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Fascism Around the world, capitalist governments are elevating fascist and extreme-right parties while promoting nationalism, anti-immigrant chauvinism and militarism. In the United States, former president Donald Trump, with the support of significant sections of the Republican Party, is seeking to build a fascistic movement. In Brazil, President Jair Bolsonaro, a former military officer, openly hails the blood-soaked military dictatorship that ruled the country from 1964 to 1985. And in Germa...

The GOP has become, in form if not in content, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union of the late 1970s.

The present stage and the tasks of socialists. Since 10 August 2020, heroic mass protests have shaken Belarus, refusing to succumb to the open terror used by the regime, police violence and mass arres

Why the Bolsheviks executed the ‘father’ of Soviet cavalry Archive photo; Russia Beyond Boris Dumenko was all-powerful on the battlefield, but completely helpless in behind-the-scenes intrigues. And that is what brought about his downfall. This legendary commander was described as the “first saber of the [Soviet] Republic”. Boris Mokeyevich Dumenko was one of the first organizers of the Soviet cavalry. It seemed that he had a long and successful career ahead of him. But...

Julieta de Lima, longtime leader of the CPP, delivered a speech to archbishops and religious leaders celebrating “500 years of Christianity in the Philippines,” and embracing the medieval barbarism of the church.

The only social force capable of carrying out a consistent struggle for democratic rights is the working class, as part of the broader struggle to refashion society to meet the pressing needs of the majority—that is, along socialist lines.

PatnaDaily One thinks but thinks how little critical debate matters to our society which is implacably divided into hostile camps, convinced in the absolute infallibility of our own positions. I have become a minimalist and do not venture beyond Twitter or FB posts. But Ravish Kumar will not let you remain in peace. He protests so much even though there are strategies available for you to have your cake and eat it too. Together they share the self-image of "intellectuals", leading the...

Ten highlights from “Sylvia Ageloff and the Assassination of Leon Trotsky” On Sunday, February 14, the World Socialist Web Site hosted a live Q&A discussion with David North and Eric London reviewing the recent four-part series by Eric London exposing the role of Sylvia Ageloff in the assassination of Leon Trotsky in Mexico City on August 20, 1940. Below are 10 key moments from the discussion. 1. ) Socialist Equality Party National Secretary Joseph Kishore opened the event by providing a r...

By Maggie Trowe March 1, 2021 Militant/Tamar RosenfeldRóger Calero, left, SWP candidate for mayor of New York, with Alberto Mendoza, a worker at Hunts Point Produce Market, Feb. 10. “The bosses use the unemployed to drive down our wages,” Mendoza told Calero. “Then they tell us, if you don’t like it, there’s the front door!” After campaign supporters turned in seven times the number of required signatures, Gerardo Sánchez, Social...

Last week was nothing short of a warning to Trump supporters and Republicans to get with the Democratic program—or else.