Leon Trotsky
Notre Dame: The Cathedral Burned Down, Not the Church
The Catholic Church is one of the most reactionary institutions in the world. So as the historic cathedral burned in Paris, a well-known anticlerical phrase swept through social media: “The only church that illuminates is the one that burns.” Given the incredible hypocrisy of the capitalists and war criminals who are now pledging to rebuild the church, this sentiment is easy to understand. Nonetheless, the fire represents a great loss of culture and heritage. To think otherwise means forgetting key elements of working-class history.
Óscar Fernández
April 25, 2019
The Fear of Trotsky Is a Fear of the Masses
The literary critic Warren Montag, a professor at Occidental College in Los Angeles, was among the hundreds of intellectuals who signed a letter of protest against the Netflix series “Trotsky.” In this essay, he explains how traditional anti-Semitic tropes were always used against Leon Trotsky and are being recycled now by the Putin regime.
Warren Montag
March 11, 2019
Nancy Fraser, Fredric Jameson and More Join Trotsky’s Grandson in Repudiating Netflix’s “Trotsky”
#TrotskyVersusNetflix: Academics, writers, journalists and political activists repudiate the mini-series “Trotsky”, available on Netflix.
Left Voice
February 20, 2019
The Prerevolutionary Elements of the Yellow Vest Uprising
The spontaneous uprising of the “Gilets Jaunes” (Yellow Vests) shows that we are facing a transitional situation. Cracks are opening at the top, allowing the anger of the mass movement to enter the scene and creating a prerevolutionary situation in France
Juan Chingo
December 5, 2018
On the Anniversary of the Fourth International’s Founding
80 years ago today, on September 3, 1938, a secret meeting took place in a house in Périgny, a small town outside of Paris. 26 delegates represented eleven revolutionary organizations from around the world. Two dozen more organizations supported the Congress even though they were unable to send representatives.
Nathaniel Flakin
September 3, 2018
Why Trotskyism?
Why is Trotskyism still relevant today? We reflect on the anniversary of his assassination.
Jimena Vergara
August 25, 2018
Marxism or Populism? A Debate About Proletarian Culture
The young Soviet Republic was fertile ground for the development of art with the emergence of new trends, genres and styles.
Ariane Diaz
April 28, 2018
Memories of the Future
The Russian revolution is not old and dead history; socialists can learn central lessons from the working class revolution 100 years ago. What are these lessons?
Christian Castillo
March 28, 2018
The Russian Revolution and National Self-determination
The constitution born from the Russian Revolution is the first and only one to accept the principle of national self-determination — an important democratic right that the majority of the Western capitalist democracies still deny 100 years later.
Josefina L. Martínez
March 16, 2018
Revolution and Black Struggle: Marxism as a Weapon Against Racism and Capitalism
How can Marxism be used to fight the interconnected systems of racism and capitalism?
Marcello Pablito
February 1, 2018