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November 03, 2025

Theory

107 years after the revolution that changed the world

By Wilson Honório da Silva, PSTU-BrazilPetrograd, early in the morning of October 26, 1917. "Lenin, standing (…), let his small shining eyes roam over all those present, while he...

Trotsky and the revolutionary passion for art and culture

Wilson Honório da Silva, of the PSTU’s National Education Secretariat On August 21, 2024, 84...

Peru: Fifty years fighting for the construction of a Revolutionary Party

It was during the national holidays (July 28 and 29) in 1974, that a...

Fed Rates and the State of the U.S. Economy

The U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed) has just announced the interest rate policy it...

When Lenin Became Trotskyist

By: Francesco Ricci Bourgeois Revolution or Socialist Revolution? Since the beginning of the twentieth century,...

Being a Trotskyist in the 21st century

Nahuel Moreno wrote a short essay entitled Being a Trotskyist today in 1985. In it, the Argentine Trotskyist leader claimed what he believed...

Marxism and the myth of democracy

Mass demonstrations around the world generally open a period of enormous possibilities for the mass movement. But also of enormous dangers.  Along with the...

The Red Army of Workers and Peasants of the Soviet Republic

This article was published on the IWL's theoretical magazine Marxism Alive n. 16 in 2007, as part of the 90th anniversary of the Russian Revolution. In military...

Paris Commune (1871): Anticipating the Petrograd Commune (1917)

This article was published on the IWL's theoretical magazine Marxism Alive n. 16 in 2007, as part of the 90th anniversary of the Russian Revolution. A...

Russian Revolution, 97 years: Soviets in action

November 7 (October 25 according to the old Russian calendar) is the 97th anniversary of the October Revolution that would create the first workers'...

The validity of Lenin’s imperialism theory

In two years’ time, Lenin’s book, Imperialism the Highest Stage of Capitalism, will be a hundred years old. What part of it is still...

XI Congress of the IWL-FI: From the centres of class struggle

Between 5th and 12th April, the XI Congress of the IWL-FI, the highest instance of the our International was held and it took...

Horizontalism, democracy and the fight against capitalism

Part 1: The ideological crisis of bourgeois democracy and our generation This article is part 1 of a two part series. We will publish...

Venezuela highlights the Popular Front and Populist governments’ crisis

The right-wing oppositionist leader Leopoldo Lopez turned himself in to the police and was arrested on February 18, accused of "inciting violence" against...

Deflected Permanent Revolution or Crisis of Leadership? – Part 2

A Marxist critique of the theory of Deflected Permanent Revolution 2) Cliff’s “Deflected Permanent Revolution”: A Marxist Critical Appraisal Let’s go now to Cliff’s contributions on the...

Deflected Permanent Revolution or Crisis of Leadership? – Part 1

A Marxist critique of the theory of Deflected Permanent Revolution Re-opening a dialogue In 1963, Tony Cliff and the IST published a very short essay “Deflected...

90 Years Without Lenin

On January 21, 1924 Lenin, the great leader of the Russian Revolution of 1917, died. We present a text of Leon Trotsky, his...

Iran-US Agreement

A pact against the revolution in North Africa and the Middle East On Sunday, November 24th an agreement regarding Iranian nuclear problem was signed...

Rank And File Movement In The World War II

The phrase “the spirit of 1945” has inspired many activists this year. Ken Loach’s film of the same name led to discussions of...