socialism

Ilya Budraitskis: ‘The struggle for Boris Kagarlitsky’s liberation is an integral part of the struggle for socialism from below’

Ilya Budraitskis — The distinction between socialism from above and socialism from below remains relevant not just to divisions among Russian leftists but the left globally.
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Reimagining socialism: An interview with David Kotz

David Kotz dissects the lessons from the Soviet model, explains why capitalism cannot be reformed and makes a case for democratic socialism.
Founding socialist Yugoslavia

Commemorating November 29, 1943: The founding of a new Yugoslavia

Dmitry Pozhidaev — On November 29, 1943, amid the turmoil of World War II, the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia (AVNOJ) proclaimed the foundation of a new Yugoslavia that envisioned a radically different future.
Vladimir Lenin

Lenin’s socialism: Labels and realities

Paul Le Blanc — Lenin's conception of socialism, which he shared with Marx and Engels, with Eugene V. Debs and Rosa Luxemburg, and with many others, remains a possible alternative to capitalism that is worth considering and fighting for.
Michael Lebowitz

The state and the future of socialism

Michael A. Lebowitz — When capital is in crisis, there are always two options – to give in or to move in. If masses are armed with a clear conception of the socialist alternative, they can turn a crisis in capitalism into the crisis of capitalism. Of course, it is possible that current struggles against the capitalist offensive ultimately may lead to a glorious defeat. It is possible but we must take that chance.

How did socialists respond to the advent of fascism?

The following talk was given on 21 July 2018 to a two-day seminar at Yor

Five principles of a socialist climate politics

By Matthew Huber August 25, 2018 —&

More than universal healthcare: the meaning of socialism

Schemes of state and municipal ownership, if unaccompanied by

Rojava & the legacy of May '68

By Marcel Cartier May 11, 2018
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