A response to John Molyneux on sexuality
Colin Wilson’s reply to John Molyneux’s views on sexuality and human nature has been published on the ISJ website.
#M2013: John Molyneux’s meeting on the IS tradition
Estelle Cooch reports from a critical debate at Marxism 2013 on the crisis in the SWP.
Block everything: the struggle in France
The Bloquons tout movement in France has brought students, workers and activists together in blockades and strikes
Your Party needs to bury Labourism
The new left party may be breaking with Labour, but it must also break from Labourism
Gaza: the shifting ground of empire and resistance
As Israel escalates its project, the cracks appearing within Western support reveal both the brutality of the moment and the urgency of resistance
Responding to the racist moral panic
The nature of the threats from racism and fascism has changed in the last few years. Strategies to oppose them need to change too
Village Hotel workers on strike
A report and audio track from an interview with strikers at the Glasgow Village Hotel
End of the rainbow: sex, empire, and the new right
Liberal narratives that once instrumentalised LGBTQ+ rights have given way to a resurgent right-wing politics.
Antifascism in Epping: turning the tide?
Fascists were outnumbered in Epping – mobilising from an outside an area can get us short-term wins. But as the far right sink roots we need mass community organising.
The battle behind Unite’s belated action on Palestine
Unite members, including many employed in arms factories, have successfully challenged their leadership’s refusal to support action against Britain’s supply of arms to Israel.
Why anti-border politics is class struggle
Opposition to borders is central to class struggle and anti-capitalist politics
Is this the end of Labour in Wales?
What are the forces behind Labour’s decline in Wales and how can new movements might shape it?
Red Friday – why workplace organising outdoes left union officials
The build-up to the 1926 General Strike highlights the dangers of a strategy based on left-wing union leaders.
The rocky road to power: notes on a new left
A new left party is on the cards. What strategy should the left pursue?
‘We Are All Foreign Scum’
Internationalism and anti-imperialism link 1960s protests against the Vietnam War and those in solidarity with Palestine today.
Death to the IDF! Long live punk!
Bob Vylan’s Glastonbury set signals a revival of punk’s radical political roots.
Birmingham bin strike: show your support against Labour’s austerity
The bin workers are standing up to Labour’s austerity policies – support this crucial strike.
Political alternatives in an age of catastrophe
What socialist politics do we need in this time of disasters?
Hammer and heart: four theses on abolitionist communism
The connections between abolition, communism and organising for liberation
From Ballymena to Coolock – anti-immigrant protests in Ireland
Racism has always been part of unionism – now racist protests are gaining a foothold in the South.
Review | Lifeline to Freedom
Leftist Czech refugees to Britain in the 1930s had to cope with hostility from the British government, but also the zigzags of the Communist line laid down in Moscow.
Review | Red Flags
A new book distinguishes the liberation of October 1917 from state repression under Stalin and Mao.
Chicago teachers – winning against the US right
Chicago teachers have won a new contract which improves pay and conditions but also defends school communities including migrants and LGBTQ+ people.