Tag: Theory
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Sixty-five years since Trotsky’s Death
86 years ago today, Leon Trotsky was assassinated by a Stalinist agent. To commemorate his life and legacy we republish here an article written on the 65th anniversary of his murder which traces his role in defending the genuine traditions of Bolshevism and the Russian Revolution following the death of Lenin. Trotsky’s murder was not…
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“We are marching with history” – World School of Communism 2026
The World School of Communism 2026 is the largest event the Revolutionary Communist International (RCI) has ever held. With 500 attending in person, 7,900 registering to watch online, and thousands attending watch parties around the world, we estimate that more than 10,000 people had signed up to participate in one way or another in this…
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2026 perspectives for the Irish Revolution
The following document was passed unanimously at the third congress of Revolutionary Communists of Ireland. Here, we offer our perspective and analysis of the main trends that are shaping Irish politics and the class struggle. If you agree with the ideas here explained, then there is no time to lose. Write to us today and…
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Women, capitalism, and the struggle against oppression – A Marxist critique of Silvia Federici
The communist movement has a proud legacy when it comes to fighting oppression, linking this struggle to the fight against class society itself. This is the tradition that International Working Women’s Day was based on, when it was first proposed in 1910. The Marxist position on oppression is often attacked, however. One of those who…
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Israel’s war on Iran – how would Trotsky have posed the question?
Following the US and Israel’s scandalous, unprovoked attack on Iran, we are republishing the following article, which was first written after the 12-Day War in June 2025. It remains every bit as true as then. As it explains, communists must be absolutely clear on one thing: this is a predatory, imperialist war waged to subjugate…
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Leon Trotsky: the class, the party and the leadership
We republish below Trotsky’s unfinished article The Class, the Party, and the Leadership, which examines the reasons for the defeat of the Spanish Revolution. Was this failure the result of inadequate leadership, or were the workers themselves not sufficiently “mature” to carry through a revolution? In this incisive text, Trotsky explores the dynamic relationship between…
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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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Leon Trotsky on organisational problems
The following are translations of excerpts from Trois points c’est tout by Fred Zeller (1912-2003). Zeller, who, at the time, was the secretary of the Seine (Paris) Young Socialists and a sympathiser of the Trotskyist movement in the mid-1930s, visited Trotsky in Norway at the end of October 1935. This was at the time when…
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Theses on the climate crisis
This document was first drafted and published on the 22nd of June 2020. Ever since, the climate crisis has only grown in intensity and, as the recent COP30 summit has shown, the ruling class remains utterly incapable of taking action to even slow the pace of this disaster. The analysis presented below remains an essential…