USSR

Why the imperialists praise Gorbachev

When the last Secretary General of the ruling Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, died Aug. 30, the…

September 5, 2022

Leon Trotsky’s ‘History of the Russian Revolution’ – a book review

How does a person begin to write a book review of “The History of the Russian Revolution” by Leon Trotsky?…

June 16, 2022

German imperialism and the Greek debt crisis

Introduction The following article was written last March 4, shortly after the anti-austerity electoral victory of Syriza. The hostile reaction…

July 18, 2015

German imperialism and the Greek debt crisis

For five years the European Central Bank, dominated by German finance capital, has engineered bailouts and imposed austerity on Greece,…

March 4, 2015

Letter on the Berlin Wall and the war between capitalism and socialism

In response to the Nov. 11 editorial, “The wall & counterrevolution,” published on the 25th anniversary of the end of…

January 11, 2015

Spread Marxism, build the party

WORKERS WORLD PARTY CONFERENCE This is a very difficult period for the working class and the oppressed. But this difficult…

November 20, 2014

Imperialist politics and the Olympics

This is the age of imperialism. The Olympic Games cannot escape being drawn into the major contemporary struggles playing out…

February 13, 2014

Washington talks peace, wages proxy war

Contradicting peace gestures by the Obama administration, U.S. warplanes attacked Syria. U.S.-made F16s fired U.S.-made missiles at two bases of…

November 10, 2013

Thatcher and Gorbachev: Her other anti-worker legacy

The role of Margaret Thatcher as Britain’s Ronald Reagan — that is, as a reactionary head of state who unleashed…

April 17, 2013

New Chinese leader denounces Gorbachev

But Xi continues dangerous policy of market 'economic reform' The new head of the Chinese Communist Party and president of…

March 11, 2013