Editorials
Germany: PSG holds meetings in defence of Greek workers
By Marianne Arens, December 22, 2012
The Partei für Soziale Gleichheit (Socialist Equality Party) recently held a series of meetings in Germany under the slogan “Defend Greek workers.”
Ireland’s United Left Alliance presents its “alternative” budget
By Jordan Shilton, December 17, 2012
The United Left Alliance’s “alternative budget” for Ireland makes clear that the pseudo-left is lining up to defend capitalism against growing opposition within the working class.
Scotland’s Radical Independence Conference pledges to divide the working class
By Steve James, December 14, 2012
The Radical Independence Conference, held in Glasgow late November, was neither radical nor independent.
The SYRIZA model
By Cristoph Dreier, December 7, 2012
A class gulf separates workers from the affluent political operators who gathered at the Left Party youth congress in Cologne, Germany and took Greece’s pro-austerity SYRIZA party as a model.
The PQ budget and the 2012 Quebec student strike
By International Youth Students for Social Equality (Canada), December 3, 2012
Continuing the nationalist-protest perspective that resulted in the Quebec student strike being suppressed, the organizers of the Nov. 22nd protest made no mention of the newly introduced PQ austerity budget.
Report to the Second National Congress of the Socialist Equality Party
By David North, November 27, 2012
We are publishing here the opening report to the Socialist Equality Party (US) Second National Congress, given July 8, 2012 by SEP National Chairman David North.
French NPA offers “anti-imperialist” rationale for imperialist intervention in Syria
By Johannes Stern, November 10, 2012
The NPA’s cynical “anti-imperialist” criticisms of Le Monde’s calls for war with Syria show that it shares the pro-war views of figures that the NPA itself calls imperialists.
En Lucha’s Andy Durgan: Historical distortions to justify political betrayal of Spanish workers
Part two
By Dave Hyland, November 8, 2012
This is the second of a three-part article on the distortions of the lessons of Spanish history by En Luncha’s Andy Durgan.
En Lucha’s Andy Durgan: Historical distortions to justify political betrayal of Spanish workers
Part one
By Dave Hyland, November 7, 2012
This is the first of a three-part article on the distortions of the lessons of Spanish history by En Lucha’s Andy Durgan.
George McGovern: Liberal standard-bearer at a turning point in US politics
By Patrick Martin, October 26, 2012
The McGovern campaign marked the rise of identity politics as the principal platform of the Democratic Party.
The issues facing teachers in the 2012 elections
Statement by Phyllis Scherrer, SEP US vice presidential candidate
By Phyllis Scherrer, SEP US vice presidential candidate, October 26, 2012
The following statement was issued by Phyllis Scherrer, the Socialist Equality Party vice presidential candidate in the 2012 elections. Scherrer is a teacher in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area.
Auto workers and the 2012 elections
Statement by Jerry White, SEP candidate for US president
October 25, 2012
The following statement addressed to auto workers was issued by Jerry White, the Socialist Equality Party candidate for US president.
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