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Portugal’s ‘carnation revolution’ – 46 years since revolt against right wing dictatorship and capitalism

April 25, 2020 Manny Thain

Today, 25 April, marks the 46th anniversary of the ‘carnation’ Portuguese revolution. A half-century of brutal right-wing dictatorship rule was swept aside in a day. The revolution started at 12.25 am, on Thursday 25 April […]

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150 years since Lenin’s birth: An inspiring revolutionary legacy

April 22, 2020 Articles by Nick Chaffey and Peter Taaffe

Today, 22 April 2020, marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (10th April according to the Old Julian calendar used in the Russian Empire, at the time; or 22 April 1870, […]

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100 years since founding of Communist International; 90 years since Trotsky’s expulsion from Soviet Union

March 8, 2019 niall

This week saw two important historical anniversaries – the first conference of the Communist (Third) International, held on 6 March 1919, established to help organise Marxist revolutionary forces on an international basis and, after years […]

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Rosa Luxemburg, Karl Liebknecht 100th anniversary

January 11, 2019 senan

This week marks the 100th anniversary of the murders of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two of the outstanding leaders of the German and international working class movements. They are figures who still today symbolise […]

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Anniversary: John MacLean – an outstanding Marxist and fighter for the working class

December 1, 2018 senan

This week – Friday 30th November – sees the 95th anniversary of the death of the outstanding Scottish Marxist John MacLean. To commemorate this event, we look at MacLean’s contribution to the socialist and working […]

History

Russia 1917-18: Revolution for peace, bread and land – counter-revolution’s terror and invasions

November 29, 2018 senan

After two and a half years of the First World War, Russia exploded in February 1917 in a revolution that overthrew the Tsar’s dictatorship. The capitalist provisional governments that took over did not at all […]

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1918: Revolution ends First World War as international radicalisation shakes the world

November 13, 2018 senan

 The horrific slaughter of the First World War has haunted generations. By the time it ended, it had put into question the ‘right’ of the ruling classes to rule, something that helped provoke revolutions and […]

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Germany: 100 years since the November revolution 1918

November 9, 2018 senan

November 9 is a momentous date in German history. On this date Robert Blum, one of the leaders of the 1848 revolution in German-speaking countries, was executed in Vienna; the Nazis instigated the infamous Reichspogromnacht […]

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Mexico: The movement of 68 and the massacre of Tlatelolco

October 3, 2018 senan

“From time to time, each new era presents people, especially their young people, with new dilemmas and plots. Previous legacies are crumbling and boys and girls must invent their own way of being in the […]

History

80th anniversary of founding of Fourth International

September 9, 2018 niall

This week saw the 80th anniversary of the founding conference of the Fourth International, on 3 September, 1938. To mark this historic event, we republish below a brief 2013 introduction to an article by Peter […]

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    July 4, 2022
  • Crucial stage for trade union movement
    July 1, 2022
  • Segun Sango: Family, Comrades, and Friends bid Outstanding Revolutionary Socialist farewell
    June 30, 2022
  • Sri Lanka: Crisis deepens
    June 29, 2022
  • Defeat of Macron in the legislative elections: An encouragement for victories against capitalism
    June 28, 2022
  • US: Out in the Streets to defend abortion rights!
    June 27, 2022
  • Ukraine war destabilising Middle East and North Africa
    June 25, 2022
  • France’s ‘president of the rich’ loses parliamentary majority
    June 24, 2022
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    June 24, 2022
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    August 23, 2021
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    August 19, 2020
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    August 21, 2019
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    February 19, 2022
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    December 24, 2021
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    December 23, 2021
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    July 13, 2021
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    June 14, 2021
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  • Can green technology and AI save capitalism?
    December 23, 2020
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    July 20, 2019
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    December 10, 2018
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