Statements/Leaflets
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...
Drop the charges against APSP supporters!
Defend the right to dissent! On Tuesday 18 April the US Department of Justice charged four people associated with the black nationalist African People’s Socialist Party/Uhuru Movement (APSP) for “weaponizing” free speech in what...
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...
19 February ‘Rage Against the War Machine’ Protest in D.C.
Why socialists should attend On 19 February a “Rage Against the War Machine” (RAWM) demonstration is being co-sponsored by the left-liberal “People’s Party” comprised of disgruntled former supporters of Bernie Sanders and the bourgeois...
On Trotskyist history & revolutionary continuity
Exchanges with a former leading Spartacist The following is an edited and abbreviated version of an exchange between a former leading Spartacist cadre and Tom Riley of the Bolshevik Tendency. Dear Tom, It has...
Solidarity with Heiner Bücker! Down with censorship clauses 130 and 140!
Restriction of freedom of expression in the struggle of imperialist “democracy” against “autocracy” On 22 July 2022, VVN-BDA and Die Linke member Heiner Bücker gave a speech at the Soviet War Memorial in Treptow...
Fake “Socialist” Boyd Barrett supports European imperialism against Russia
Thursday 1 December saw a special session of both houses of the Irish Parliament to hear a presentation by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. Richard Boyd Barrett (TD for People...