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When Karl Marx wrote the Communist Manifesto in 1848, socialism had only begun to emerge as an ideology. The meaning of socialism, communism and related ideas were heavily contested and unfinished.

No film recommendation this week, but a moan about something that really gets on my nerves. I have just watched Child 44 (2015), a film based, very loosely, on the apprehension of Andrei Chikatila, a ...

Lalit, a socialist group in Mauritius, comments on the agreement between the British and Mauritian governments to return control of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. More here Prime Minister Pravind ...

Once you are a driver, there aren’t many things you can be promoted to that would keep you a driver. So for those with what the company would like to think of as “ambition” the option is becoming a ...

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On 28 October, the Israeli parliament passed new laws severely restricting the ability of Unrwa, the United Nations agency responsible for supporting Palestinian refugees, to operate. The laws ban ...

I agree wih the thrust of Hein Htet Kyaw’s article in Solidarity 722, but I think the section on the sectarian religious film Lady of Heaven may mislead readers. Hein says that the push to adopt ...

This week, a delegation of UK educators and union activists is visiting Ukraine in solidarity with educators in a country at war. Reports will be posted on this blog. This morning, we visited a ...

Last week’s Socialist Worker rejects the Taiwanese people’s right to self-determination. In an article headed “Analysis: US and China draw battle lines in Taiwan”, Thomas Foster offers a veneer of ...

The Alliance for Workers' Liberty is an organisation fighting as part of the labour movement for a socialist alternative to both capitalism and Stalinism, based on common ownership and democracy.