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Managing the Greek Crisis

Managing the Greek Crisis

Syriza & the Dangers of Popular Frontism Since the outbreak of the global financial crisis and the imposition of severe austerity measures dictated by the Troika (International Monetary Fund, European Central Bank and European...

Unity, Class, Program

Unity, Class, Program

Edited version of a contribution by IBT supporter Barbara Dorn to a panel discussion on “Is there a need for left unity?” at the Platypus European Conference, London, 19 July 2014. One of the...

Confronting a World in Turmoil

Confronting a World in Turmoil

Seventh International Conference of the IBT The International Bolshevik Tendency held its Seventh International Conference in 2014 in the United States. Delegates and non-delegate members from the U.S., Canada, Britain, Germany, Poland, New Zealand...

Ukraine, Russia & the Struggle for Eurasia

Ukraine, Russia & the Struggle for Eurasia

Tectonic Shifts in Global Politics In September 2014, a television interviewer asked Zbigniew Brzezinski, former U.S. national security adviser and longtime Cold Warrior, what threat the “Islamic State” (aka ISIS) posed to the United...

Love & Marriage

Love & Marriage

Capitalism, Queers & Equality In April 2013, New Zealand finally legalized marriage for same-sex couples. There was considerable discussion among left-wing queer and trans activists about whether marriage equality should be supported as a...

The Struggle for Abortion Rights in Ireland

The Struggle for Abortion Rights in Ireland

Clerical Reaction & Women’s Oppression The following statement was originally distributed in September 2013. Responding to national and international protests over Savita Halappanavar’s tragic death from septicaemia after she was denied an abortion, the...

Polish Proletariat: ‘Class in Itself’

Polish Proletariat: ‘Class in Itself’

Anti-Communism, Nationalism & Religious Obscurantism The following is an eyewitness report on a major trade-union demonstration that took place in Warsaw last September. Saturday was the culmination of four days of trade-union meetings and...

Cliffites in Crisis

Cliffites in Crisis

Bad Politics & Bureaucratic Cover-Ups The Socialist Workers Party (SWP), Britain’s largest left group, has been undergoing what its central figure, Alex Callinicos, recently described as an “acute internal crisis” which three national conferences...

On the Killing of Private Rigby

On the Killing of Private Rigby

Fascists Surge, Reformists Mourn The following originally appeared on 3 June 2013 on bolshevik.org. On bank holiday Monday at the end of May [2013], several hundred anti-fascists, including members of the IBT, watched in...