The Leninist Concept of the Party Live broadcast will begin Thursday, April 2, 7 p.m. (EDT) Hosted by Barry Weisleder, with discussants Yvonne Hanson (Vancouver) and Sam Cheadle (Toronto). https://youtu.be/gnw22QhdIy8 For more information, including links to past webcasts and…
State and Revolution by V.I. Lenin By: Barry Weisleder In the midst of the storms of insurrection, V.I. Lenin wrote a book about workers' democracy. It was in response to reformists and anarchists, though more in sympathy with the latter.…
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Paul Le Blanc and Leninism By: Barry Weisleder Accomplished historian and former SWP and SA-member Paul Le Blanc sets out in his “Unfinished Leninism” to defend the ideas of the great Russian revolutionist from the distortions and depredations of Lars…
Video of each of the sessions at the Education for Activists conference, November 15-16, 2019 in Toronto is now available! Working class politics — The crisis of the labour movement, lessons of the federal election, and a strategy to win.…
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presentation by Barry Weisleder on Working Class Politics at the Education for Activists conference in Toronto, November 2019. I taught high school for 35 years, but let me assure you this is not a civics class. Feel free to take…
Scientists for Socialized Publishing The State of Scientific Publishing in Canada · Scientists are publically-funded yet most scientific publishers are for-profit. None are democratic. · Scientists are exploited into providing peer-review without any financial remuneration. · Copy-editing and formatting is…
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Paul Le Blanc, Rob Lyons, Matthew Strauss Preface With the one-sentence preface “these ten points indicate where my thinking is now on certain questions,” I initiated a tempest in the little teapot of my FaceBook page, although the storm –…
Medway Baker analyses the Winnipeg General Strike, and argues for a mass workers' party that prefigures the workers' republic.
Trotsky’s Ideas in Cuba On May 6 to 8, 2019 the first International Academic Conference examining the life and ideas of the great Ukrainian revolutionary and leader of the Russian revolution Lev Davidovitch Bronstein, now universally known as Leon Trotsky,…
by Barry Weisleder Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is basking in the reflected ‘glory’ of the Canadian economy. The GDP is up. Unemployment is down. Housing starts are on an upswing. However, before popping a champagne cork, consider the following. The…
The Relevance of the Russian Revolution Today Speakers: Jeff Mackler, national secretary, SA USA Barry Weisleder, federal secretary, SA Canada Aurélien Perenna, teacher and union activist of the New Anti-capitalist Party, France. Videos: Part 1: Part 2: Q and A: …
"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…
An Impatient Life: a Memoir by Daniel Bensaid (Foreword by Tariq Ali), translated from the French by David Fernbach, Verso, 2013 Reviewed by Robbie Mahood Daniel Bensaid (1946-2010) was an important Marxist thinker and leader of the former French…
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“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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Members and supporters celebrated the 20th anniversary of Socialist Action / Ligue pour l'Action socialiste with an international educational conference and a party convention held May 23-25, 2014 at the University of Toronto. The conference theme 'Capitalism is Organized Crime'…
Socialist Action has published this compilation of talks from our latest Trotsky School: Education for Activists Conference. A PDF version is available online HERE. This booklet contains the talks presented at the sixth annual Socialist Action Education for Activists Conference…
TROTSKY SCHOOL - Education for Activists Conference with special guest speaker Glen Ford, U.S. radio host of the Black Agenda Report Friday, November 15 7 p.m. Security, Surveillance and the Strong State Glen Ford, editor, Black Agenda Report, radio host…
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Below is a copy of "Concessions No More! Fight to Defeat Austerity", a collection of talks presented at Socialism 2013, the annual international educational conference hosted by Socialist Action / Ligue pour l'Action socialiste, held May 10-12, 2013 at the University…
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Yasin Kaya - Can Social Democracy Be Reformed? Click here to watch the video Barry Weisleder - Origins of Zionism, and Why Israel is a Major Obstacle to Social Justice Click here to watch the video Jeff Mackler - The Rise…
