Pages From Our History: The SWP and The Smith Act Trials

The Socialist Workers Party in its heyday was perhaps both the most revolutionary and the most interesting political party in US history. Combining the radicalism of the American left-wing with the theoretical legacy of Bolshevik Marxism, it offered a revolutionary challenge to capitalist society and it rejected the Stalinist model developing in the Soviet Union

Top 10 Reasons I’m Voting No On Issue 22:

Norfolk Southern is trying to buy Cincinnati Southern Railway. Cincinnati voters get to decide if the deal goes through. Here’s the top 10 reasons we should vote it down. 1 It’s Not Safe Norfolk Southern is the company responsible for the toxic train derailment in East Palestine. They’ve proven that they can’t be trusted to

Stop Cop City

The Atlanta Police Foundation is trying to build the largest police training facility in the US on stolen Muscogee land. The city of Atlanta has leased 381 acres of the Weelaunee Forest to the police foundation in order to build a corporate-funded police training facility. The facility would be incredibly environmentally destructive with its construction

Vote No In August

On August 8th Ohio voters will considering changing the state constitution to require a 60% vote the passage of amendments instead of the current simple majority and make it more difficult to get amendments on the ballot in the first place. If this amendment passes it will take power away from working class people and

It Is Necessary To Build The Communist Parties And The International Anew

Four times the international working class has moved towards constructing a revolutionary international. Four times the revolutionary communist vanguards of each country have been brought into coordination with each other in hopes of a world revolutionary movement. In our present moment none of the organizations exist as a revolutionary force capable of moving the masses

Clara Zetkin And The Struggle For A United Front

While Clara Zetkin is primarily known for her many contributions to the struggle for women’s liberation and participation in the revolutionary Marxist wing of the 2nd International, the scope of her political activity extended across every major issue of her time and continued until her death in 1933. One of her most important contributions was

Jail Killer Cops

2022 was a record year for police killings. The regular brutalization of the working class, and of working class Black people in particular, by the police agents of the bourgeois is one of the most horrifying facets of life in the US today. Socialists demand justice for Tyre Nichols and for all those murdered by

Brazilian Elections And The Way Forward

Brazil’s recent presidential election is being celebrated around the world as a victory for the left and a defeat for fascism. Yet as much as the return of Lula and the Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT, Workers Party) to power marks a repudiation of the right-wing Bolsonaro government, it is not an uncomplicated triumph for the

The October Revolution And Queer Liberation

The Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 was a moment when the working class took power into its own hands and sought to transform the world. It has, naturally, been a subject of intense debate and discussion among socialists ever since. There are more aspects to the revolution than any one article can hope to cover and

Cassandras Of Revolution: The Lessons Of The Spanish Revolution

As we organize for revolution today, socialists recognize that we must study the lessons of past revolutionary movements. In carrying out this study the revolution and civil war in Spain appear as particularly interesting events because of the variety of theoretical and strategic approaches advocated by socialists organizations trying to navigate events. It would, of