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Debates between Trotskyists and libertarians about the Russian Revolution rarely break new ground. But this debate from the 1970s raised many thought-provoking questions that still await satisfactory answers even today.

Umbrella union opposes ex-FMs bid for ILO leadership

Leaflet distributed by the IWG during the Kellogg's strike in Lancaster, PA.

Paul Avrich's article from 1984 about G.T. Miasnikov and the Workers' Group

Gilles Dauvé critically examines the idea that previous revolutions failed due to them viewing communism as being the affirmation of labour as opposed to being anti-work.

Alongside the Russian workers' attempts to create socialism -- not as some abstract far-off utopia in a political party program, but through confronting and changing the concrete reality of their everyday life -- were the activities of socialist parties, supposedly sympathetic to working class aspirations. This pamphlet tells the story of the Russian workers' struggle, in particular the efforts of the factory committees.

Chattopadhyay applies Marxian categories to the Russian Revolution of 1917 to examine its socialist content.

Published July 18, 2021, 2:02 PM Amid whispers of a possible stab at the senatorial race in the May 2022 national polls, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III appears to be eyeing an active stint as chairman of the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) Government Group instead. (File photo/ Screengrab from Zoom meeting) A statement from DOLE Sudnay, July 18, said Bello was “set to take on the challenge” of heading the group representing both the powerf...

The one hope — and a hope not just for the workers of Palestine or Israel but for the whole of humanity — is a working class revival which resists all the attempts of capitalism and imperialism to thrust their bloody agendas upon us.

EESC at the Porto Social Summit: put people at the heart of our action for economic prosperity, social inclusion and sustainability! 05/08/2021 | 12:48pm EDT Send by mail : Message : Required fields The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) intends to play an active part in joint European efforts to translate the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights (EPSR) into action and to build a fairer and more prosperous Europe for everyone. Taking part in the High-Level Confe...