James Connolly’s works published in Brazil
An important and welcome development has taken place with the publication of works of James Connolly for the first time in Brazil – translated into Portuguese.
Theory
The best short introduction to and summary of Marxism
There has been a recent outbreak among Tory politicians and their supporters in the press of describing Jeremy Corbyn as a Marxist, as if it was a pejorative term.
Even the IMF rejects Trump’s false claim that the US economy is growing fast
US growth during the present business cycle is the slowest in any business cycle since World War II.
US growth under Trump is the slowest under any US President since World War II
This US propaganda claim of ‘strong growth’ is in fact the reverse of the facts. The reality is that far from US growth under Trump being ‘strong’ it is in fact the lowest under any US President since World War II!
Marx on England
To mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Karl Marx on 5 May 1818, Socialist Action is re-publishing below a 1983 article by John Ross about Marx’s writings on England.
Why China is not a capitalist country – China’s theory is in line with Marx (but not Stalin)
By John Ross
It is simply an objective fact that China has made in total the greatest contribution to human well-being of any country – in particular to the most historically oppressed sections of humanity, those therefore of special interest to socialists throughout the world.