A friend, fighter and internationalist

by Martin Ralph | Feb 26, 2022 | Authors, International Workers League, Martin Ralph, News UK, Obituary

There are many tributes to Comrade Peter Windeler from the International Socialist League and his union and activist friends With great sadness and pride, I write Peter Windeler’s obituary. We send our condolences to Peter’s wife, son, grandchildren, his two sisters...

Defeat the Russian military invasion of Ukraine!

by Martin Ralph | Feb 25, 2022 | Authors, International News, Martin Ralph, Russia, Ukraine

For a unified Ukraine free from Russian oppression! Ukraine out from the clutches of the USA, NATO and the European Union from! Statement by IWL-FI After signing his decree recognising the self-styled republics of Lugansk and Donetsk as independent states, alien to...

Special | From the Republic of Soviets to the Stalinist Counterrevolution

by Martin Ralph | Jan 2, 2022 | Authors, History and theory, Martin Ralph, Special

December 12, 2021 The experience of the Paris Commune, the first instance of proletarian revolution, brought Marx and Engels to a transformative conclusion regarding their understanding of the State. Unlike prior revolutionary processes, the conquest of political...

Special | Stalinism and Trotskyism: Reassessing their Legacies in the Face of Eastern European Upheaval

by Martin Ralph | Jan 2, 2022 | Authors, History and theory, Martin Ralph, Special

By Martín Hernández Originally published in Spanish in the magazine Correo Internacional no. 17, May 2017, 44-47 Translated from in Spanish by Dolores Underwood from this article When the masses overthrew Stalinist regimes, the bourgeoisie made a...

Special | Trotsky’s Prediction of the Restoration of Capitalism in the USSR

by Martin Ralph | Jan 2, 2022 | Authors, Martin Ralph, Special, THEORY

When the dissolution of the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) was declared in December 1991, a debate began that has continued until today about the causes of the collapse and the historical and political significance of this event. By Alejandro Iturbe...

North Shropshire by-election: Liberals win with a 34% swing but offer nothing new

by Martin Ralph | Jan 2, 2022 | Authors, Martin Ralph, News UK

Build a national strike movement against Johnson! Bring Johnson and the Tory government down! Peter Windeler – International Socialist League After the Liberal Democrats victory in December in the North Staffordshire by-election, The Observer described the...