By Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels The Communist Manifesto is a political text by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, aimed at both developing the theory of communism and engaging readers to take up its cause. First published in 1848, the book offers a detailed critique of capitalism, a spirited defense of communism, and practical suggestions […]
By Sally Campbell Rosa Luxemburg was one of the key leaders of the German revolutionary left until her murder by right wing militiamen in 1919 at the height of the attempted revolution. A young, Polish, Jewish woman, she had fearlessly taken on the theoretical giants of the Social Democratic Party of Germany in defence of […]
By Chris Bambery Gramsci was the intellectual driving force of early Italian Communism. Jailed by Mussolini and with collapsing health, he laboured to produce his famous prison notebooks under the eye of the censor. His ideas – particularly his concept of hegemony – are still highly influential today. Chris Bambery provides an accessible and lively […]
By Siobhan Brown Eleanor Marx was an important figure in the early British socialist movement. On top of being friends with the likes of William Morris and George Bernard Shaw, she edited many of her father Karl’s works, wrote on The Woman Question’ and led militant workers on strike during the New Unionism of the […]
By Emma Davis Alexandra Kollontai was a revolutionary socialist who devoted her life to the fight for women’s liberation and human freedom. She played a prominent role in the Russian revolutions of 1905 and 1917. Kollontai located the struggle for the liberation of women at the centre of the fight for socialism. A committed internationalist, […]
By Benjamin Selwyn The central objective of human development should be to alleviate the condition of the world’s poor. The dominant economic ideas of the last 30 years, Neoliberalism, have failed in this regard. State led development appears as the natural and obvious alternative to neoliberalism. Many socialists think that we should use the state […]
The Nigerian Challenge By Edwin Madunagu To avoid repeating the mistakes of the past, socialists have to learn from history. This pamphlet, written nearly 40 years ago provides important insights to Nigerian history and the challenges that socialists faced then and now. How do we grow so that we are better able to influence developments […]
The Economic History of Sub-Saharan Africa By Biodun Olamosu & Drew Povey Sub-Saharan Africa is huge. Its area is larger than that of China, USA and India combined or five times that of the 28 countries of the European Union. Its population, at nearly 900 million, is also getting on for twice as much as […]
by Abdullah Öcalan Published 2013 by Translation: International Initiative Abdullah Öcalan is the Nelson Mandela of the Kurds in Turkey. He has been imprisoned by the Turkish Government since he was kidnapped from Kenya in 1999 when he was 50. Since then, he has been held, mainly in solitary confinement, in the island prison complex […]
By Iris Berger (2016) Cambridge University Press. A book review by Tina Ndi Africa provides examples of some of the most horrific rape, violence and oppression suffered by women. But also of great hope in terms of the collective struggle by women, supported by some men, to build a new society where women and men […]
