History
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The anti-Poll Tax struggle in Britain and the crucial role of Militant
Clive Heemskerk, from the Socialism Today magazine produced by the Socialist Party England and Wales Last year, publishers Pluto Press…
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80th anniversary of Trotsky’s assassination: The revolutionary ideas of a Marxist giant
On 21 August 1940, the revolutionary socialist Leon Trotsky died after being attacked by a Stalinist agent the previous day.…
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100 years since the foundation of the Communist Party of Great Britain
How a revolutionary party was forged out of workers’ struggles and the experience of the Russian revolution Ross Saunders, Socialist…
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75th anniversary of ‘VE Day’ – After war, workers demanded no going back
By Dave Carr, Socialist Party England and Wales (written in 2005 to mark the 60th anniversary of VE Day) Victory…
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Marxism and the second world war
Commemorations marking the 75th anniversary of ‘Victory in Europe’ (VE) day are taking place in Britain, and throughout the world,…
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Lenin at 150: More relevant than ever for today’s struggle for socialism
Nick Chaffey, Socialist Party England and Wales national committee In January 1917 the world was in flames amid the barbarism…
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Red Clydeside: How the catastrophe of WW1 sparked revolution
Philip Stott – national secretary, Socialist Party Scotland “Nous sommes en guerre” – we are at war. Those were the…
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30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall: How a mass revolutionary movement for genuine socialism was diverted
Robert Bechert, Committee for a Workers' International (CWI) and Berlin resident in 1989 While, for millions, the 1989 opening of…
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Leon Trotsky’s struggle against Stalinism
Lenny Shail, Socialist Party England and Wales national committee Ninety years ago this January, Leon Trotsky was exiled from the…
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Peterloo massacre: Excellent film exposes bloody nature of capitalism
By Kevin Parslow - Socialist Party England and Wales As the bicentenary of the Peterloo massacre approaches, acclaimed director-scriptwriter Mike…
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