Theory & History- Page 11

What is Socialism?

Hungary 1956: Workers’ revolution against Stalinism

By Manus Lenihan In October 1956 a revolution swept the Hungarian government from power. On the 23rd, protesters filled the streets of Budapest in their hundreds of thousands. For five days rebel groups held barricades and ambushed tanks. They fought against the

Oct 29, 2026

Anti-racism·Theory & History

United States: The history of Critical Race Theory and the debate surrounding It

By Quinn Angelou-Lysaker, Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in the US) Debates have broken out in workplaces and school board meetings across the country as the Republican Party fights to ban Critical Race Theory (CRT) from the classroom. This debate is only

Dec 31, 2021

“Stepping stone” to nowhere: 100 years since Anglo-Irish treaty

By Manus Lenihan On the night of 5-6 December 1921, five men piled into a taxi at Downing Street, London, and set off for their lodgings in a state of shock. The British Prime Minister, David Lloyd George, had just issued a

Dec 16, 2021

Theory & History

Lessons from the First Intifada: When mass struggle shook the Israeli regime

In May 2021, as Gaza was under another murderous assault by the Israel state, a major wave of solidarity protests with the Palestinian people swept the globe. This was combined with protests and a general strike of Palestinians in Gaza, the West

Nov 15, 2021

Reviews and Culture·Theory & History·Uncategorized

Review: Arise: Power, Strategy & Union Resurgence

Arise: Power, Strategy & Union ResurgenceBy Jane HolgatePluto Press, 2021 Reviewed by Michael O’Brien While being a historical and contemporary study of rising and falling fortunes of the British trade union movement, there is much in this book of interest to activists

Nov 13, 2021

Socialist Feminism·Theory & History

How capitalism oppresses women

By Grace Fors, Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in the United States) What does it mean to be a working class woman? It’s fighting to survive against pressure from all sides. Sexism follows you everywhere. Take orders from your boss all day

Nov 4, 2021

Reviews and Culture·Theory & History

Review: What Britain did to Nigeria by Max Siollun

Hurst Publishers, 2021 Reviewed by Manus Lenihan The Black Lives Matter movement in the United States last year raised new questions for millions of people about racism and the history of slavery. But it also encouraged more people to think about imperialism.

Oct 19, 2021

Theory & History

40 years since the end of Hunger Strikes: How state repression could be fought

By Sean Burns The hunger strikes of 1980-81 and the events preceding them, was one of the many horrific chapters in the Troubles, and arguably helped create a new spiral of conflict and violence lasting for more than a decade. The Thatcher

Oct 17, 2021

Theory & History·Uncategorized

Class Struggle: How is change won?

By Grace Fors, Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in the United States) Today’s generation is growing up surrounded by crises. As they come of age, dead-end jobs, crushing debt, and climate destruction await them. After 18 months of isolation, the COVID-19 pandemic

Sep 1, 2021

Theory & History

30 years ago — Defeat of Anti-Gorbachev coup leads to the collapse of USSR

August 19, 1991 — an eight-man junta announced that the head of the Soviet Union General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev had been taken ill, and an “Emergency Committee” had taken over running the vast country. The defeat of the putsch opened the road

Aug 23, 2021

The North·Theory & History

50 years since internment – what did Marxists say?

By Kevin Henry This week marks the fiftieth anniversary of Operation Demetrius and the start of internment without trial, introduced by the reactionary Unionist government at Stormont and the British state. This brutal repressive action saw hundreds of innocent, working-class people rounded

Aug 13, 2021

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