the common good
A socialist is of necessity social. We seek to be social, that is, to live in a society formed of social beings like ourselves. Socialism means a reconstruction of society. It is a product of social evolution. We have had slavery, feudalism, capitalism and – socialism will be the next stage. Our triumph is not inevitable. As the Communist…