The
best way to check out the contemporary analysis and politics of the Marxist
tradition is to search the websites of some of the more significant
anti-Stalinist Marxist organisations. These sites have lots of articles
providing useful discussions of a wide range of issues.
SA
is arguably the largest socialist organisation in Australia. It is based in the
International Socialist tradition but has no formal links to the organisation
that founded this tradition- the British Socialist Workers’ Party (SWP). As
well as coverage of international issues such as Brexit, the US presidential
election, the refuge crisis, and global warming, it also provides socialist
analysis of political developments in Australia, such as the outcome of the
Australian federal election, the racist politics of Pauline Hanson, the
anti-worker policies of the Turnbull Liberal Government, and so forth.
Democratic Socialists of America: http://www.dsausa.org/
According
to its website, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is the largest
socialist organization in the United States. DSA's members are building
progressive movements for social change while establishing an openly democratic
socialist presence in American communities and politics. At the root of our
socialism is a profound commitment to democracy, as means and end. As we
are unlikely to see an immediate end to capitalism tomorrow, DSA fights for
reforms today that will weaken the power of corporations and increase the power
of working people. For example, we support reforms that:
·
decrease
the influence of money in politics
·
empower
ordinary people in workplaces and the economy
·
restructure
gender and cultural relationships to be more equitable.
We
are activists committed to democracy as not simply one of our political values
but our means of restructuring society. Our vision is of a society in which
people have a real voice in the choices and relationships that affect the
entirety of our lives. We call this vision democratic socialism — a vision
of a more free, democratic and humane society.
Jacobin
The
DSA produce an impressive magazine - Jacobin - which is a left-wing
quarterly magazine, based in New York, offering socialist and anti-capitalist
perspectives on politics, economics, and culture from the American left.
International Socialist Organization (US): https://socialistworker.org/ and http://isreview.org/
The
ISO is one of, and possibly is the, largest socialist organisation in the
United States. Like SA, it is based in the International Socialist tradition
but has no formal links to the SWP. As well as coverage of international issues
such as Brexit, Syria, the recent British and French elections, and so forth, Socialist
Worker (US), provides in depth socialist analysis of a wide range of
political developments in the US such as the Trump presidency, the Black Lives
Matter movement, the struggle for immigrant rights, reproductive rights,
anti-LGBT violence, and so forth.
We Are Many: http://wearemany.org/
This
site is sponsored by the Center for Economic Research and Social Change, which
also hosts Haymarket Books
and the International Socialist Review.
“We are simply trying to offer a small sampling of the best radical audio and
video sources we know of. We know that the internet provides vast opportunities
to share information and ideas, but we do not believe that this can replace the
real actions of real people. We encourage our visitors, friends,
fellow-travellers, and comrades to take inspiration from the people included
here into their own struggles for justice.”
Solidarity
is a Trotskyist organisation in the U.S. Its main publication – Against the
Current carries lots of useful articles on a broad range of topics.
International Socialist Organization (NZ):
https://iso.org.nz/
Established
at the University of Otago in 1993, the ISO now has branches in Auckland,
Wellington, and Dunedin. Although still very small, it is not as small as the
other socialist groups in Aotearoa. Recent articles on its website have focused
on: the TPPA, Gramsci, Brexit, the struggle for a Living Wage, disability
rights, workers’ struggles, ANZAC Day, Maori struggles, and this year’s
election.
Inequality: A New Zealand Conversation: http://www.inequality.org.nz/understand/
This
site contains useful and interesting articles on inequality in New Zealand.
RS21: Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st
Century:
https://rs21.org.uk/
About:
“Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century (rs21) is a news, comment, analysis
and campaigning website run by a group of revolutionary socialists in Britain.”
Socialist Workers’ Party (SWP): https://www.swp.org.uk/. Publishes Socialist
Worker (UK) https://socialistworker.co.uk/
(weekly socialist newspaper), Socialist Review http://socialistreview.org.uk/
(monthly magazine) and International Socialism http://isj.org.uk/ (quarterly journal of
socialist theory and analysis).
Still
the largest socialist group in Britain, the SWP emerged from the most serious
crisis in its history in 2013 less than half the size that it was prior to the
crisis. Nonetheless, its main publications do contain some useful socialist
analysis of developments and issues taking place internationally and/or in the
UK.
The Fourth International: http://www.internationalviewpoint.org/
This
is the main English language publication of the Fourth International that was
established by Trotsky in 1938. The FI is the other major Trotskyist current
with affiliated organisations in many countries. One of the major issues that
divides the ‘orthodox Trotskyists’ of the Fourth International from the
‘neo-Trotskyists’ in the IS tradition concerns their different analyses of the
rise and international spread of Stalinism. But on many, if not most, issues
there is broad agreement between the member organisations of the two largest
anti-Stalinist socialist currents. Quite apart from this, International
Viewpoint carries very good socialist analysis of international political
developments and issues.
The Alternative Press Centre: http://www.altpress.org/mod/apc_directory/index.php
As
a very large online directory of radical (anarchist, feminist,
environmentalist, and socialist) periodicals, with links.
Independent Media - http://www.indymedia.org/
“Indymedia
is medium for positive radical change. It is a totally independent media
platform that allows users (like you!) to create stories, events, photo essays,
and share information with others. Indymedia is run by a collective of
individuals who volunteer their time for the project; there is zero corporate
involvement and no advertising whatsoever.
The
purpose of Indymedia is to create a space for the exchange of ideas and
information about what is really going on in the world. It is about exposing
the truth of global corporate greed and capitalist exploitation. It is about
laying bare the reality of the world we live in. It is about creating an
alternative to the spoon-fed mass media infotainment that passes for news.”
