‘The Arab-Jewish War in Palestine’
Trotskyists’ 1948 declaration re: founding of Zionist state The following editorial appeared in the 31 May 1948 issue of the Militant, published by the Socialist Workers Party (US) led by James P. Cannon. At...
Bolshevik #6
Why a ‘bi-national workers’ state’?
In a 1988 polemic against the British Workers Power group we addressed our differences over Vladimir Lenin’s approach to the “national question.” In particular we discussed how the interpenetration of the two peoples living...
For a bi-national workers’ state in Palestine-Israel!
From the river to the sea: Smash Zionist tyranny! The campaign of wholesale terror underway in Gaza is the pathological response of Israel’s deranged Zionist ruling class to the remarkably successful 7 October 2023...
On the recent IG-SL debate
The 13 January two-part public debate in New York City between the International Communist League/Spartacist League (ICL/SL) and the Internationalist Group (IG) offered few surprises, but it dramatically showcased the SL’s rapid movement away...
Defeatism and the Ukrainian working class
We recently received the following communication from a former Spartacist: I did just watch [the BT-SL debate]—you did a fine job, and I much appreciated your wrap-up, with its encomium of the early SL...
An exchange on BT-SL debate with a former Spartacist cadre
Former Spartacist cadre: Thanks for this, Tom. There was a problem with the link you sent me, so I tried the one that [J] sent out later and it worked well. Just finished watching...
BT presentation at Ukraine debate with SL
As people probably know, we in the Bolshevik Tendency want to see a Russian military victory in Ukraine whereas the Spartacist League takes a position of defeatism on both sides. Most left groups which...
On military vs political support
We recently received an inquiry from a reader asking about “the difference between military and political support” in connection with the current conflict in Ukraine (where we favour a Russian military victory over US/NATO...
‘Bullseye’: ex-SL cadre reacts to BT statement on IG correction re: Russia v NATO
A long-time former cadre of the Spartacist League sent us the following observation on “Better late than never”—the commentary on the Internationalist Group’s change of position regarding Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine we posted...
Better late than never
IG correction on Russia v NATO…‘should be more precise and more honest’ “Frankly acknowledging a mistake, ascertaining the reasons for it, analysing the conditions that have led up to it, and thrashing out the...