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9 October 2019
Chinese revolution of 1944-49: 'The second greatest event in human history'
On 1 October 1949 the leader of the Stalinist Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Mao Zedong, declared the formation of the People's Republic of China.
24 April 2019
The striking relevance of Leon Trotsky's Theory of Permanent Revolution
A study of this outstanding theoretical contribution by Leon Trotsky is a great assistance in helping the working class and a new generation of revolutionary socialists
6 March 2019
Leon Trotsky's struggle against Stalinism
Ninety years ago this January, Leon Trotsky was exiled from the Soviet Union. Joseph Stalin and his increasingly powerful bureaucracy gave the command.
9 January 2019
Heroic martyrs of German Revolution
January 15 marks the 100th anniversary of the murders of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two of the outstanding leaders of the German and international working-class movements.
20 June 2018
1000 issues of the Socialist: A vital weapon standing in proud traditions
To mark the 1000th issue of the Socialist, which was launched in 1997, we interviewed Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party general secretary and former editor of Militant, the predecessor of the Socialist.
2 May 2018
200 years of Karl Marx: Marxist ideas more relevant than ever
Marx was born 200 years ago on 5 May. Together with Engels, he formulated the ideas of scientific socialism which were to shake the world
2 May 2018
Letters to the Socialist's editors including Liverpool 47 commemoration, Trotsky 1917, NHS tax and hairdressing.
11 April 2018
Striking analysis in heat of 1917 will deepen any reader's understanding
Non-fiction: Trotsky in 1917: 'Trotsky in 1917' is the most complete collection in English of some of the contributions of Leon Trotsky, one of the Russian revolution's key leaders alongside Vladimir Lenin, in that crucial year
14 March 2018
The Mexican communist and artist Frida Kahlo is to be immortalised as... a Barbie doll. This farcical, tone-deaf plan is part of US multinational Mattel's 'celebration' of International Women's Day.
18 October 2017
October 1917 reviews: 'More bright than any heaven'
The October revolution showed countless millions that workers have the power to stop exploitation and oppression. It's no surprise these events inspired marvellous documentary and artistic works. The Socialist revisits some of the classic accounts of 1917 - and comments on some more recent efforts to smear it...
18 October 2017
Russia, October 1917: When workers took power
The centenary of the Russian revolution has led to an outpouring of bile - not mainly aimed at the February revolution, but at October
4 October 2017
Che Guevara 50 years on - revolutionary socialist and fighter
Many people identify with the legacy left by Che as a symbol of struggle, defiance, internationalism and a socialist world.
27 September 2017
Lessons of October new edition out now!
A new edition of Lessons of October, by Leon Trotsky, is out now from Socialist Books!
13 September 2017
Trotsky's "insightful and frank examination" of revolution out soon
New reprint - Lessons of October: "We met with success in the October revolution, but the October revolution has met with little success in our press."
9 August 2017
Marx's Capital at 150: an unequalled analysis and critique of capitalism
The Daily Mail reacted with predictable hysteria when, in May 2017, John McDonnell stated: "You can't understand the capitalist system without reading Marx's Das Kapital."
26 July 2017
Russia 1917: how art helped make the revolution
Revolution in Russia swept away the dictatorial rule of the Tsar in February 1917. Then in October, led by the Bolshevik Party, a second revolution set up the world's first workers' state
12 July 2017
Do you have something to say? Letters to the Socialist's editors. Scrap the pay cap; keep guards on trains; responses to the 1 July anti-Tory demo, Homeland's poor politics; sickness stats; Poland and Trotskyism
12 July 2017
July Days 1917: battles with counterrevolution
Massive demonstrations involving nearly a million people erupted in Petrograd on 2-3 July 1917, in a colossal outburst of anger and discontent
6 July 2017
Lessons from the Russian revolution for LGBT+ struggle today
When the Soviet Criminal Code was established in 1922, male homosexuality was not included as a criminal act
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