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Continuing crisis in Thailand
Giles Ji UngpakornLet’s start again: a shift to the left
This resolution was passed at a conference of the Italian radical left party Rifondazione Comunista. For some background, read Italian Lessons.Republic of Cyprus: a Historic Victory for the Left
Phaedon VassiliadesThe general elections, Islam and the left in Turkey
Ron MarguliesBook
A Coup For the Rich—Thailand’s Political Crisis
Giles Ji UngpakornAfter the Israeli war on Lebanon
Interview with Alex Callinicos: the imperial assault on the Middle East
Ardeshir MehrdadThe history of Israel’s role in the middle east
Ilan PappeFrom our archive: Tony Cliff on the 1967 Israel-Arab War
Statement against the Lebanese War
Reform and revolution in Latin America
Orlando Chirino interviewed
on Chavez, trade unions, socialism and the proposed unified socialist party in Venezuela.Beyond Chavistas and anti-Chavistas
George Ciccariello-Maher analyses the political divisions in Venezuela (from Venezuela Analysis)The mass movement in Oaxaca Mexico
Luis Hernanzez Navarro (from Counterpunch)Evismo – Reform? Revolution? Counter-Revolution?
Jeffery R Webber on Bolivia (from International Viewpoint)Tin War in Bolivia
April Howard and Benjamin Dangl (from Upside Down world website)Morales’s government shifts to right
Translation from EconociasboliviaVenezuela—Struggles Reported in Caracas
Interview with the Venezuelan Minister of Culture
Venezuela—Moves to Form a New Party
Interview with Orlando Chirino and Stalin Perez Borges of the UNT union federation
Reflections on socialism and democracy: The case of Cuba
Francisco SobrinoThe Cuban Army and the “Chinese Road”
Sam FarberReal and imaginary bourgeoisies
Claudio KatzCuba beyond Fidel
an interview with Sam FarberDebates in South Korean Marxism
The Formation of North Korean State Capitalism
Was the North Korean Economy in Crisis in the 1950s?
North Korea in the 1950s: Capital Accumulation and Power Struggles
Statement on the North Korean nuclear test
All-together, South KoreaFrom our archives
The ‘workers’ government
Chris Harman and Tim Potter (1977)A critique of Nicos Poulantzas
Colin BarkerTheories of Patriarchy
Lindsey GermanThe state and capitalism today
Chris HarmanMarxism, political economy and the crisis
A Mike Kidron talk from 1974Gramsci versus Eurocommunism
Chris HarmanThe ‘new middle class’ and socialists
Alex CallinicosThe working class after the recession
Chris HarmanReplies to articles
A comment on Alex Callinicos in discussion on origins of capitalism
John GameAsiatic, Tributary or Absolutist?
Neil Davidson: A Comment on Chris Harman’s The rise of CapitalismSocialists and the Tasks of Democracy
Geoff Eley: A reply to In the middle way by Colin BarkerThe sex work debate
Thierry Schaffauser: A reply to Sexism and Sex work by Jess EdwardsOther articles
Not all Marxism is dogmatism
Chris Harman replies to Michel Husson on profit rates and capitalism’s crisis.Plumbing the Depths: Marxism and the Holocaust
Alex CallinicosA Tactical Question
Rosa Luxemburg (translated by Liz Chapman)Audio and video
Audio and video from recent International Socialism seminars:
The International Socialist tradition in political economy
by Alex Callinicos
Audio from the recent International Socialism conference: Marxism and Political Economy
Racism in Britain today
Video of the International Socialism seminar with Richard SeymourEgypt, Tunisia and revolution in the 21st century
Video of the International Socialism seminar with Gilbert Achcar and Anne AlexanderThe dynamics of the system
by Alex Callinicos and Costas LapavitsasFinance Capital
by Costas Lapavitsas and Jim KincaidDevelopments in value theory
by Simon Mohun and Andrew KlimanCapitalism and development
by Paul Cammack and Ben SelwynMigration, corporate restructuring and globalisation
by Jane Hardy and Phil MarfleetCapitalism today
by Chris Harman and Alan Freeman
State capitalism and revolutionary perspectives: a recording of a debate in 1969 between Ernest Mandel and Mike Kidron:
Ernest Mandel opens the debate
Mike Kidron states his position
Kidron and Mandel sum up
For wide range of recorded talks visit the RestanceMP3 Website
Capitalism: Where it Came From and Where it’s Going
These articles were recommended reading for the day school organised jointly by International Socialism and the journal Historical Materialism in London in November 2004.