Permanent Revolution

The Red Jacobins: no substitute for workers’ freedom

2010-09-02 17:32:24

Mark Hoskisson departs from the conventional, Trotskyist interpretation of the Russian Revolution, in his analysis of Thermidor and the Russian Revolution. (Permanent Revolution issue 17). His conclusion is that the political counter revolution took place inside the Bolshevik party in 1921 and was led by Lenin and supported by Trotsky....by Barry Biddulph

Chile: Support Mapuche political prisoners

2010-08-30 23:11:47

The situation is URGENT as the health of our Mapuche Brothers is rapidly deteriorating. Thirty-two Mapuche prisoners are incarcerated in the prisons of Valdivia, Conception, Temuco, Lebu and Angol. They began the hunger strike 52 days ago as a means of drawing national and international attention to the violation of these people by entrenched government and commercial interests. Recent struggles are a part of an ongoing saga that began with colonialism.

EDL – run out of Bradford

2010-09-01 13:47:43

The racist hooligan English Defence League (EDL) were ran out of Bradford on Saturday 28th August, around 700 Nazis fled, their tails between their legs as thousands of locals and non-UAF anti-fascists scattered their ranks to the winds...writes eyewitness from Bradford...

Solidarity with Ebs and other persecuted antimilitarists!

2010-08-26 13:53:16

An antimilitarist from Munich is being persecuted by the justice system

While Germany is arming itself and participating in more and more wars, the ruling class wants to have a peaceful hinterland. The increasing xenophobia and the growing Nazi movement are a product of Germany’s imperialist policies.

Solidarity With the Ferrexpo Mineworkers – Poltava Ukraine

2010-08-17 09:29:31

A major dispute is underway between mineworkers in Poltava in West Ukraine and Ferrexpo Plc, a major player on the global market mainly engaged in mining of iron ore. All three shifts in the open cast in the town of Komsomolsk, of more than 300 workers each are now involved in industrial action. Some railway locomotive drivers and workers on the iron ore concentrating factory have joined in solidarity....by Chris Ford...

Trotsky's last years and assassination

2010-08-20 16:21:37

On the 70th anniversary of Leon Trotsky's assassination (20/21 August 1940) Keith Harvey reviews an account of the Russian revolutionary’s last few years in exile in Mexico and his assassination.

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

2010-08-25 18:24:42

Urgent Appeal: Forced Eviction of Gypsies and Travellers of Hovefields and Dale Farm

2010-08-19 11:13:15

More than 20 families living in chalets, mobile-homes and caravans at Hovefields Drive, nearby the largest Romani Gypsy and Irish Traveller community in the United Kingdom, Dale Farm, Essex County, are facing imminent forced eviction.

Chile: Penguins in struggle:

2010-08-17 11:07:45

In Chile in May and early June of the year 2006, 1,300,000 secondary school students engaged in over a month of struggle against the neoliberal organization of education. Because of their school uniforms consisting of a black blazer and white shirt their nickname is “the penguins”.....Diego Carmon PR and MPT...

Chile: the new government presses its attacks

2010-08-10 20:34:04

In the wake of the Chilean earthquake the new government is using the reconstruction programme to accelerate its privatisation agenda and undermine labour rights and welfare. Diego Carmoni reports on the tasks of the working class and the role of the MPT.

THE RED JACOBINS: Thermidor and the Russian Revolution in 1921

2010-08-20 13:17:59

Stalin was the gravedigger of the Russian Revolution, as conscious agent of the bureaucratic elite that stole power and bloodily repressed opposition. But did Lenin and Trotsky’s earlier suppression of party factions fatally secure his passage to total power? Mark Hoskisson argues that the anti-Stalinist left has underestimated the significance of 1921 in sealing the fate of the revolution

Liberal Democrat Party Demo September Sunday 19th

2010-08-06 22:21:42

The North West TUC (Proud to Serve the Public) demonstration and rally will be held at the Liberal Democrat Conference which takes place on Sunday 19th September at the Liverpool Echo Arena. The exact timing of the march and rally has not yet been finalised but it will almost certainly be in the morning.

*NOTE DATE CHANGE* now for Sunday 19th September

PR17, summer 2010, out now

2010-08-06 22:15:21

The summer edition of Permanent Revolution looks in some depth at the economic situation in Europe and in post-election Britain. A further article criticises those who look the world through the prism of the old imperialist powers and ignoring the economic shifts within the G20 countries.

A major article by Mark Hoskisson opens a debate in the journal about the degeneration of the Russian revolution while Alison Higgins surveys the recent revival of feminist activism in the UK and its links with past waves of struggles against female oppression

Permanent Revolution 16 Spring 2010 for download

2010-06-25 15:42:12

Permanent Revolution 16 from March is available for download with articles on the British general election, New Labour and the Tories. Plus much more...