Paul Le Blanc

A User’s Guide to DSA: 5 Debates That Define the Democratic Socialists

Defining Democratic Socialists of America

Paul Le Blanc reviews ‘A User’s Guide to DSA’, which connects readers with the largest organisation on the US left while drawing them into a series of debates among committed party members.
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Saying goodbye to Lenin?

Paul Le Blanc engages in a critical dialogue with Dan La Botz’s “Goodbye to Lenin and Leninism,” arguing we should continue to learn critically from Lenin’s experiences, successes, shortcomings, mistakes and unfinished tasks.
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Lenin and today’s socialist struggle in the United States

Paul Le Blanc shares some thoughts on Leninism, democratic centralism, party organization and related matters for today’s socialist struggle.
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The revolutionary development of global Marxism

In this review of two books about the development of anti- and de-colonial Marxism, Paul Le Blanc recommends an account of the development of Marx’s thought with regard to the class dynamics and revolutionary possibilities of global struggles.
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Stalin’s latter-day defenders

Paul Le Blanc — A serious development on the left is the rehabilitation of Joseph Stalin. A systematic left-wing critique of the new wave of Stalinist revisionism has been missing, until now.
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On Ernest Mandel’s contributions

Paul Le Blanc — Manuel Kellner has accomplished what earlier studies on Mandel did not provide: a systematic examination and assessment of his wide-ranging theoretical contributions.
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Paul Le Blanc on Russia’s 1917 Revolution and the problems of socialist organization

Paul Le Blanc argues there is much we can learn from the inspiring liberation struggle of 1917.
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DSA, the Democratic Party and the radicalization process

Paul Le Blanc — It is essential for committed revolutionaries not simply to be satisfied with superficial characterizations of the Democratic Socialists of America, but rather to comprehend the actual significance of this organization.
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United States: Lessons from the DSA Convention

Paul Le Blanc reflects on what he could learn from the current state of Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and the possible way forward after participating at its recent National Convention.
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Beyond ‘No Kings’

Paul Le Blanc on finding a persuasive rhetoric and demands going in the socialist direction that make sense to people.
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Why another world is possible: Comments at a socialist rally in Berlin

Paul Le Blanc addresses the question: “What makes socialists believe that another world is possible?”
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Strains in a revolutionary leadership: Dobbs-Cannon tensions in the US Socialist Workers’ Party

Mike Taber & Paul Le Blanc — Much has been written about the political contributions of Cannon and Dobbs. Less known are the differences between the two within the SWP.