Class
Frederick Douglass: The Scottish Connection
Alan Johnstone describes the connection of the great anti-slavery writer and orator Frederick Douglass with Scotland.
Capitalism, Class, History, Marxism
Principle One
One of the many things I love about the World Socialist Movement is how long it’s been around. The Socialist Party of Great Britain was founded in ...
Class, Economics, News, Politics
India: Turning a Deaf Ear to Misery and Despair
In a guest post from India, Pramod Ranjan of Assam Central University reflects on the new annual budget of the Indian government and how it ignores the plight of the country's poor in the wake of Covid-19.
Book Review, Class, police, Politics
Unequal Before the Law
The political and corporate elite are now free to commit crimes with impunity. Their immunity contrasts with the harsh punishment of even minor crimes committed by ordinary people.
Politicians: Public Face of the Capitalist Class
Who do politicians represent? What is their place and function in our society? How does this affect the way they talk to us?
Capitalism, Class, History, media, Politics, Work
The Myth of the Middle Class
In the 1950s there arose the myth of America as a 'middle-class society.' How has this myth developed since then? What relation does it have to reality?
The Revolution of 7,200 BCE
The first known revolution took place 9,200 years ago in a Neolithic settlement in eastern Anatolia – present-day Turkey. There are no written records, but we know ...
