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Ten years ago, Comrade Dave Hyland, a leading figure in the British Trotskyist movement, died on December 8, 2013, at the age of 66. Below we republish the remarks of comrade North to a January 18, 2014, memorial meeting honouring comrade Hyland.

Revised version of an article published as "Marxism and the Jewish Question" in Two Nations, Two States" (2002, new edition 2016) "The socialist revolution is the only realistic solution of the Jewish question. If the Jewish workers and peasants asked for an independent state, good - but they didn't get it under Great Britain. But if they want it, the proletariat will give it. We are not in favour, but only the victorious working class can give it to them." Leon Tro...

In order to initiate an international working class mobilization aimed at halting arms shipments to Israel, a political struggle against the nationalism of the petty-bourgeois pseudo-left parties is necessary.

Revised version of an article published as "Marxism and the Jewish Question" in Two Nations, Two States" (2002, new edition 2016) "The socialist revolution is the only realistic solution of the Jewish question. If the Jewish workers and peasants asked for an independent state, good - but they didn't get it under Great Britain. But if they want it, the proletariat will give it. We are not in favour, but only the victorious working class can give it to them." Leon Tro...

Ernest Mandel was an internationalist and revolutionary activist who combined thought and action throughout his life. In intellectual terms, his (...)

As Marx explained in the Communist Manifesto, as working-class socialists we intervene in the organic labour movement, not set up “our own” movement beside it.

As Marx explained in the Communist Manifesto, as working-class socialists we intervene in the organic labour movement, not set up “our own” movement beside it.

Ngo Van's account of his experiences of May 1968.

Hundreds of workers and youth attended the main rally of the SGP in the party’s campaign for the Berlin state elections. The SGP is the only party in Germany calling for an end to the US/NATO war against Russia in Ukraine.

Richard Fidler - Historical analogies can indeed be useful in assessing the issues posed in contemporary events, provided of course that careful attention is paid to the particular circumstances and to what degree the differing situations and protagonists are comparable.