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Two Trends in the American Socialist Movement: Why We Should Throw Kautsky Out With the Bathwater

What exactly does it mean to be a “democratic socialist” or a “social democrat”?

History is Preparing Another 1968

Editorial for Socialist Revolution Issue 11, commemorating 50 years since the revolutionary events of 1968.

The Midterms, Kavanaugh, and the Fight for Socialism

The system is tapped out and has nothing left to offer but perpetual crisis and chaos. Like both major parties that defend it, it needs to be hung out to dry.

Karl Marx is Alive and Kicking!

The International Marxist Tendency is committed to fighting alongside the working class to finish the work started by Marx and Engels.

Trump’s Madness and the Fight for Independent Working-Class Politics

The Administration’s multi-front assault against the working class has intensified in recent months, enabled by the complacency of the working class’s leaders and the betrayals of the Democratic Party.

The Greater Evil of American Politics

Editorial for Socialist Revolution Issue 7: “For or against” a decisive break from the party of the Clintons, Obamas, and Pelosis is a litmus test and line in the sand for the left.

The Turning of the Tide

Editorial for Socialist Revolution Issue 6: Capitalism beware! The West Virginia teachers and high school students nationwide are leading the charge as the mass movement roars back to life.

Capitalism is Unfit to Rule

In the editorial for Socialist Revolution Issue 5, John Peterson examines the many ways capitalism is pushing humanity to a breaking point, and the need to draw revolutionary conclusions from this process.

You Can’t Reform Capitalism—It Must Be Overthrown

In the editorial for Socialist Revolution Issue 4, we examine the question of reformism versus revolution, as well as so-called “non-reformist reforms.”

Introduction to Marxist Classics: Volume One

As millions in the US are looking for a way out of the impasse of the capitalist system, rooting ourselves in the sound foundations of Marxist theory has never been more important.

Bolshevism is Alive and Well

John Peterson commemorates the centenary of the Russian Revolution and looks ahead to the future American socialist revolution in the editorial for Socialist Revolution Issue 3.

Introduction to Ted Grant Selected Works

An updated introduction for the Second Edition of Ted Grant’s selected writings on Stalinism and the class nature of the USSR.