Lenin
Lessons of the Commune by V.I. Lenin
The following article on the Paris Commune by V.I. Lenin – a “verbatim report of a speech made by Lenin” – was published in the journal Zagranichnaya Gazeta, on 2 March 23, 1908. Lenin studied […]
Articles by V. I. Lenin (1908)
Paris Commune
28 March CWI rally broadcast: 150th anniversary of the Paris Commune
The Paris Commune – ‘storming heaven’ The lessons for today Sunday 28th March 2021, 15-00 (GMT) Speakers: Cécile Rimboud, Gauche Revolutionnaire, France Peter Taaffe, CWI and Socialist Party England, and Wales Steve Hollasky, Sozialistische Organisation […]
Paris Commune
The first proletarian revolution – 150 years of the Paris Commune
A hundred and fifty years ago, on 18 March 1871, the armed proletarians of Paris set out to “storm heaven” (as Marx put it) and created the very first embodiment of a state ‘by and […]
Australia
100,000 protest across Australia demanding end to sexual violence against women
Over 100,000 Australians recently demonstrated across the country on the March4Justice, demanding an end to sexual violence against women. The demonstrations took place in capital cities across the country, including a large rally at Parliament […]
Nigeria
Unemployment crisis in Nigeria – Time to build a fighting movement to demand jobs!
The unemployment crisis in Nigeria has continued to worsen, together with the worrisome rate of poverty. According to a policy report by the Bureau of Public Service Reforms in 2018, the country needs to provide […]
Britain
Britain: Mass trade union action needed to defend the right to protest
The British Tory government’s ‘factsheet’ on the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill explains that it will “strengthen police powers to tackle non-violent protests that have a significant disruptive effect on the public or on […]
Paris Commune
The Paris Commune: 18 March – 28 May 1871
The following text by Pascal Grimbert was published as a short pamphlet by Gauche Révolutionnaire (CWI in France), in March 2011, to mark the 140th anniversary of the Paris Commune. socialistworld.net Historical and political summary […]
South Africa
South Africa: Student protests follow months of lockdown frustration
Student protests have dominated headlines over the past two weeks in South Africa. The brutal and senseless killing of Mthokozisi Ntumba by police as he exited a clinic, unwittingly stepping into a confrontation between protesting […]
Paris Commune
‘History of the Paris Commune of 1871’ – Oliver Lissagaray’s classic eyewitness account
“It is time people understood the true meaning of this Revolution, and this can be summed up in a few words. It meant the government of the people by the people. It was the first […]
Australia
Australian economy entering choppy waters
Prior to the covid pandemic, the Australian economy entered its first recession in 30 years. Following this contraction, the economy bounced back out of recession. Based on a recent surge in mining exports the economy […]