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Some charming, handsome, intelligent fellow has written a column on the First International for this weeks Socialist Worker. Read it here.
Congratulations Evo Morales
Exit polls are confirming predictions that Evo Morales has won a convincing victory over his conservative rival, Manfred Reyes, in Bolivia. Whilst facing staunch opposition amongst wealthier Bolivians living in the gas-rich East, Morales – an Aymara coca farmer and the country’s first indigenous president – has always enjoyed strong support from the poorer Quechua [...]
Chris Harman 1942-2009
Since Chris’ tragic death at the weekend there have been a number of warm and inspiring tributes, and I thought I’d highlight a few here. Michael Rosen in the Guardian. Alex Callinicos, John Rose and many other comrades in Socialist Worker. Snowball on Histomat. Keith Flett from the London Socialist Historian’s group.
RIP Chris Harman
Chris Harman, editor of International Socialism, former Editor of Socialist Worker and a leading member of the Socialist Workers Party, died last night in Cairo where he was speaking. This news is still raw, but I wanted to offer some initial thoughts. Chris made, through his journal writings and numerous books, an enormous contribution to [...]
Though Cowards Flinch and Traitors Sneer, We’ll Fly the Red Flag at an Undetermined Point in the Future
Working class universalism is not enough. Labour does not deserve our unwavering loyalty It’s Friday evening. I should be out partying or down the pub. Instead I’m sitting in front of my computer, wondering what wondrous topic to opine upon for my column. I’ve scoured the news. David Cameron’s doing God and Boris, hopes for [...]
An Interview with George Galloway
Walking through security at Portcullis House, the fabulously expensive building standing adjacent to the Houses of Parliament, is a bit like going through any airport anywhere in the world. But making your way through the spacious courtyard, past green trees and sun-dappled water features under the enormous sparkling glass dome towering overhead, you could be [...]
A True Mensch
Guest Post by David Rosenberg “To be a Jew means always being with the oppressed and never the oppressors”. The author of these words was the Bundist Marek Edelman who has just died aged 90. He was one of the commanders of the ZOB – the Jewish Fighting Organisation that led the Warsaw Ghetto uprising [...]
Review: Chris Harman, Zombie Capitalism
In capitalism’s early life Marx compared capital to a vampire, that ‘only lives by sucking living labour, and lives the more, the more labour it sucks’. Chris Harman thinks a different horror staple is appropriate for the system’s later years. Far from being the sophisticated, sentient vampire count, it is better compared to the mindless, [...]
The Spectre of Marx
Guest post by Matthew Wood A spectre is haunting the world. The spectre of Karl Marx. Ever since global capitalism had its infallible supremacy shaken by the tumultuous events of a little under a year ago – bank bailouts, quantitative easing, the collective schadenfreude of chastened bankers shuffling out of glass walled offices holding boxes [...]
Put your mouth where your money is
I keep getting hassled by chuggers. I don’t really mind, I have to admit, though I can never afford to sign up for a direct debit to a charity, but it has got me thinking about the left. Every single chugger I’ve spoken to in the last few weeks has tried to sell me their [...]
