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The Myth of Red Clydeside
“Red Clydeside” first put itself on the map in the agitated years of the First World War. Since then, it has received plenty of examination. It has been portrayed as a possible revolution in the making; one that could have formed a link with the Bolsheviks and the Spartacists. The Clyde Workers’ Committee was the main body…
The Materialist Conception of History
In opposition to the conventional notion that the present form of society has always existed, the Socialist points out that it has existed for not more than a few centuries, and was preceded by other forms of society. In point of fact, the life history of the human race is made up of a series…
DESTRUCCION MUTUA ASEGURADA
Desde que Rusia invadió Ucrania a finales de febrero, la respuesta de Occidente (es decir, estados Unidos y aquellos estados protegidos por sus armas nucleares) ha sido declarar la guerra económica a Rusia. Podría ser correcto bajo el capitalismo, las sanciones son un arma que los estados poderosos pueden usar para tratar de imponer su…
SEÑALES DE LO QUE VENDRÁ
Gran parte de nuestro planeta está sufriendo olas de calor y sequías con temperaturas récord y los expertos dicen que no se trata de incidentes aislados, sino de un presagio de eventos climáticos que serán cada vez más comunes en el futuro a medida que aumente el calentamiento global. Namrata Chowdhary, del grupo activista ambiental,…
An Open Letter To Fellow Workers
“The human race is gradually learning the simple lesson that the people as a whole is wiser for the public good than any privileged class of men, however refined and cultivated.” Lewis Henry Morgan This is by way of being an invitation. We are addressing the young and enthusiastic members of left-wing organisations duped by the hot air of insincere politicians. We…
The World Socialist Newsletter 3/3
From the March 2004 issue of the World Socialist newsletter Borders – Who needs them? The Spanish word for a national border is La Frontera. Often these arbitrary partitions are emphasized with different types of walls meant to keep people out. Some contemporary examples are, for instance, the now toppled Berlin W all, and the current wall Israel is…
The World Socialist Newsletter 2/3
From April 2004 World Socialist newsletter The Time for Socialism is Now When our ancestors left the safety and security of the trees for the vagaries of the plains, they were embarking on a long, subconscious, and often painful journey to attain mastery over the earth’s resources. The goal of countless millennia of sweat and endeavour,…
The World Socialist Newsletter 1/3
From May 2004 issue of the World Socialist newsletter An Open Letter to the Workers of the World The world we live in is one that is fraught with contradictions. Some 800 million of our fellow humans are chronically malnourished and at least 1.2 billion will, on any one day, go without food. At the same time,…
In Defense of ‘Impossibilism’
The companion parties of the World Socialist Movement (WSM) have gone against the prevailing wisdom of the Left by not advocating reforms. Undoubtedly some reforms do benefit workers, but the WSM opposes the practice of reformism on the grounds that campaigning for reforms impedes progress toward the goal of achieving socialism. Once embarked upon that journey there is no limit…
An Appreciation of Lewis Henry Morgan
From the September 1919 issue of the Socialist Standard The year 1818, which witnessed the birth of Karl Marx, also saw the birth, on Nov. 21st, of Lewis Henry Morgan, a man whose investigations into the nature of primitive human society were as epoch-making as were those of Marx into the structure of modern capitalism. Born at Aurora,…