Foundations of Christianity

Written by John Pickard Wednesday, 23 December 2009

Foundations of ChristianityMany of us know that the origins of Christianity have nothing to do with silent nights or wise men. So what are its true origins? John Pickard looks at the reality of how this religion came about - from the standpoint of class forces and the material developments of society, rather than by the pious fictions fed from church pulpits.

 

[Audio] Foundations Of Christianity

Written by John Pickard Wednesday, 23 December 2009

[Audio] Foundations Of ChristianityChristianity has played a pivotal role in shaping the modern world and continues to hold considerable influence over many people's lives and even many countries' governments. Understanding the roots of such a phenomenon, dating back 2000 years, provides great practical significance when it comes to understanding the development of religion and society in general.

 

2009: recession and class struggle

Written by Terry McPartlan Wednesday, 23 December 2009

2009: recession and class struggleAs the year draws to an end, Terry McPartlan looks back at a turbulent 2009. The world capitalist crisis began to dramatically affect hundreds of millions of workers throughout the entire world, who in turn started to fight back with strikes and factory occupations.

 

Problems of democracy in Pakistan

Written by Lal Khan in Lahore Tuesday, 22 December 2009

After years of military dictatorships followed by sham democracy, the situation in Pakistan has reached such a point that the masses are yearning for radical change. Their suffering is immense as the people at the top continue to enrich themselves at the expensive of the workers and peasants, collaborating with imperialism as it rides rough-shod over the people of Pakistan. Everything is moving to an inevitable revolutionary explosion.

 

The “Copenhagen Accord” - all hot air

Written by Adam Booth Tuesday, 22 December 2009

The “Copenhagen Accord” - all hot airOn Saturday, after two weeks of negotiations, the Climate Summit in Copenhagen ended in a complete failure. The outcome of the talks, a document known as the “Copenhagen Accord”, is merely a collection of hollow and vacuous statements, and does not contain any reference to a legally binding agreement.

 

The Labour Party and the Crisis of Nigerian Working Class Alternative

Written by Ola Kazeem in Lagos Monday, 21 December 2009

The Labour Party and the Crisis of Nigerian Working Class AlternativeA Labour Party has been formed in Nigeria, but it has not received the official backing of the NLC national leadership, although trade union activists are members and work within it. Unfortunately, the present leadership is not pushing for a stronger trade union link. On the contrary, it wishes to distance the party even further from the trade unions. What is required is for the trade union movement to put its full backing behind the party and transform it into a fighting working class organisation.

 

Nigerian financial crisis: Any way out?

Written by Ola Kazeem in Lagos Monday, 21 December 2009

Nigerian financial crisis: Any way out?Initially Nigerian so-called economic experts were denying the world crisis would affect Nigeria. Then reality hit them with a bang! There had been a frenzy of speculation, as the investors believed they could money from money, without actually producing anything. Now the financial mess is clear to all, and the only answer the ruling class has is to throw more money at the speculators, while squeezing the Nigerian masses.

 

Collapse of the Climate Summit – where to now?

Written by Frederik Ohsten in Copenhagen Friday, 18 December 2009

Collapse of the Climate Summit – where to now?The dramatic collapse of the talks at the Climate Summit in Copenhagen serves to highlight one thing: the capitalist governments of the world cannot solve burning issues, such as damage to the environment provoked by the anarchy of the market. The thirst for profit is in direct contradiction to the interests of the working people of the world. Social revolution on a global scale is the only real answer to the problem.

 

Chávez in Copenhagen: We need a world revolution

Written by Hands Off Venezuela Denmark Friday, 18 December 2009

Chávez in Copenhagen: We need a world revolutionAt a public meeting organized by various trade union, political organizations, and solidarity campaigns (including Hands Off Venezuela), more than 3,000 people in Copenhagen heard President Hugo Chávez correctly point out that a socialist revolution is the only solution to the problems of humanity.

 

The class struggle in the Roman Republic, part fifteen – The death of the Republic

Written by Alan Woods Friday, 18 December 2009

The class struggle in the Roman Republic, part fifteen – The death of the RepublicAll attempts to revive a corpse that is already beginning to smell bad are doomed to failure. The Roman Republic was by now dead because the old economic and class relations that created it had disappeared long since. Caesar only gave it a shove and it collapsed. All that was left was an empty husk, which was blown away by the first puff of wind.

 

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Bolivia: Victoria masiva de Evo, un voto por el socialismo

Written by Jorge Martín Monday, 21 December 2009

Bolivia: Victoria masiva de Evo, un voto por el socialismoEvo Morales y el partido Movimiento Al Socialismo (MAS) consiguió una sonora victoria en las elecciones del 6 de diciembre en Bolivia. Las multitudes en la capital La Paz recibieron el discurso de victoria de Morales con gritos de: "socialismo, socialismo".

 

[Video] Venezuela: Alan Woods en Aló Maestro

Written by In Defence of Marxism Friday, 18 December 2009

[Video] Venezuela: Alan Woods en Aló MaestroEl martes 17 de noviembre, Adán Chávez, gobernador de Barinas (Venezuela), invitó a Alan Woods a participar en su programa semanal de TV Aló Maestro, para hablar de la importancia de la educación política. Adán Chávez también presentó el nuevo libro de Alan Reformismo o revolución.

 

Venezuela: Carta de los trabajadores de Vivex al Presidente Chávez

Written by SutraVivex Thursday, 17 December 2009

Carta de los trabajadores de Vivex para ser entregada por la campaña "Manos fuera de Venezuela" en Dinamarca al Presidente Chávez.

 

Venezuela: Carta de los trabajadores de Gotcha al Presidente Chávez

Written by Gotcha Thursday, 17 December 2009

Carta de los trabajadores de Gotcha para ser entregada por la campaña "Manos fuera de Venezuela" en Dinamarca al Presidente Chávez.

 

Argentina: 19 y 20 de diciembre de 2001 - A 8 años de las jornadas que aún determinan la situación nacional

Written by Sergio González Wednesday, 16 December 2009

Las jornadas de 2001 siguen presentes y su clima amenaza reactivarse ante la menor circunstancia. El clima adverso a la voracidad capitalista se manifiesta en las luchas sindicales y en la de los desocupados en las calles. Y también se va a manifestar políticamente, como ya se ha insinuado, a través de Proyecto Sur y la Constituyente Social.

 

Bolivia: 2/3 para proclamar el socialismo

Written by El Militante - Bolivia Thursday, 10 December 2009

Aun sin datos oficiales del Organismo Electoral Plurinacional la victoria de Evo Morales y del MAS es evidente y rotunda como era de esperarse. El cambio ha demostrado su autentico apoyo en la sociedad, del cual los 2/3 alcanzados en las elecciones son la expresión grafica.

 

[Audio] Emisora de radio venezolana entrevista a Alan Woods

Written by La Voz de Guayana Wednesday, 09 December 2009

[Audio] Emisora de radio venezolana entrevista a Alan WoodsLa emisora de radio regional "La Voz de Guayana" en Puerto Ordaz, donde está situada la fábrica siderúrgica de Sidor, entrevistó recientemente a Alan Woods durante su gira de conferencias en Venezuela.

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1st US Edition of BolshevismNew from Wellred USA! The first US edition of Bolshevism: The Road to Revolution by Alan Woods. This monumental 500+ page study of the history of growth and development of Bolshevism demolishes the myths of both Stalinist and pro-capitalist historians of the Russian Revolution. Read More

pakistans-other-story-european-thumb.pngThe Pakistan Revolution of 1968-69 was one of the greatest revolutionary movements of the 20th century. It is rich in lessons and Lal Khan's book is an outstanding summing up of these lessons. It deserves most careful study by every revolutionary.Read More

The Crisis of Fundamentalism in Iran: Towards Socialist RevolutionA new book has come out recently, written by Maziar Razi of the Iranian Marxists' Revolutionary Tendency, with an Introduction by Alan Woods. It is a collection of articles on the crisis of the Iranian regime and the perspecti... Read More

International Marxist TendencyThe crisis capitalism has entered globally is having a deep impact on the real living conditions of billions of workers all over the world. With this comes a growing consciousness among ordinary working people and youth that something is seriously wrong with this system, that this cannot be the way human bei... Read More

Reformism or RevolutionThis book by Alan Woods is a polemic against a well-known (in Latin American terms) intellectual Heinz Dieterich. Dieterich claims to have invented a new "Socialism of the 21st Century" and much else into the bargain. He offers a great deal of advice to those involved in the Venezuelan Revolution dressed... Read More

Part of the intention of this article is to combat the kind of senseless anti-Americanism that one encounters all too frequently in left circles. Marxists are internationalists and do not take up a negative stance in relation to the people of any country. We stand for the unity of all working people against oppression and exploitation. What we oppose is not Americans, but American capitalism and American imperialism. The American people and above all the American working class have a great revolutionary tradition. On the basis of great h... Read More

Lenin, Trotsky and the Theory of the Permanent RevolutionWellred Publications is pleased to announce the publication of a new book on Trotsky's famous theory of the Permanent Revolution, written by John Roberts. This work critically analyses and compares Lenin and Trotsky's writings in relation to the theory of the Permanent Revolution and defends that theory against revi... Read More

Russia, from Revolution to Counter-RevolutionThis book, by Ted Grant and with a preface by Trotsky's grandson Esteban Volkov, covers the key developments in Russia since the Revolution right up to the present day. It traces the elimination of workers' democracy, the rise of Stalinism, the advances of planned economy and the eventual collapse of the bureaucratic sy... Read More

Germany, from Revolution to Counter-RevolutionIn 1918-33 revolution and counter-revolution followed hot on each others' heels. The barbarity of the Nazis is well documented. Less well known are the events that preceeded Hitler's rise to power. Rob Sewell gives a picture of the tumultous events - the 1918 revolution, the ... Read More

History of British Trotskyism, by Ted Grant This book by Ted Grant is a unique contribution to the history of British Trotskyism. It begins with the debate on Trotskyism in the British Communist Party in 1924 and ends with the break-up of the Revolutionary Communist Party in 1949 and the beginning of more than thir... Read More

Bolshevism, the Road to Revolution. By Alan WoodsThere have been many books and potted histories of Russia, either written from an anti-Bolshevik perspective, or its Stalinist mirror image, which paint a false account of the rise of Bolshevism. For them, Bolshevism is either an historical "accident" or "tragedy". Or it is portraye... Read More

Lenin and Trotsky, what they really stood for It is now more than thirty years since the publication of the first edition of this work. It was written as a reply to Monty Johnstone, who was a leading theoretician of the Communist Party of Great Britain. Johnstone had published a reappraisal of Leon Trots... Read More

The Iranian Revolution, a Marxist PerspectiveThis book represents an important contribution to our understanding of the Iranian revolution. This work will be particularly useful in the West where it is universally believed that the revolution of 1979 was a movement of Islamic fundamentalists led by the Ayatollah Khomeini to push Iran b... Read More

The History of PhilosophyThis text was originally written by Alan Woods as a part of the book Reason in Revolt: Marxist Philosophy and Modern Science, but eventually the book became too long and this part had to be left out. Therefore this history of philosophy is published here for the first time. With chapters on: Do we Need Philosophy?, The ... Read More

Kashmir's OrdealThe comrades in Pakistan were just about to publish a new book on Kashmir when the devastating earthquake hit a month ago. The comrades have been hard at work on their solidarity and relief operations. Given the current crisis in Kashmir, they have decided to go ahead with the publication of the book. Over the weeks we will pu... Read More

The Irish Republican movement has been struggling for a united Ireland for decades. Today it is no nearer this objective than when it was founded. Marxists understand that a united Ireland can only be achieved on a socialist basis. So long as capitalism dominates Ireland there will be division and strife. Therefore it is time to take stock of the past of the Republican movement and to draw a balance sheet. Only by such means can we build the revolutionary movement urgently needed to prevent a further descent into sectarian chaos and achie... Read More

In the Cause of Labour - A History of British Trade UnionismThere are many narrative histories of the struggles of British workers. However Rob Sewell’s book is different. The purpose of this history of British trade unionism is not only to recite the wrongs inflicted on working people, or simply to describe their heroic struggles. It is an attempt to draw out the lessons of the events that helped ... Read More

The Unbroken ThreadFor over 60 years, Ted Grant has been the foremost figure of Trotskyism in Britain and internationally. In the post-war period, the effects of world boom, the policies of right wing Labour Party reformism and the degeneracy of Stalinism combined to make a massive onslaught against the ideas of Marxism. While Grant's contemporaries ... Read More

Reason in Revolt: Marxist Philosophy and Modern ScienceThis book, by Ted Grant and Alan Woods published in 1995 coinciding with the centenary of Engels' death, defends the validity of the philosophical writings of Marx and Engels. It does this by showing that the scientific discoveries of the twentieth century confirm the very essence ... Read More