Marxism and the Fundamental Problems of the 20th Century

International school examines the century's central problems of history, politics and culture

By the, January 31, 1998

The International Summer School held in early January by the International Committee of the Fourth International and the Socialist Equality Party of Australia represented a milestone in the revival of...

Marxism and the Trade Unions

By David North, January 10, 1998

The following lecture was delivered on January 10, 1998 to the International Summer School on Marxism and the Fundamental Problems of the 20th Century, organised by the Socialist Equality Party (Austr...

Castroism and the Politics of Petty-Bourgeois Nationalism

By Bill Vann, January 7, 1998

This lecture was delivered on January 7, 1998 to the International Summer School on Marxism and the Fundamental Problems of the 20th Century, organised by the Socialist Equality Party (Australia) in S...

Stalinism in Eastern Europe: the Rise and Fall of the GDR

By Peter Schwarz, January 6, 1998

ICFI Secretary Peter Schwarz explains the historical origins of the East German state and demonstrates that Stalinism, not socialism, existed there.

Reform and Revolution in the Epoch of Imperialism

By David North, January 5, 1998

In this lecture SEP (US) National Secretary David North examines the theoretical conflicts within the German Social Democratic Party in the 1890s.

The Significance and Implications of Globalisation

A Marxist Assessment

By Nick Beams, January 4, 1998

The globalisation of production has prepared a new period of social revolution. This is the inevitable outcome of the vast changes in the structure of world capitalist economy over the past two decade...

The Aesthetic Component of Socialism

By David Walsh, January 3, 1998

Art expresses things about life, about people and about oneself that are not revealed in political or scientific thought. To become whole, human beings require the truth about the world, and themselve...

Leon Trotsky and the Fate of Socialism in the 20th Century

A Reply to Professor Eric Hobsbawm

By David North, January 3, 1998

No discussion on the fate of socialism in the 20th century deserves to be taken seriously unless it considers, with the necessary care, the consequences of Trotsky’s defeat.