In an interview with Marxist Left Review, Anderson Bean, provides an account of recent Venezuelan politics that cuts against both the lies of the US government and the uncritical approach of sections of the international socialist left.
Owen Marsden-Readford reviews a new book on revolutionary movements in Poland, South Africa, Iran and Brazil in the late 20th century.
Mick Armstrong examines the record of the left in relation to national liberation struggles, showing how the class-collaborationist politics of nationalism and Stalinism have betrayed colonised peoples, and been an obstacle in the struggle for Palestinian liberation.
Vashti Fox looks at the history and deeply flawed politics of the Palestinian left, in particular the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and argues that a new revolutionary left needs to be built across the region.
April Holcombe discusses the destructive influence of Maoism in the West, and how it derailed the development of a genuinely revolutionary anti-Stalinist left. In the 1960s and ’70s.
Joel Geier revisits the inspiring revolution that took place in Portugal 50 years ago, toppling a fascist regime, but ultimately missing an opportunity to progress to workers’ power and socialism. His eye-witness account provides valuable insights into the strengths and weaknesses of the r...
Mick Armstrong traces the development of Trotskyism in the context of the far left in Australia.
Tess Lee Ack looks back at the workers’ uprising in June 1953, the first challenge to the Stalinist monolith in Eastern Europe.
Vashti Fox explains how Stalinism enabled and at times collaborated with fascist movements and states during the 1930s and ’40s, while the Stalinised Communist Parties undermined revolutionary working-class anti-fascism – a history that has important lessons for fighting the far right today.
Jordan Humphreys uncovers the forgotten history of the early Communist Party's role in the fight for Indigenous rights.
US socialist Joel Geier recounts how a debate on soviet imperialism and the Hitler-Stalin pact led to a crisis in Trotskyism and the birth of the International Socialist tradition.
Mick Armstrong surveys the many debates that emerged during the founding of the CPA, drawing out lessons for contemporary revolutionaries.
