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CDLM: WSL’s “Short Cut” to Nowhere
The recall conference of the “Campaign for Democracy in the Labour Movement” (CDLM) promises to be pretty much a rerun of the October 24 founding conference — when Workers Socialist League (WSL) members and...
Marxist Bulletin No.3 – Part IV
Wohlforth Against the RT Spartacist League pamphlet, first published in 1970 Table of Contents Preface Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4 Session 5 Session 6 Session 7 Session 8
The Real Meaning of the People’s Front
1 Every important political act at the present time can be understood only in the light of the approach of the new imperialist war. This is true of the acts both of all national...
The People’s Front in the United States
1 The People’s Front has not, of course, advanced as far in the United States as in France or Spain. In the formal sense, there is not yet in the United States an established...
The People’s Front in Spain
The crisis in Spain is neither new nor unexpected. After its brief and reckless period of glory at the dawn of the modern era, Spain was thrust back into obscurity by the short-sighted policies...
The People’s Front in France
1 On February 6, 1934, gangs of fascists, reactionaries and royalists–for the most part young students and irresponsible sons of noblemen–rioted in Paris, across the river from the Chamber of Deputies. Less than a...
Can the People’s Front Stop Fascism?
1 We have already seen, in general, the answer to this question. The answer requires further amplification. The People’s Front cannot stop fascism. The theory of the People’s Front rests upon a false account...
Can the People’s Front Win the Middle Classes?
1 One of the chief arguments made in favor of the People’s Front is that through it there can be brought about an alliance between the working class and the middle classes against the...