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...

Palestine: Ceasefire declared but Israeli occupation continues

by Martin Ralph | Jun 6, 2021 | Authors, International News, Martin Ralph, Palestine, USA

Republished from Socialist Resurgence’s website USA By ERWIN FREED On Thursday, May 20, Hamas and the Israeli government agreed to a ceasefire, which began at 2 a.m. the next morning. Portions of the Israeli and world press are hailing the agreement as a...

No More Apartheid and Ethnic Cleansing! For a Free, Secular and Democratic Palestine from the River to the Sea!

by Martin Ralph | Jun 6, 2021 | Authors, International News, Martin Ralph, Palestine

The Palestinian population is once again rising against the policies of apartheid and ethnic cleansing carried out by the racist state of Israel in the ongoing Nakba (the catastrophe) since the creation of the Israeli state in 1948. The uprising started in al-Quds...

Imperialism Failed to Fight the Pandemic

by Martin Ralph | Jun 6, 2021 | Authors, Covid-19, International News, Martin Ralph

When Marxists say that under the capitalist mode of production, humanity faces the question of “socialism or barbarism”, it is not an exaggeration or a simple turn of phrase, but rather a direct analysis of the dynamics of society. By: Daniel Sugasti, translated to...

Some thoughts on the Paris Commune

by Martin Ralph | Jun 6, 2021 | Authors, International News, Martin Ralph, Marxist history, revolution

Some thoughts on the Paris Commune Michel Lenoir, Paris The 150th anniversary of the Paris Commune has given rise to many studies, books, comments and public enthusiasm. Much more than the hundred years of the Russian Revolution.  The Commune still in vogue This...

150 years SINCE the Paris Commune

by Martin Ralph | Jun 5, 2021 | Authors, Europe, International News, Martin Ralph, Marxism, Paris Commune, revolution

On its 150th anniversary, the Paris Commune inspired many books, articles and conferences, and still inspires many struggles around the world. It claimed to be a universal republic, and the word “socialism” was widely used. But the socialism of the...