Capitalism and Marxism

100 years after his death, John Reed’s example still shines

October 19, 2020 Greg Butterfield

One hundred years ago, the communist journalist John Reed died in Moscow. (The date of his death is given variously between Oct. 17 and Oct. 20, 1920; the Russian comrades say Oct. 19, so I’ll […]

The 45-year-long billionaire bonanza

October 8, 2020 Stephen Millies

Almost 13 million people in the U.S. are “officially” jobless. The real number is far higher. Many haven’t received an unemployment check in weeks. Then there’s Jeff Bezos, who runs Amazon and owns the Washington […]

Fascism: how it develops and how to fight back

August 24, 2020 Sam Marcy

With the 2020 elections fast approaching, the workers’ and progressive movements in the U.S. are debating the best tactics to fight the Donald Trump regime and the growth of violent white-supremacist, neofascist groups. As a […]

‘State and Revolution’ by V.I. Lenin, a guide for today’s movement against police terror

August 2, 2020 Sharon Black

“The State and Revolution” was written by V.I. Lenin in 1917 during the Russian Revolution on ”the most urgent problem of the day … the problem of explaining to the masses what they will have […]

Marxism and insurrection: When the people rebel against racism

May 28, 2020 Sam Marcy

On Memorial Day 2020, four Minneapolis police brutally murdered George Floyd. Video of the killing quickly spread around the world. On May 26, some 20,000 people marched in Minneapolis, where they were confronted with a […]

Webinar celebrates Lenin’s contributions to socialist struggle

May 7, 2020 Struggle - La Lucha

As part of a series of Marxism classes sponsored by the Socialist Unity Party/Partido de Socialismo Unido and Struggle-La Lucha newspaper, a special webinar was held April 26 to mark the 150th birthday of V.I. […]

The $2 trillion stimulus: Slush fund for Wall Street, trinkets for unemployed

March 30, 2020 Gary Wilson

March 27 — The $2 trillion stimulus plan passed by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump on March 27 is a massive giveaway to Big Business and the Wall Street banks with a small, […]

Why the profit system is spinning into crisis

March 20, 2020 Gary Wilson

Wall Street has been on an unprecedented roller coaster ride, with big swings in both directions every day for more than a week, a volatility not seen since November 1929. The stock market had the […]

CYCLICAL CAPITALIST CRISES: Behind the stock market turmoil

March 6, 2020 Gary Wilson

March 5 — The Dow index just fell 12 percent in one week, the worst week for stocks since the 2008 financial crisis. Many wonder if this could become a full-on stock market crash. Among […]

How do we get socialism?

February 28, 2020 John Parker

Why is capitalism so f@*d up? Well, the short and loosely accurate answer is that it’s like one of those driverless cars that still don’t quite work the way they are supposed to — because […]