Tag: Alan Woods
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Alan Woods on Kautsky’s ‘Foundations of Christianity’
To mark the holiday period, we republish the following introduction by Alan Woods to a German edition of Karl Kautsky’s excellent text, The Foundations of Christianity. Originally published 23 September 2011, Alan outlines the significance of this work, and gives an overview of Kautsky’s historical materialist account of the origins of the Christian faith. Religion…
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Introduction to the Brazilian edition of ‘The History of Philosophy’
“Without revolutionary theory there can be no revolutionary movement.” (Lenin, What is to be Done?) A voyage of discovery The news of the publication of my book, The History of Philosophy, in Brazil was a moment of great satisfaction for me. It shows that the Brazilian section of the Revolutionary Communist International is being built…
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What the Russian Revolution achieved and why it degenerated
108 years ago this week, the Bolsheviks led the Russian workers and peasants to power in Russia. The October Revolution of 1917 stands out as the greatest event in human history – the moment when capitalism was overthrown across one-sixth of the Earth’s surface, and millions of ordinary people took up the task of transforming…
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The Russian Revolution: the meaning of October
On 7 November 1917 (25 October in the Julian calendar) the Russian working class took power in their own hands and forever altered the course of human history. For Marxists, the October Revolution is the greatest event in human history. Below we republish an article by Alan Woods (written in 1992) that gives an excellent…
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In defence of theory – or ignorance never yet helped anybody
The Revolutionary Communists International wages a consistent struggle in defence of Marxist theory. But in doing so, we have addressed not only questions that are obviously connected to the workers’ struggle, but also others (apparently) far removed from it, from cosmology to culture to the class struggle in Roman antiquity. Some so-called ‘Marxists’ have mocked…
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100 attend successful book launch of ‘Ireland: Republicanism and Revolution’ by Alan Woods
On Saturday 26 November, 65 people gathered in the London Irish Centre, with another 35 connecting online, for the launch of the new edition of Alan Woods’ Ireland: Republicanism and Revolution (order here). Comrades joined the live-streamed event from Ireland, Britain, Sweden, the USA and Canada, making this a really international gathering.