The Socialist Party of Great Britain
Part of the World Socialist Movement
November 4, 2018
We have received a long contribution from journalist Chido Onumah who is the co-ordinator for Nigeria of the West African Human Rights Committee. We publish below the key points together with our comments. “Washington has been too willing to downplay democracy and human rights for the sake of natural resources or diplomatic alliances”, the New …
The arrest of the Chilean ex-dictator Pinochet in London in October reopened the debate about the overthrow by the armed forces of the Allende government in 1973. At the time Leninists and anarchists trumpeted this as confirmation of their argument that it is not possible to use existing limited, political democracy to abolish capitalism. So …
Perhaps one of the saddest and longest lasting examples of a working class divided against itself is the continuing factional struggle between Israeli and Palestinian workers. Recently the Israel and Palestine government leaders met under the supervision of United States President Bill Clinton. An agreement was made to try and stabilize the violent cross-border disputes. …
In March the man the right wing Sun newspaper in Britain once called the most dangerous man in Europe resigned as Germany’s Finance Minister. The Sun-or rather it’s owner Rupert Murdoch as a capitalist himself- disliked him because they thought he had plans to increase direct taxes on profits in Britain up to the same …
In a letter of November 1998 to Sir John Weston at the Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom at the United Nations (U.N.), former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark lambasted the sanctions decimating Iraqi society as a “violation of the Genocide Convention”. Iraq, he argued posed no real threat to the region and the idea …
Once again European cities are being bombed. Once again displaced persons are on the move. This has never ceased to be the lot of people in Africa and Asia but one of the claims of Western capitalism was that it had at least established peace and prosperity in Europe. Now full-scale war has returned to …
Africa has been politically backward and naïve throughout the last century with so many atrocities, anomalies and injustices. Its children thought that, one day, things will be better, but since the era of independence dawned the situation has remained the same or even got worse. Ills, evils and self-destructions of all kinds continue to plague …
Preface This compilation of Marxist ideas and practices is aimed at the newcomer to the socialist movement who may be unfamiliar with socialist terminology and concepts. We have included suggested books for further reading and links to relevant websites in many of the entries. Included are many biographical entries of individuals, movements and organisations of …
December 1, 2017
“Blockchains could change our world as much over the next two decades as the internet has over the last two” – source: zdnet.com – https://tinyurl.com/mp372v5
The thing about revolutions is that it’s not always obvious when you’re in one. They only reveal themselves in hindsight. Now some are saying there’s a new revolution on the horizon that will be as huge as the internet. They claim it will change capitalism, see banks disappear, even abolish global poverty. When we last mentioned this development (Pathfinders, October 2015) investment in it stood at around $360 million. Today it’s close to $2 billion, and this may be only the trickle before the torrent (ft.com – tinyurl.com/yb5zpdeh).
This is the world of the blockchain, and it has implications for socialists too. To understand it though, it’s worth understanding something about networks.
March 1, 2017
In January – February 2017 the journals of the American leftist organization Solidarity (Solidarity and Against the Current) published a stimulating article by Sam Friedman entitled ‘Creating a Socialism that Meets Needs’ (http://www.solidarity-us.org/node/4866). The author considers how production decisions might be made in a socialist society.