Billy Bragg's Internationale

The revolutionary message of “the Internationale” was separated by a huge chasm from the practice and ideology of most of those who lay claim to it. That is, until Billy Bragg transformed it into a song that Social Democrats and reformed Stalinists could really relate to. [...]

Alliance of Revolutionary Socialists on the Kherson occupation & I tie up a loose end

A Russian collective calling itself the Alliance of Revolutionary Socialists (ARS) has published a must-read account and critique of the occupation of the Kherson Factory in the Ukraine by workers seeking unpaid wages and employment security. The article, “A Requiem for Nationalisation,” explains the shortcomings of the struggle, demonstrates the collusion of the Trotskyists, [...]