Note: The Workers International Network (WIN) is just what it calls itself – a network – of socialists from around the world. We hold periodic conferences to assess the major world developments. […]
Interview: What is WIN?
“We have no such pretensions. We are simply making a modest contribution towards the development of ideas which we hope will help to clarify the next steps forward. We are a tendency […]
What is Socialism?
Produced over five years ago, this short pamphlet tries to answer the question “what is socialism?” In doing so, it explains how capitalism developed out of feudalism, how it was a necessary […]
Should socialists support Kshama Sawant?
We have received a critique of the campaign of Kshama Sawant, who is running for Seattle City Council as a member of Socialist Alternative. The critique makes a number of arguments why […]
Damned If You Do and Damned If You Don’t
by John Reimann An article in today’s Wall St. Journal confirms the theory of the tendency towards overproduction. Entitled “Stagnant Wages Are Crimping Economic Growth”, the article explains that at the “end” […]
Socialist Wins 33% of Vote in Seattle – In Runoff
Congratulations to socialist candidate for Seattle City Council Kshama Sawant. Sawant won 33% of the vote in yesterday’s election in that city and faces a runoff against incumbent Richard Conlin. This is […]
What is a Revolutionary Situation?
(Note: The following was written in January of 2012. We are republishing it now because what was true then is even more true today.) The world today is entering a period of […]
Egypt: Revolution and Women’s Liberation
by John Reimann “I will not let them get in my way… I keep going… They are not able to intimidate us. Nothing will stop us.” These Egyptian women were speaking1 for […]
Preparing for Revolution
Note: The document below was produced by the Workers International Network (WIN) in 2009. It tries to lay out some of the main developments in the world today, but WIN does not […]
Who Really Rules the Planet?
This article from Truthout.org details the concentration of wealth as well as the interconnections of the wealthy and their corporations. Of course, it doesn’t say what to do about it, but the […]