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Marxism vs. Keynesianism

Marxism vs. Keynesianism

CWI Debates Falling Rate of Profit The following is an edited version of a presentation at an IBT fringe meeting at the Socialist Party’s “Socialism 2013” event, London, 3 November 2013. Only a few...

Communism & Ecology

Communism & Ecology

Human Emancipation & the Materialist Conception of History Reprinted below is the text of an IBT presentation to a panel discussion on capital, history and ecology held by the Platypus group at York University,...

Déjà vu All Over Again

Déjà vu All Over Again

Socialist Action & the ‘Syrian Revolution’ Most of the international left has responded to the civil war in Syria in much the same fashion as they did to the conflict in Libya in 2011....

Middle East Upheaval

Middle East Upheaval

Imperialist Crimes & Machinations The strategic defeats suffered by the U.S. military in Afghanistan and Iraq have strengthened the position of Iran’s ruling theocrats, who have gained an important ally in Shia-dominated Iraq on...

Wikileaks, Sex & Imperialist Law

Wikileaks, Sex & Imperialist Law

Hands Off Julian Assange! The following remarks on the campaign against Julian Assange were made by Roxanne Baker of the International Bolshevik Tendency at a debate with the Alliance for Workers Liberty in London...

Why Marxists Voted ‘No’ on Prop 34

Why Marxists Voted ‘No’ on Prop 34

Abolish the Racist Death Penalty! On 6 November 2012, Californians voted down “Prop-osition 34” (aka the “SAFE California Initiative”) which would have converted all death sentences into life without the possibility of parole (LWOP)....

Trotskyism vs Castroism

Trotskyism vs Castroism

IBT Remarks at SA/SWP Cuba Confab The following remarks are a slightly edited version of those made by an IBT supporter at a Cuba Solidarity meeting co-sponsored by Socialist Action and the Socialist Workers...

Greece: A Crisis of Leadership

Greece: A Crisis of Leadership

Austerity, Resistance & Betrayal Greece remains the epicentre of Europe’s slow-motion economic and political implosion. The June elections did nothing to resolve the crisis, and Greece continues to be profoundly polarized. On the one...