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Continuing crisis in Thailand
Giles Ji Ungpakorn
Republic of Cyprus: a Historic Victory for the Left
Phaedon Vassiliades
The general elections, Islam and the left in Turkey
Ron Margulies
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A Coup For the Rich—Thailand’s Political Crisis
Giles Ji Ungpakorn
After the Israeli war on Lebanon
Interview with Alex Callinicos: the imperial assault on the Middle East
Ardeshir Mehrdad
The history of Israel’s role in the middle east
Ilan Pappe
From our archive: Tony Cliff on the 1967 Israel-Arab War
Statement against the Lebanese War
Reform and revolution in Latin America
Orlando Chirino interviewed
on Chavez, trade unions, socialism and the proposed unified socialist party in Venezuela.
Beyond Chavistas and anti-Chavistas
George Ciccariello-Maher analyses the political divisions in Venezuela (from Venezuela Analysis)
The mass movement in Oaxaca Mexico
Luis Hernanzez Navarro (from Counterpunch)
Evismo – Reform? Revolution? Counter-Revolution?
Jeffery R Webber on Bolivia (from International Viewpoint)
Tin War in Bolivia
April Howard and Benjamin Dangl (from Upside Down world website)
Morales’s government shifts to right
Translation from Econociasbolivia
Venezuela—Struggles Reported in Caracas
Interview with the Venezuelan Minister of Culture
Venezuela—Moves to Form a New Party
Interview with Orlando Chirino and Stalin Perez Borges of the UNT union federation
Reflections on socialism and democracy: The case of Cuba
Francisco Sobrino
The Cuban Army and the “Chinese Road”
Sam Farber
Real and imaginary bourgeoisies
Claudio Katz
Cuba beyond Fidel
an interview with Sam Farber
Debates in South Korean Marxism
The Formation of North Korean State Capitalism
Was the North Korean Economy in Crisis in the 1950s?
North Korea in the 1950s: Capital Accumulation and Power Struggles
Statement on the North Korean nuclear test
All-together, South Korea
From our archives
Why the Earth Summit failed
David Treece (1992)
The ‘workers’ government
Chris Harman and Tim Potter (1977)
A critique of Nicos Poulantzas
Colin Barker
Theories of Patriarchy
Lindsey German
The state and capitalism today
Chris Harman
Marxism, political economy and the crisis
A Mike Kidron talk from 1974
Gramsci versus Eurocommunism
Chris Harman
The ‘new middle class’ and socialists
Alex Callinicos
The working class after the recession
Chris Harman
Replies to articles
A comment on Alex Callinicos in discussion on origins of capitalism
John Game
Asiatic, Tributary or Absolutist?
Neil Davidson: A Comment on Chris Harman’s The rise of Capitalism
Socialists and the Tasks of Democracy
Geoff Eley: A reply to In the middle way by Colin Barker
The sex work debate
Thierry Schaffauser: A reply to Sexism and Sex work by Jess Edwards
Other articles
Not all Marxism is dogmatism
Chris Harman replies to Michel Husson on profit rates and capitalism’s crisis.
Plumbing the Depths: Marxism and the Holocaust
Alex Callinicos
A Tactical Question
Rosa Luxemburg (translated by Liz Chapman)
Audio and video
Audio and video from recent International Socialism seminars:
Racism in Britain today
Video of the International Socialism seminar with Richard Seymour
State capitalism and revolutionary perspectives: a recording of a debate in 1969 between Ernest Mandel and Mike Kidron:
Ernest Mandel opens the debate
Mike Kidron states his position
Kidron and Mandel sum up
For wide range of recorded talks visit the RestanceMP3 Website
Capitalism: Where it Came From and Where it’s Going
These articles were recommended reading for the day school organised jointly by International Socialism and the journal Historical Materialism in London in November 2004.
Towards the Precipice
Robert Brenner on the crisis in the US economy.
New boom or new bubble?
Robert Brenner
England’s Divergence from China’s Yangzi Delta: Property Relations, Microeconomics, and Patterns of Development
Robert Brenner and Christopher Issett
Marxism and sexuality
The roots of gay oppression
Norah Carlin’s classic account from International Socialism 42, spring 1989.
Mistaken identity: can identity politics liberate the oppressed?
Sharon Smith’s article from International Socialism 62, spring 1994.
Class divisions in the gay community
Peter Morgan’s article from International Socialism 78, spring 1998.