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Middle East Morass

Middle East Morass

Drive Out the Imperialists! A growing section of America’s traditional foreign policy establishment is beginning to fear that the decline of U.S. imperialism may be irreversible. Richard Haas, president of the Council on Foreign...

Venezuela & the Left

Venezuela & the Left

Marxism & the ‘Bolivarian Revolution’ In January 2007, shortly after winning re-election, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez declared: “We’re moving toward a socialist republic of Venezuela” (Guardian [London], 10 January 2007). The National Assembly then...

Contents

Contents

Introduction Revolutionary Continuity & Islamic Reaction by Tom Riley On Erdogan’s Bonapartist Regime by HaPe Breitman and Tom Riley Turkey and the Tactic of the Military Bloc by Barbara Dorn and Adaire Hannah Erdogan,...

Contents

Contents

Introduction ‘Worried about the Russia Question’ by Bill Logan with Tom Riley response ‘Is Russia imperialist?’ (by Tom Riley) with Decker / Dorn Interpolated Comments For a ‘Concrete Analysis of a Concrete Situation’ by...

The Road to Jimstown

The Road to Jimstown

SL Over the Brink–Trotskyists Out Now! Originally published May 1985 In November 1984, cadres of the Spartacist League/U.S. (SL) donned witches’ hats, false noses, pigs’ faces and Nazi regalia and paraded around San Francisco...

Motions on Russian Imperialism

Motions on Russian Imperialism

—excerpt from minutes of 2014 IBT Conference, 18 April 2014 Motion by Lichtenberg on Russia: That we endorse the political thrust of the following documents: “Is Russia imperialist?” by Riley. “Why Russia is not...

Dots for Joining

Dots for Joining

—Bill, 23 March 2014, with interpolations by Tom, 28 March 2014 Tom’s reply to Dave raises some issues about the way in which the argument we have been having has been conducted, expressing frustration...