Roger Silverman reports from London The British Labour Party is currently convulsed in a historic crisis. Founded 120 years ago as the political voice of the trade unions at a time […]
British Labour Party Convulsed in Historic Crisis
Book Review: “Working-Class Politics In The German Revolution”
The German revolution of 1919 and the years that followed hold many fundamental lessons for today. That includes lessons for the general uprising of the Asian working class that may be developing […]
Discussion on British Labour Party
Here is a recording of the Zoom meeting we announced, the discussion on what is happening in the British Labour Party. Presenters were Tina Werkmann, Pam Bromley and John Dunn. The discussion […]
Video: Social Democracy in Denmark
It’s important for workers to understand the history of social democracy, known as “democratic socialism” in the US. Like elsewhere in Europe, in Denmark it arose as part of the working class […]
Shock in provincial German elections
From a reporter in eastern Germany: Dear readers, yesterday there was a big bang in the German state of Thuringia, which dominates all the news today. To tell the whole story, I […]
Boris Johnson and the “demise of the nation state”
And so, another reactionary demagogue joins the ranks as Boris Johnson becomes head of state in Britain. He joins Donald Trump, Narendra Modi (India), Scott Morrison (Australia), Viktor Orban (Hungary), Jair Bolsonaro […]
British election results
Roger Silverman comments from London on yesterday’s British election results This is no time for glib slogans. This is a serious defeat; a disaster. It clears the way for the most […]
France: for general meetings and elected strike committees
The following article is dated Dec. 5 (today) and is from the French blog site “Arguments pour la lutte sociale” Editorial of December 5, 2019 at 10:30 pm Posted on December 5, 2019 by aplutsoc […]
British elections in era of revolution and resistance
Roger Silverman writes from London: There really shouldn’t be any doubt about the result of the British general election. After all, Labour is offering the most radical manifesto since 1945, including a […]
Germany, the United States, and the new world (dis)order
Is Donald Trump an aberration in US history? Is it simply a matter of defeating him with fact, reason and reform (either less reform, as exemplified by Biden, Buttigieg, Harris and others; […]