Conserving Culture Under Capitalism

The effects of the capitalist crisis are being felt at every level of society. As reported in a Time magazine article in April, this also includes the preservation of historical sites. As the cash-strapped European […]

Texas' History of Class Struggle (Part 2)

This article is a continuation of Texas’ History of Class Struggle (Part 1).

Illuminati Symbol
Class Struggle or Conspiracy?

Substituting elaborate conspiracies for the real, living class struggle does not help to clarify the true nature of capitalism or in ideologically arming the working class to end it once and for all.

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Remembering "Bloody Friday"

We are living in a tumultuous period of class struggle, characterized by the political reawakening of previously “apathetic” layers of society, and revolutionary upheaval around the world…Class struggle inevitably leads at a certain stage to […]

Occupy 1932: The Bonus Army

World War I, which began in August 1914, was a catastrophe for the world working class. A result of the rising tensions between the imperialist countries, it ended only when the Bolsheviks took power in […]

Texas' History of Class Struggle (Part 1)

Texas is typically seen as a one of the most conservative states in the U.S.  A “right-to-work” state, it also has one of the lowest unionization rates. But the history of Texas paints a very […]

Women in the Paris Commune

The working women of the Commune fought for women’s rights on a class basis, and defended the revolution with their very lives.

Introduction to "Ted Grant Selected Works Vol. 2"

In the post-World War II period, the Marxists were isolated and without mass forces. Under these difficult conditions, British Marxist Ted Grant understood the need to do long-term, systematic work in the mass organizations of […]

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Marx was right!

Those who still adhered to Marx’s view that the capitalist system contained within itself the seeds of its own destruction were looked upon as mere cranks—but the wheel of history has turned 180 degrees.

The 1960s: Lessons for Today

The period of the 1960s and early 1970s was one of upheaval around the world. The USA was not exempt from these powerful social movements.

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Class Struggle and the American Revolution

Most historians present a caricatured version of the American Revolution; in reality, it was a bourgeois democratic revolution on a scale never before seen in history.

The LGBTQ Movement and the Fight for Equality (Part Three)

In the final part of our three-part series on the history of the struggle for LGBTQ equality, Tom Trottier discusses the modern history of the movement and a perspective for struggle and the future.