In answer to the question “What is socialism?”,James P. Cannon, a pioneer of the revolutionary workers’ movement in North America, famously said: “Socialism is both a political program and a political movement to achieve it.” So, then what is Trotskyism?…
"Trotskyists on Trial, Free Speech and Political Persecution Since the Age of FDR", by Donna T. Haverty-Stacke, NYU Press, 2015, 291 pages. A book review by Barry Weisleder Before Trump there was Roosevelt. Is it fair to compare the patrician…
“Revolutionary Activism in the 1950s & 60s - Ernest Tate, A Memoir”, Resistence Books, London. Volume 1, Canada 1955-1965, 274 pages; Volume 2, Britain 1965-1970, 402 pages. A review by Barry Weisleder I'm very excited about the two-volume work that…
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In case you missed the last screening in the latest Rebel Films series, and the discussion that followed, below is the text of Barry Weisleder's presentation on the subject. Lev Davidovich Bronstein, alias Leon Trotsky, co-leader of the Russian Revolution…
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YOUTH FOR SOCIALIST ACTION PRESENTS: Reading & Discussion of Vladimir Lenin’s Left-Wing Communism: an Infantile Disorder 7 pm // October 11, Thursday OISE, ROOM 2-212 (252 Bloor St W at the St. George Subway Station) The text is online here:…
