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Defend Free Speech at Our Universities: Reinstate Professor Dr. Tom Alter

Defend Free Speech at Our Universities: Reinstate Professor Dr. Tom Alter

A Texas State University history professor was doxxed by a fascist streamer and fired for his speech at the Revolutionary Socialism Conference, organized by Firebrand, the International Socialist League, and Socialist Horizon, of which Alter is a member. The university fired him for “inciting violence” via a perfectly legal speech advocating for revolution. We call on the broad left to mobilize in support of his reinstatement.

MAGA Communism?! The Reactionary Politics of the American Communist Party

MAGA Communism?! The Reactionary Politics of the American Communist Party

The upstart American Communist Party is communist in name only. Its leaders praise Trump, support union-busting, oppose the fight against oppression, and consider MAGA a proletarian movement. The ACP represents a cesspool of confused and reactionary if not openly fascist politics, and should be considered the enemies of workers, the oppressed, and the left.

Rebuilding Revolutionary Socialist Organization

Rebuilding Revolutionary Socialist Organization

Socialist Horizon, Firebrand, the International Socialist League, and Socialist Alternative (Australia) met to discuss our views of the revolutionary party and how to build it. While the political situation is dire, the No Kings rallies and resistance to ICE demonstrate an appetite for struggle. Building revolutionary socialist organization today is a crucial contribution to building on that struggle.

Why Kautsky Was Wrong (and Why You Should Care)

Why Kautsky Was Wrong (and Why You Should Care)

Karl Kautsky’s grandson John told a very revealing anecdote about attitudes towards his grandfather in the 1960s. He recalled a historian named Georges Haupt, who had many discussions among students about the history of the Second International. During those talks,...

Central Ohio Revolutionary Socialists Suspended Over Palestine

Central Ohio Revolutionary Socialists Suspended Over Palestine

Our comrades in Central Ohio Revolutionary Socialists are facing outrageous repression from Ohio State University, who suspended their campus chapter in December on grounds that their activities in support of Palestine “pose a significant risk of substantial harm.”...

The French Turn, the DSA, and Revolutionary Regroupment

The French Turn, the DSA, and Revolutionary Regroupment

In March 2020, several longtime members of the Democratic Socialists of America published an essay entitled “The Dangers of Factionalism in DSA,” warning about the dangers of entryism by organizations such as Socialist Alternative. Using the example of the “French...

Support Palestinians When They Fight, Not Just When They Die

Support Palestinians When They Fight, Not Just When They Die

In October, inmates of the Zionist state’s de facto concentration camp in the Gaza Strip executed a desperate, yet powerfully courageous, escape. The scene shocked the world. Just four years prior, Palestinian protesters had tried week after week for nearly a year to...

Five Things to Remember When Israel “Defends Itself”

Five Things to Remember When Israel “Defends Itself”

Whenever the “international community” starts talking about Israel’s right to self-defense, Palestinian civilians head to the bomb shelters. Or they would, if they had any — the Israeli government prevents the Gaza Strip from importing the necessary construction...