Defending democratic rights and building a movement to end capitalism have gained a new urgency in 2020.
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Public healthcare: the cure is in our hands
Dr. Susan Williams’ searing critique of privatized healthcare shows why a nationalized system under workers’ control is the “only option that makes sense.”
Sovereignty on trial — The tale of two court cases
Two important and precedent-setting but partial wins in the courts for Indigenous people — one in Australia and one in Sweden.
Coronavirus rips veil off failing capitalism
As if the health crisis itself was not bad enough, the powers-that-be will use it to advance privatization goals and an anti-working-class agenda.
The pivotal 2020s: A time for revolutionary ideas
The Freedom Socialist Party’s political resolution examines what is needed to turn rising resistance around the world into socialist transformation.
High spirits and strong resolve at Freedom Socialist Party convention
Multi-racial, multi-generational FSP gathering lays plans for the future.
New insights into Marx’s environmentalism
Based on revelatory findings in Marx’s unpublished notebooks, Kohei Saito identifies the author of Capital as the first ecosocialist.
Fall of the Berlin Wall, 30 years on
It wasn’t really about the “death of communism.” It was about the failure of Stalinism, to which capitalism has hardly been an answer to celebrate.
Hey Bernie! Workers need power, not a seat at the table
Proposals that are gimmicks aren’t the answer.
Socialists: we’re not all the same
Revolutionary versus democratic socialists • The role of socialists in elections • The point of a Trotskyist party
