[Kenny Wallace, 23 October 2025 – originally published on marxist.com] China has surged ahead as the world’s premier industrial power. Not a day goes by without news of new technological breakthroughs made in China. This country, which only two decades ago was still mired in backwardness, is now engaged in a titanic rivalry with the […]
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[Originally published on marxist.com – 15 October 2025] In Defence of Marxism15 October 2025 The theory of permanent revolution stands alongside Lenin’s theory of imperialism as one of the most important contributions to Marxism since the deaths of Marx and Engels. Accordingly, in this issue of In Defence of Marxism we are proud to publish a number […]
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[Niklas Albin Svensson, marxist.com – 16 October 2025] The financial markets are booming like never before. After a few jitters in April as Trump announced his ‘reciprocal tariffs’, the stock markets have hit record after record. This at the same time as workers are being squeezed, government finances are in crisis everywhere, central banks are […]
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[Jorge Martín, 13 October 2025 – originally published on marxist.com] Events have developed at lightning speed over the weekend in Madagascar. The mass youth movement, which started on 25 September, has now overthrown the old regime. A section of the army refused to continue carrying out repression against the masses and mutinied. The president had […]
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[Alessio Marconi, Partito Comunista Rivoluzionario, 10 October 2025] The general strike on 3 October was a historic leap forward for the Palestine movement and for the class struggle in general. A human tide poured onto streets across Italy: 300,000 in Rome, 150,000 in Milan, Naples, and Bologna, 100,000 in Florence. The list is too long […]
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[Revolutionary Communist International, 09 October 2025] Celebrations have erupted in Gaza and Israel at the announcement by Trump on Truth Social that a peace agreement has been reached between Israeli and Hamas negotiators in Egypt. That there is celebration is understandable, especially for Gazans who until this point faced a future of certain death by […]
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[Originally published on marxist.com] Jorge Martín29 September 2025 What started as a day of peaceful protest called by the Madagascan youth on Thursday 25 September, ended with brutal repression, which left several youth killed by police, clashes and rioting. The government has declared a curfew in all major cities, but protests continue. The ‘leo délestage’ […]
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[Originally published on marxist.com] Johannes Halter, RCI Brazil22 September 2025 Brazil faces its greatest external aggression since the 1964 coup. The same imperialist tormentor that orchestrated and encouraged the military dictatorship, the United States, is now imposing a protectionist policy of 50 percent tariffs on the Brazilian economy. Trump’s stated objectives are the release of […]
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[Originally published on marxist.com] Jonathan Hinckley 21 August 2025 This week, Israel erupted into a ‘nationwide day of stoppage’ after Netanyahu announced the conquest and occupation of Gaza, effectively signing the death warrants of the remaining hostages. It is estimated that as many as one million Israelis – 10 percent of the population – came […]
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[Originally published on marxist.com: Bima Wicaksana01 September 2025] Within a week, what began as demonstrations with a semi-insurrectionary character have turned into an open revolutionary uprising which shows no sign of stopping. It is not only tearing down government buildings and police stations, but more importantly, it is shattering the mass stupor that has kept […]
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