Not only was Lenin probably the single most important anti-war figure in history, he was also a relentless fighter for democratic freedoms.

What if there were people in parliament who were opponents of capitalism?

Can capitalism be reformed, or do we need a revolution to achieve socialism? Rosa Luxemburg’s classic Reform or Revolution shows why only a revolution will do.

State and Revolution represented Lenin's attempt to reassert the Marxist attitude to the state in the face of socialist support for World War One.

A review of Leon Trotsky's Results and prospects (1906) and Permanent revolution (1931).

The global financial crisis that began in 2007 was clearly about money, credit and finance. But this isn't the full story of how the system failed.

A response to Simon Olley's recent article on this website, Remembering Jean-Paul Sartre: philosopher and activist.

Educated, small-l liberal middle-class figures have provided cover for some of the most ghastly crimes of the capitalist system this century.

Leon Trotsky kept the living flame of Marxism alive through some of the darkest years for the revolutionary left.

The Trotskyist movement was founded on the conviction that Stalinism was an anathema to the liberatory revolution of 1917. But if the USSR wasn't socialist, what was it?

What interest does a figure like Jean-Paul Sartre, who died 30 years ago this week, hold for the socialists and the activists of today? Perhaps surprisingly, the answer is quite a lot. 

The theoretical tools of Marxism enable us to make sense of the factors that came together to produce the momentous French Revolution of 1789.

The world is still reeling from the greatest economic crisis in generations, and we are marching headlong into what may be environmental catastrophe. Does Marxism offer a way out? 

Lenin's ideas about revolutionary organisation evolved over time, but were fimly rooted in the tradition of Marx and Engels.