Theory & History
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Bloody Sunday Enquiry
“This was MURDER”Re-publication of article from the Militant newspaper (CWI in Britain – predecessor of the Socialist)More analysis on the…
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Women, the Russian revolution and the collpase of Stalinism
On the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall the world media have been falling over themselves to…
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The Russian revolution, its degeneration and the collapse of Stalinism
The 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the subsequent demise of the Stalinist regimes of Eastern…
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Marxism and the second world war
Seventy years ago, the major powers plunged humanity into the horror of world warPeter Taaffe, from Socialism Today, magazine of…
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The Real Lessons of the Second World War
The seventieth anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War falls on 1 September. A minimum of 60 million…
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August 1969 – When British troops went into Northern Ireland
A turning point in historyAugust 1969 was a turning point in the history of Northern Ireland. It was then that…
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Scotland and the National Question
Statement from the International Socialists, CWI (Scotland)IntroductionThis statement was written in September 2003 in the aftermath of the May 1st…
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A socialist approach to Scottish independence
This article was written on the 6th August 2004 during the SNP leadership election campaign that saw Alex Salmond return…
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25 years on – Liverpool a city that dared to fight
On 9 July 1984 Liverpool City council, led by Militant (the Socialist Party's predecessor), won a sensational victory over the…
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Thatcher’s Legacy
Brutal class warfare against the rights and the conditions of the working classPeter Taaffe, from Socialism Today (April 2009), monthly…
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