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.  

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

In part two, Tom Trottier analyzes the history of the LGBTQ movement and anti-sodomy laws in the United States, as well as gains made for LGBTQ people during the Bolshevik revolution and the later curtailment […]

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

In this first of a three-part series on the history of the LGBTQ movement, Tom Trottier gives a general overview of the arrangement of the family and human sexuality under capitalism and looks at the […]

Introduction to Ted Grant Selected Works, Vol. 1, U.S. Edition
Introduction to "Ted Grant Selected Works Vol. 1"

What was the Soviet Union? Was it to be defended? What went right? What went wrong? Ted Grant wrote extensively on the class nature of the Soviet Union and the need to defend the nationalized […]

Capitalism Versus Science

We are constantly bombarded with the myth that capitalism drives innovation, technology, and scientific advancement. But in fact, the precise opposite is true. Capitalism is holding back every aspect of human development, and science and […]

Marxism and Religion in America

A recent survey shows that the United States may be becoming both less religious generally and less Christian specifically.

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Karl Marx is Back!

Articles have appeared recently in newspapers and websites around the world highlighting the fact that sales of Marx’s books over the past year have risen sharply in places like East Germany, particularly among young people.

Introduction to Marxist Economics

Many workers are concerned about the present crisis of U.S. capitalism and how it affects them.  Therefore, Socialist Appeal thought it might be helpful to explain some basics about capitalism and why we believe that […]

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Tasks of the American Opposition

A social crisis in the United States may arrive a good deal sooner than many think, and have a feverish development from the start. Hence the conclusion: it is necessary to prepare.

Non-Profits, Privatization & Capitalism

As soon as we began to organize our workplace into a union, a non-profit drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility, the murky world of non-profits proved to be an obstacle. When first approached, many of our […]

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Trotsky and the fight against Fascism

Seventy-five years ago today, on January 30th 1933, Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany. Two months later the Reichstag voted him dictatorial powers. The workers' parties were banned and their leaders thrown into concentration camps. […]

The revolutionary dialectic and the liberation of humanity*

In developing this philosophical outlook, Marx based himself on great thinkers that had preceded him, but went beyond them in developing further those ideas and providing new insights. He developed his dialectics from Hegel, the […]