Ghayath Naisse argues that the local committees, councils and Free Syrian Army brigades that emerged out of the revolt are a testament to the popular nature of the revolution.
Zero hours contracts have become a symbol of austerity Britain. Workers at the Hovis bakery in Wigan have shown how they can be beaten.
Simon Basketter reports on an important step forward in the battle to rebuild union organisation across construction sites.
October 2013 is the bicentenary of the birth of the great Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi. Sabby Sagall explains how his operas were not only profoundly shaped by the revolutionary times he...
A string of drugs scandals have highlighted the contradictions of sport under capitalism.
Bayard Rustin was a key strategist in the US civil rights movement and the main organiser of the March on Washington. He was also gay and a communist. Josh Hollands celebrates his life and...
Alex Callinicos pays tribute to a lifelong and powerful fighter for justice and socialism.
Socialist Review spoke to Hassan Mahamdallie, one of the contributors to the new book Say it Loud, about the fight against racism in Britain, the role played by socialists and the lessons for...
On 12 May 1916, the Irish socialist James Connolly was strapped to a chair because of his wounds, acquired during the defeated 1916 Easter rising, and executed by a British firing squad. The news...
Women played a central role in the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was a women textile workers' strike in February that sparked the revolution which toppled the Tsar. Yet most accounts of the...
The American LGBT movement has been dominated, for the last 20 or so years, by campaigns around marriage. The story began in 1993, when three same-sex couples sued the state of Hawaii, arguing...
Anyone who has read Leon Trotsky's brilliant writings on Britain will know that he directs some of his strongest invective at a group of left wing union leaders. This book is about one of those...
This well-researched, fascinating and terrifying book is a history of nuclear weapons told through the story of a nuclear accident. The narrative alternates between an emergency at a nuclear...
For those who know little of Chile's 1973 September 11, this is a good starter. President Allende, a brave and decent man, a socialist and a democrat died defending his elected government against...
This book is a great little introduction to Marxist theories. The authors use illustrations and text to explain concepts such as historical materialism and the dialectic but without crude...
This is a beautiful new addition to the Photofile series. Parks's photographic career spanned the 1940s, 50s and 60s. The book gives us a revealing history of African American life and much more....
Since I have been teaching geography in East London for over 15 years, it is not surprising that I have chosen a book by a geographer: Danny Dorling's So You Think You Know About Britain?
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Half a century after being first released, Michael Roemer's independent film, Nothing But A Man, has finally made it onto a British cinema screen. The film is set in a small town in the Deep South...
All Arthur Miller's plays are brilliant critiques of the immorality of capitalism. All My Sons, written in 1947, is no exception. It is from a true story. In 1941-43, Wright Aeronautical...
It's not too often that a Brecht play is staged in the West End and this Jonathan Church production, transferred after a successful run in Chichester Festival Theatre, lends itself well. Brecht...
Fermin Muguruza is one of the most important musicians from the Basque Country. In 1983 he formed the ska/punk band Kortatu influenced by the Clash and the Redskins. Since the 1980s his music has...