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Our urgent task: Unite to fight fascism and imperialist war

This article was first published on Struggle La Lucha on January 5th. We republish here as we believe it deserves a wide audience. by Melinda Butterfield, Struggle La Lucha As 2023 begins, it’s undeniable that a dangerous, virulent fascist movement is spreading through U.S. society. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. famously said in 1967, “The […]

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The class character of China Part 1: From the 1949 Revolution to the 1978 “Reform and Opening-up”

classconscious.org is republishing with permission this important document by the Bolshevik Group South Korea. It can be downloaded from their website published as a pdf here or can be read on the website here. As the Bolshevik Group state in their introduction: “The issue of China, as it was the case for the Soviet Union […]

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Misogyny under the banner of Trotskyism

by Karin Hilpisch, 30th December 2022 In this article, I’m going to take a critical look at some commentaries on the #MeToo campaign, issued by four Trotskyist groups, which I think exemplarily reveal what in my perception constitutes paradigmatic misogyny. The latter expression I understand to mean the practice of routinely downplaying, or airbrushing away, […]

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Why socialists should support the Will Lehman campaign

by Karin Hilpisch, November 14th 2022 Will Lehman, a rank-and-file member of United Auto Workers (UAW), is running for president of his labour union. His election campaign (which will be referred to as WLC for short hereafter) was launched and is being organized by the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI)) whose organ, the […]

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Marxist feminism an oxymoron?

by Karin Hilpisch, August 25th 2022  “Freedom and equality for the oppressed sex!” Lenin (1) Introductory remarks In discussing the contentious, much debated issue of the compatibility of feminism and Marxism, this article aims to show that Marxist feminism is neither an oxymoron nor a tautology. Based on the understanding that sexism, the name by […]

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This is the most dangerous crisis in human history! A warning from a lifelong Communist

by Mike Gimbel, 19th July 2022 This is a presentation by life long Communist, Mike Gimbel, who lives in the USA. Below is the transcript and embedded video Comrades: I believe I am not ‘crying wolf’ in this video! Things are getting real scary! THIS MAY BE THE MOST CRITICAL MOMENT IN HUMAN HISTORY! Comrades: […]

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Peter Ross’s comments on David North and Joseph Kishore’s Letter: April 23rd

Note from the Editors: Classconscious.org is publishing a series of articles and documents relating to the break of Shuvu Batta and Peter Ross from the SEP.  The crux of this break was over the issue of revolutionary work within trade unions. Based on the writings of Trotsky and Lenin we disagree with the ICFI’s position […]

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SEP Political Committee to Peter Ross: March 26th

Note from the Editors: Classconscious.org is publishing a series of articles and documents relating to the break of Shuvu Batta and Peter Ross from the SEP.  The crux of this break was over the issue of revolutionary work within trade unions. Based on the writings of Trotsky and Lenin we disagree with the ICFI’s position […]

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Reply to Marc from Peter Ross: March 23rd 2021

Note from the Editors: Classconscious.org is publishing a series of articles and documents relating to the break of Shuvu Batta and Peter Ross from the SEP.  The crux of this break was over the issue of revolutionary work within trade unions. Based on the writings of Trotsky and Lenin we disagree with the ICFI’s position […]

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Statement to the SEP National Aggregate by Peter Ross: March 19th 2021

Note from the Editors: Classconscious.org is publishing a series of articles and documents relating to the break of Shuvu Batta and Peter Ross from the SEP.  The crux of this break was over the issue of revolutionary work within trade unions. Based on the writings of Trotsky and Lenin we disagree with the ICFI’s position […]

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